[10/15 21:00] OpenAI and Meta warn a U.S. judicial panel about deepfake evidence (Reuters, Investing.com) / Anthropic told investors 5 to 7 percent of revenue comes from distillation by rivals (Business Insider, citing The Information)

AI News Flash for October 15, 2026 at 21:00 UTC.

Topics: 1. OpenAI and Meta warn a U.S. judicial panel about deepfake evidence (Reuters, Investing.com) https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/openai-meta-caution-us-judiciary-about-risk-deepfake-evidence-2026-10-15/ 2. Anthropic told investors 5 to 7 percent of revenue comes from distillation by rivals (Business Insider, citing The Information) https://www.businessinsider.com/anthropic-ai-copycats-distillation-revenue-growth-ipo-2026-10 3. Senator Bernie Moreno proposes a 100 percent tax on data center incentives; industry poll finds conditional support (Politico, Semafor) https://www.politico.com/news/2026/10/15/moreno-data-center-incentive-tax-bill-01120599 4. 29 percent of U.S. STEM PhD dissertations contain AI-generated text, up from 1.7 percent in 2023 (C&EN, NBER working paper) https://cen.acs.org/education/graduate-education/generative-ai-use-phd-dissertations/104/web/2026/10 5. DeepSeek suffers a nearly five-hour outage and refunds a week of usage (Caixin, SCMP, CGTN) https://www.caixinglobal.com/2026-10-16/deepseek-restores-services-after-nearly-five-hour-outage-102493794.html