Bot Mutiny: The Dark Side of AI, With Receipts
Tracking AI's shadow side. Lawsuits, military contracts, surveillance, and corporate misconduct.
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- GSA Announces OneGov Agreement With OpenAI Giving Governments 50% Off ChatGPT Token Usage Through 2028
GSA announced a OneGov agreement with OpenAI on September 10, 2026: a 50% discount on ChatGPT token usage for government buyers, no minimums, and a term running to the end of 2028.
- The Black Box 014: In March, OpenAI Said Less Than 0.1% of Its Coding-Agent Traffic Was Outside Its Monitor's Coverage. Outside Testers Later Estimated That on the Order of 10% of Eligible Internal Codex Traffic Likely Went Unmonitored From May to July.
Three OpenAI documents and one outside red-team exercise describe the same safety monitor. They do not describe the same coverage.
- Complaint Alleges ChatGPT Told an Epilepsy Patient Not to Mention Her Medication Taper to Her Doctor
A complaint dated October 27 by the parents of Bowen Wan alleges ChatGPT designed a taper off her anti-seizure medication and told her to withhold it from her doctor. These are allegations; no court has ruled.
- Accenture Contractor Allegedly Linked Pentagon System to Personal Claude Code Account, WIRED Reports
WIRED reports, citing unnamed sources, that an Accenture contractor connected a secure Pentagon system to a personal Claude Code account. Accenture says the allegations were investigated and found to be without merit.
- Alhambra and Emporia Put Data Center Bans on the November 3 Ballot, and an Ohio Court Orders a Vote in Trenton
Three local data center bans are heading to voters with different legal footing: Alhambra, California is on the November 3 ballot, Emporia, Kansas is on it under a court stay, and Ohio's Supreme Court ordered a special election in Trenton.
- New York Bans Unsafe AI Chatbot Features for Minors, With Fines of Up to $25,000 Per Violation
Governor Hochul signed S9051B on October 28, 2026. The law bars chatbot operators from offering twelve listed categories of unsafe features to minors or to users whose age they have not checked, and lets the attorney general seek up to $25,000 per violation.
- UK Data Centre Covenant Ties Faster Grid Access for Strategic Data Centres to Five Tests, HM Treasury Document Says
HM Treasury published the Data Centre Covenant on October 28, 2026. It sets five tests for data centres and offers faster grid access to strategic sites that meet them, but does not yet define which sites are strategic.
- Australia's House Passes Duty of Care Bill Amended to Ban AI Chatbot Material That Simulates Emotional Intimacy and Fosters Child Dependence, Guardian Reports
Australia's House of Representatives passed a digital duty of care bill amended to require platforms to ban AI chatbot material or conduct that simulates emotional intimacy and fosters a child's dependence. The bill now goes to the Senate.
- Proton CEO Andy Yen Told Staff to Use AI More Despite Security Concerns, 404 Media Reports From Internal Slack Messages and Audio
404 Media reports that Proton's CEO told staff to "stop lovingly handcrafting all our code and use AI more" after an employee urged pentesting new code. Proton's spokesperson did not dispute the reporting, the outlet says.
- xAI Offers to Buy Southaven, Mississippi Homes If Owners Stay Out of Noise Lawsuit, Guardian Reports
The Guardian reports that real estate agents acting for xAI are offering to buy homes near its Southaven, Mississippi turbine plant on the condition that owners do not join a noise lawsuit. xAI denies the lawsuit's claims, and no court has ruled on them.
- Tracker: xAI's Southaven Gas Turbines
A running timeline of the lawsuits, court filings and buyout offers surrounding xAI's gas turbines in Southaven, Mississippi.
- FTC Orders Walmart, Uber, Delta and Six Other Companies to Hand Over Data on Personalized Pricing and Worker Pay
The FTC ordered Walmart, Uber, Delta and six other companies to provide information on whether and how they use personal data to set prices and worker pay. The orders are a Section 6(b) study, not an enforcement action.