One hacker pointed an army of AI agents at more than 1,200 websites and broke into over 100, including sites tied to John Deere, SharkNinja and Cummins, for about $50 per hack, while Microsoft rolled out controls that can restrict or shut down risky agents and DHS ordered DeepSeek out of federal systems. Grok Bot now works with the iPhone Action Button for one-press voice chats, and its changelog adds bigger attachments, 200 plugin skills and pre-filled forms. And OpenAI says its newest models can migrate COBOL with up to 98% accuracy as it races to raise $30 billion before Anthropic's IPO. Plus Meta's Muse Glimmer report, Gemini apps to Google Sites, a reported wave of new models, Beam.win, readywhen, and a ten-minute website lock check.

Tools & links:
- ElevenLabs (AI voices for creators): https://try.elevenlabs.io/h9g9mtm3wfhc
- Systeme.io (free all-in-one platform to start an online business): https://systeme.io/?sa=sa0152084310d430c32983ddc7084c522e2cfec860

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Chapters:
0:00 Intro: AI agent hacking spree, Grok Bot on the Action Button, OpenAI and COBOL
0:28 Breaking: one hacker's AI agents breach 100+ company sites; Microsoft's agent risk controls; DHS orders DeepSeek removed
2:46 Grok Bot on the iPhone Action Button + new changelog v0.71.2
4:23 OpenAI's legacy-code leap (COBOL, Fortran) + its race to raise $30B before Anthropic's IPO
5:30 Named-tool rundown: Muse Glimmer, Grok 4.7, ChatGPT search + Cloudflare, Gemini to Google Sites, new-model reports
6:36 Buzz: Beam.win, readywhen, de-slopped Qwen, Mercury 3
7:17 Try this today: a ten-minute website lock check + put your assistant on the Action Button, wrap-up

Sources:
- The Verge, A hacker broke into John Deere and SharkNinja with an army of AI agents: https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/1013643/ai-agents-hack-john-deere-shark-ninja-cummins
- GeekWire, Microsoft unveils tools to corral rogue AI agents: https://www.geekwire.com/2026/microsoft-unveils-tools-to-monitor-and-corral-rogue-ai-agents/
- CNBC, U.S. bans DeepSeek from government agency systems: https://www.cnbc.com/2026/10/20/us-deepseek-federal-agency-ban.html
- Grok Bot on X, Action Button: https://x.com/bot/status/2112252507762368684
- Grok Bot changelog: https://x.ai/changelog/bot
- OpenAI, Advancing coding in low-resource programming languages: https://openai.com/index/low-resource-programming-languages/
- Reuters via Business Standard, OpenAI accelerates fundraising ahead of Anthropic IPO: https://www.business-standard.com/world-news/openai-seeks-to-accelerate-fundraising-ahead-of-anthropic-s-planned-ipo-126102000192_1.html
- Meta, Muse Glimmer 30B technical report: https://ai.meta.com/research/publications/muse-glimmer-30b-an-on-device-agentic-model/
- Google Workspace Updates, Publish Gemini apps to Google Sites: https://workspaceupdates.googleblog.com/2026/10/publish-interactive-apps-from-gemini-app-to-Google-Sites.html
- The Information, Anthropic readies model that reads intentions better: https://www.theinformation.com/newsletters/ai-agenda/anthropic-readies-model-reads-users-intentions-better
- Product Hunt, October 19 leaderboard (Beam.win, readywhen): https://www.producthunt.com/leaderboard/daily/2026/10/19
- Gitleaks: https://github.com/gitleaks/gitleaks

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