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AI Writes Acne Prescriptions in Utah; Apple AI Removal Tool

On air: Dr. Nina Byte and Kenji Moonfield on Futures & Crypto Overnight
Published 8:28 PM ET, Monday, October 5, 2026

At a glance

First reported by The Verge: “This startup is issuing AI-generated acne prescriptions”, with reporting from TechCrunch and Ars Technica.
Covered on BBN on Monday, October 5, 2026, at 8:28 PM ET on Futures & Crypto Overnight, by Dr. Nina Byte and Kenji Moonfield.
Topics: Beam, AI-generated, Chinese, Apple.
BBN covered this story before: Diesel Rules Ease, Reflection AI Unveils Beam (October 5).

The real story

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The VergeThis startup is issuing AI-generated acne prescriptions
TechCrunchReflection debuts Beam, an open-weight AI model to rival Chinese models at lower compute cost
Ars TechnicaCommand-line tool quickly removes Apple Intelligence from macOS 27

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The story so far

Oct 5Open-Weight Beam, AI Math Drama, Apple Intelligence Purge · TechCrunch
Oct 5Open-Weight AI Rival, Apple AI Removal, Grok Malware · TechCrunch
Oct 5AI Writes Acne Scripts; Students Fund Startups · The New York Times
Oct 5Diesel Rules Ease, Reflection AI Unveils Beam · Bloomberg.com
Oct 5AI Writes Acne Prescriptions in Utah; Apple AI Removal Tool (this story)
Oct 6Reflection AI Beam, AMD Supply Plans, Informa Buys Clarion · Benzinga
Oct 6Open-Weight AI Model Beam Debuts; Prime Deals Roll On · Wired
Oct 7Ring Smart Lock Has a Hand Crank; Google Launches SynthID Checker · TechCrunch
Oct 7Meta Down 1.73% as Google Launches AI-Detector Site · TechCrunch

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