TV Asahi reported October 18 on anti-Trump NO KINGS protests held the previous day in over 3,000 locations across all 50 states. Participants in New York criticised the administration and urged early voting before the November 3 midterms.
The US Bureau of Labor Statistics reported October 15 that seasonally adjusted final-demand producer prices rose 1.3% in September, after 0.2% in July and 0.5% in August, the largest monthly rise since March 2022.
Reuters reported October 15 that OpenAI and Meta technical experts warned a federal judicial committee that improving deepfakes make audio and other evidence harder to authenticate.