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OpenAI announced its AI models will become available to developers via Google Cloud's model garden and its Antigravity coding tool within weeks. This follows the end of Microsoft's exclusive license on OpenAI's technology and Amazon's earlier move to host OpenAI models, placing OpenAI on all three major cloud providers.
Revolut experienced a widespread service disruption starting Tuesday morning, affecting sign-ins, card payments, transfers, currency exchange, and live support for its app. The company said customer funds and data remain safe while it works to fix the issue, which reportedly stems from a power-related failure at a Google Cloud data center in London.
OpenCode, an open-source AI coding agent, disclosed that a security breach exposed stored API keys for 1.4% of its Console users who had linked external AI providers such as Anthropic, OpenAI and Google. The project maintainer said affected users were notified by email, and several reported unauthorized charges, including one case exceeding $1,700 overnight, along with suspended Google Cloud projects. Co-founder Dax Raad said the attack used AI agents against OpenCode's systems for at least 48 hours before being detected.
The traditional 3-2-1 backup rule—three copies of data, on two different media types, with one copy stored offsite—is being reinterpreted by users as technology changes, with CDs largely abandoned in favor of external drives and cloud services like iCloud and Google Cloud. Reporting notes that cloud sync settings can sometimes delete files from the cloud when removed locally, and that offsite backups can still be vulnerable to ransomware if the storage device remains networked.
Security researchers describe a growing cybercriminal tactic of targeting executives' family members and friends, who often lack the security training given to leadership, to gain backdoor access into corporate systems. Google Cloud's Office of the CISO warned in March that personal attacks against executives are rising, and BlackCloak's Brian Hill notes attackers can map a household's routines and relationships through reconnaissance before pivoting to impersonation, device compromise, or phishing.
A tool has emerged that helps users manage or free up Gmail storage without subscribing to Google's paid cloud storage tiers. The approach targets users who repeatedly hit storage limits and are prompted to upgrade to a paid Google One plan.
Google Cloud unveiled a new agentic AI feature for Gemini that can plan and execute multi-step tasks, not just answer questions, using a single interface. The rollout targets business users first, with Gemini Enterprise already used by nearly 90% of Fortune 100 companies, before expanding to consumers. The agent can connect to internal business systems, use custom tools, and let users pick which AI model handles a task, including Anthropic's Claude.
Attendees have until October 13 at 8 a.m. PT to purchase discounted passes for TechCrunch Disrupt 2026, with savings of up to $100. Multiple ticket options are available, including discounts for pairs and groups of four or more, before the event begins at Moscone West.
Walt Disney World is rolling out a beta AI assistant on its booking site and app, built on Google's Gemini but limited to official Disney data. Guests will be able to ask conversational questions about hotels, resorts, and amenities, and receive AI-generated summaries on pricing and availability before being directed to booking links. The beta will initially reach randomly selected guests in the US and Canada, excluding Lightning Lane and dining reservations for now.
Google Cloud and Accenture are forming the Accenture Gemini Enterprise Business Group, a joint unit that will place trained engineers directly inside client companies to help them adopt Google's AI tools. Google plans to train up to 1,000 Accenture engineers for this 'forward-deployed' role, following similar moves by OpenAI, Anthropic, Microsoft, and Amazon.
Anthropic has launched a developer blueprint that provides pre-built harnesses, patterns and guardrails for creating AI shopping and merchant agents using Claude. The kit includes reference implementations for retail, travel, telecom and ticketing use cases, plus a Claude Code plugin, and deploys across Claude API, Amazon Bedrock, Microsoft Foundry and Google Cloud Vertex AI. Partners such as Accenture, Mastercard and Visa are collaborating to help merchants adopt the framework ahead of the holiday shopping season.
Microsoft announced it will begin reporting Azure cloud revenue every quarter, ending years of disclosing only growth percentages. The move accompanies a restructuring that reduces the company's operating segments from three to two, its first such change since 2015.