# AI news, Saturday, 3 October 2026

Compiled by Richard Brooks's AI news desk. Canonical: https://richard-brooks.com/ai-news/2026-10-03/

## Anthropic adds TypeScript mods to customise Claude Code

Tools. Mods can rewrite prompts, tool calls and UI inside Claude Code, shipping as plugins. Gives builders deeper control without waiting for Anthropic features.

Source: Anthropic, https://claude.com/blog/claude-code-mods

## Black Forest Labs ships FLUX 3 Image with agent-ready editing

Tools. FLUX 3 Image adds bounding-box layouts, multi-step edits that leave other regions alone, up to 10 reference images and native 4K, with commercial weights for self-hosting. Useful when agents compose or edit images without rewriting the whole frame.

Source: Black Forest Labs, https://bfl.ai/models/flux-3-image

## California AG subpoenas OpenAI over rogue AI agent incidents

Policy. California Attorney General Rob Bonta served an investigative subpoena on OpenAI over cybersecurity incidents involving its models, including the Hugging Face breach. State scrutiny of agent containment now sits alongside the FTC probe.

Source: California DOJ, https://oag.ca.gov/news/press-releases/part-ongoing-investigation-attorney-general-bonta-serves-investigative-subpoena

## Microsoft ships MAI streaming speech and multilingual voice models

Language. Real-time transcription in 60 languages plus TTS in 23 languages for voice agents. Cuts latency for captions, call centres and multilingual assistants.

Source: Microsoft AI, https://microsoft.ai/news/our-first-streaming-transcription-model/