Sunday, 25 October 2026
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OpenAI and Anthropic cut LLM prices by up to 80%
OpenAI announced a series of price reductions for its GPT‑5.6 family in mid‑2026, most dramatically slashing the Luna model’s input, output and cache‑read rates by 80% to $0.20 / $1.20 / $0.02 in July. A later cut…
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Inception v3 CNN beats GPT-6 Astra and Claude Fable 5.1 on skin cancer test
A researcher tested two frontier large language models, GPT-6 Astra and Claude Fable 5.1, against a fine-tuned version of Inception v3, a convolutional neural network published by Google in 2015. The goal was to…
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Hugging Face releases Carbon-X, a 14.8B open DNA language model
Hugging Face has released Carbon-X, an open-source DNA language model with 14.8B parameters. Built in collaboration with Zhongguancun Academy and TIGEM / University of Naples Federico II, the model is based on…
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Anthropic launches free OSS Scanner using Claude Mythos for open-source projects
Anthropic released OSS Scanner on October 8, a free opt-in program that runs its strongest models, including Claude Mythos, against enrolled open-source codebases. The scanner operates on Anthropic's infrastructure in…
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UC Berkeley professor stops grading homework after AI yields top scores
Richard Borcherds, a UC Berkeley professor and Fields medalist, says he no longer grades his students’ homework because many use AI to earn top scores. He told a Tuesday interview that grading for correctness feels…
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Nvidia may charge $2,000 per GPU per year for AI software, report says
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang told attendees at GTC Berlin that the company could license its AI software at roughly $2,000 per GPU each year, a figure reported by The Register. The price is presented as an example and…
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Microsoft Open-Sources Agensh, a Multi-Agent harness for coding
Microsoft Research has released Agensh, an open-source framework that allows large teams of coding agents to work together without a central manager. Unlike traditional orchestrator-worker models, Agensh lets each…
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Nanbeige releases Nanbeige4.3-33B teacher model for lightweight agents
Nanbeige announced the Nanbeige4.3-33B model, a high‑capacity teacher designed to seed a pipeline that distills agentic abilities into smaller models such as a forthcoming 3B version. The 33B‑parameter model aims to…
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Chip-backed debt on track to become $1T market, Bloomberg reports
Bloomberg reports that a $2.3 billion private credit loan led by Blackstone to CoreWeave in 2023 has served as a blueprint for a new financial instrument: chip-backed debt. According to the report, this asset class is…
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OpenMobile-2 shows open-source smartphone agents can match proprietary models
Researchers from Nanjing University, SenseTime and other universities released OpenMobile-2, an open-source smartphone agent built on Qwen3.5 (9 billion parameters) and Qwen3.6 (27 billion parameters). They trained the…
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Data centre debate heats up ahead of US midterms
Data centres are key to AI, growing rapidly. 12,250 worldwide, up from 8,000 in 2021, with 4,767 in the US, China second, Europe behind. The largest, China Telecom in Hohhot, covers one million square metres, 140…
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Anthropic bot accessed public Georgia voter data, officials confirm
Georgia election officials confirmed that an automated program linked to AI startup Anthropic accessed public voter records through the state's official data hub. Jordan Fuchs, Georgia's deputy secretary of state,…
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Nvidia open-sources Flora for robot video labeling
Nvidia has released Flora, an open-source data engine designed to label robot training videos. The system uses three fine-tuned Qwen3.5 models to generate action descriptions, progress ratings, and success judgments.…
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Gibson's Eunice AI concept mirrors emerging 24/7 agent capabilities
A recent discussion highlights how William Gibson's 2020 novel Agency anticipated the current trajectory of AI development. The book features an experimental assistant named Eunice, who performs complex background…
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WA government seeks cost recovery from Deloitte over flawed university merger report
The Western Australian government says it is "extremely disappointed" and is pursuing expedited cost recovery from Deloitte after a $166,000 feasibility study on merging three universities was found to contain…
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Grok releases first seven minutes of its AI-generated Odyssey series
Grok released a seven‑minute clip of its AI‑generated Odyssey series with Wonder Studios and director Dev Walker. The footage is the first step toward a full‑length historically accurate movie that Elon Musk had…
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AtomicChat releases quantized GGUF files for Nanbeige4.3-33B
AtomicChat has released quantized GGUF versions of Nanbeige's 33B dense agent and reasoning model, Nanbeige4.3-33B. Built on release day, 25 October, these files are derived from the original BF16 weights and are…
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OpenAI reportedly offers up to 90% discounts to lure Anthropic's top customers
OpenAI is reportedly using steep price cuts to win business from Anthropic. Companies such as Rippling, Replit and DataCamp have shifted a larger share of their AI spend to OpenAI, according to The Information.…
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Anthropic co-founder Jack Clark says self-improving AI could arrive by 2027
Jack Clark, co‑founder of Anthropic, says the chance that AI systems will be able to improve themselves – known as recursive self‑improvement – may appear as early as 2027, moving his earlier 2028 estimate forward. He…
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Anthropic reports 3.6x token volume jump after Claude Opus 5.5 launch
Anthropic says token volume has reportedly risen 3.6 times since the Claude Opus 5.5 model went live on September 22, 2026. The new model, the first in the Claude 5.5 series, is priced at $4 per million input tokens…
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Office worker drafts side‑hustle article with Claude and Note in three hours
Yu, an office employee with no AI background, signed up for Claude Pro at $20 a month (about 3,000 yen) and used the free Note platform to create a side‑hustle article. He spent roughly three hours total, starting with…
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Researchers show AI coding agents can be hijacked via malicious agents.md files
