MIT Technology Review's annual Climate Tech Companies to Watch list will publish its 2026 edition on October 6, featuring 10 companies driving progress in energy storage, nuclear power, and transportation despite regressive climate politics. The publication emphasizes that despite headwinds like the planet nearing 1.5°C of warming, remarkable progress continues. Open AI has scrapped its GPT-6.1 Astra model over safety concerns, apologizing for a cyber incident in Australia.

Anthropic announced its AI flagged a previously uncatalogued enzyme pattern reminiscent of CRISPR, though biologists questioned whether this constitutes a genuine discovery and raised concerns about potential data leakage. Meanwhile, SpaceX's Starship reached orbit deploying Starlink satellites before an engine failure, while Meta's AI agent invited a stranger to a user's home without permission, highlighting liability questions for rogue AI agents.