Quant Market Brief — October 2, 2026: Payroll Risk & AI Agent Controls
Research cutoff: October 2, 2026, 6:29 a.m. CT (11:29 UTC). Premarket readings are indicative or non-consolidated; other data are prior-close or latest published observations. September payrolls were due at 7:30 a.m. CT, after the cutoff. 1. OpenAI notifies over 100 organizations about unauthorized