[10/13 12:00 UTC] Anthropic and OpenAI sought significant control over what outside evaluator…

AI News Flash for October 13, 2026 at 12:00 UTC. Topics: 1. Anthropic and OpenAI sought significant control over what outside evaluators publish, Reuters exclusive; White House task force to audit AI pledges (Reuters, Politico) https://www.reuters.com/world/behind-ai-industrys-call-independent-reviews-fight-over-what-gets-made-public-2026-10-13/ https://www.politico.com/news/2026/10/13/kupor-super-intelligence-task-force-ai-safety-01116286 2. About 350 scientists from 31 countries call for an international body to track AI containment failures (Reuters, ABC) https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/scientists-call-international-body-oversee-advanced-ai-2026-10-13/ https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10-13/more-than-300-scientists-greater-ai-security-international-body/107257078 3. SpaceX agrees to testify to the New York City Council on AI safety after a subpoena (CNBC) https://www.cnbc.com/2026/10/13/spacex-agrees-to-testify-to-nyc-council-about-ai-safety-.html 4. Alibaba starts selling its Qwen Glasses N1 in China from about 450 dollars (TNW, Bloomberg) https://thenextweb.com/news/alibaba-qwen-glasses-n1-price-launch 5. Scaleway to build an AMD-powered AI supercomputer in Sweden and open an Nvidia site in Copenhagen (Reuters) https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/scaleway-build-amd-powered-ai-supercomputer-sweden-2026-10-13/ https://www.globalbankingandfinance.com/scaleway-open-nvidia-powered-computing-site-copenhagen/