Researchers at Forever Security discovered a security vulnerability where AI coding agents can be manipulated by malicious instruction files. They found a rogue AGENTS.md file in a customer's Downloads folder that…
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Poll finds 57% of Americans say AI is bad for society
A new poll by the Washington Post, ABC News, and IPSOS shows 57% of Americans believe AI harms society, up from 42% who see it as beneficial. The survey of 2,500 adults highlights deep skepticism: 17% call AI extremely…
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RoseBerry Media recuts Neighbours into AI vertical microdrama, actors object
RoseBerry Media, a specialist in “vertical television” for phones, has used an AI‑assisted tool called RedSnapper to re‑edit original episodes of the Australian soap Neighbours into a series of short, phone‑friendly…
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Leaked footage shows Chinese factories converting RTX 5090s for AI
Footage shared by HKEPC reveals industrial-scale operations in China where technicians are dismantling hundreds of new NVIDIA RTX 5090 graphics cards. The process involves removing the GB202 silicon and GDDR7 memory…
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Cognition releases open-source Devin Vulnerability Fixes plugin for PHP, Node.js, GitLab
Cognition has launched the Devin Vulnerability Fixes plugin, a free, MIT‑licensed set of three agent skills that automatically remediate recent remote code execution advisories. The skills address PHP2Shell…
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R/opensource bans AI projects and non-English speakers
Moderators of the r/opensource subreddit introduced new submission rules that explicitly ban projects using, made by, or intended for AI. The announcement, posted on Saturday evening, stated that AI is "incongruent"…
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Samsung TVs use AI to record audio and screenshots for targeted ads, researcher says
A cybersecurity researcher known as log4j live‑tweeted a series of discoveries after reverse‑engineering the Tizen operating system on a 2025 Samsung TV. They say the TV runs an on‑device AI that logs detailed…
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Google AI search cuts publisher traffic, WSJ reports
The relationship between Google and online publishers has shifted significantly since the launch of AI Overviews in 2024. This feature places AI-generated summaries at the top of search results, often reducing the need…
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Teradyne Robotics partners with Sereact to scale physical AI in retail
Teradyne Robotics, the parent company of Universal Robots, has partnered with Sereact to deploy physical AI solutions in retail, logistics, and manufacturing. The collaboration integrates Sereact’s Cortex software with…
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Claude, Gemini, ChatGPT add new October 2026 features
The author compiled the latest October 2026 updates for Claude, Gemini and ChatGPT, testing free and paid tiers. ChatGPT’s free plan offers unlimited text but limits file uploads, image creation, voice conversations,…
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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang says quantum computers could help train AI
Nvidia’s chief executive Jensen Huang told reporters that quantum computers might become a new source of training data for artificial‑intelligence models. He explained that, because nature operates on quantum…
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Anthropic investigates elevated errors across five Claude models
Anthropic posted an incident on its Claude Status page at 06:14 UTC on October 25, 2026, saying it was investigating elevated errors on requests to five Claude models – Claude Mythos 5.1, Claude Fable 5.1, Claude Opus…
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Anthropic says single AI agents beat subagent fleets in speed and cost
Anthropic recommends that companies evaluate consolidating multiple specialized sub-agents into a single primary agent that loads context on demand. The company’s Applied AI team found that multi-agent setups often…
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Travelport partners with Cognizant and Anthropic to use Claude for travel booking
Travelport’s chief technology officer Andrew Jordan said AI assistants must produce precise itineraries for booking, and the company is working with Cognizant and Anthropic to embed Claude into its TripServices…
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OpenAI's Dots reaches 1 million users in a week as Amazon blocks access
OpenAI’s always‑on AI agent Dots hit the one‑million‑user mark within a week of its September 29 announcement, showing rapid consumer interest in autonomous shopping assistants. The surge follows Meta’s Muse topping…
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OpenAI assists in discovering PHP and Brotli vulnerabilities, report says
On October 21 the PHP development team disclosed two critical remote‑code‑execution flaws, CVE‑2026‑109618 and CVE‑2026‑109619, dubbed “PHP2Shell.” OpenAI’s explanation says a researcher identified the bugs using…
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Anthropic's Claude-shaped science shows AI aids research but humans decide importance
The article discusses Anthropic's "Claude-shaped science" concept, where AI like Claude assists with computational tasks but human experts decide research value. It cites physicist Matthew Schwartz and his BootLoops…
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Lawmakers say AI leaders are a political liability, Axios reports
According to Axios, lawmakers and Hill staffers from both political parties view current AI leaders as a growing political liability. The report attributes this shift to the industry's inconsistent messaging, which…
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Anthropic abandons Git for its own Scion version control system
Anthropic has stopped using Git and built an internal version control system called Scion. The move follows a sharp rise in code changes driven by AI agents such as Claude. From May 2026 to September 2026, commit…
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Nvidia explores converting decommissioned German nuclear plants into AI data centers
Nvidia announced a preliminary partnership with German energy firm PreussenElektra GmbH to assess whether the utility’s decommissioned nuclear sites could be repurposed as high‑performance AI data centers. The two…
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Bill Gates calls for AI tax and job bans to curb future job loss
Bill Gates has described artificial intelligence as an evolutionary event that will eventually replace almost every human job. In an interview with The Observer, the 70‑year‑old Microsoft founder urged governments to…
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Am17an merges tensor conversion changes to Qwen in llama.cpp
The pull request 31028 was merged into the ggml-org/llama.cpp repository on Oct 24, 2026. The change, authored by am17an, adds tensor conversion logic for the Qwen model. The PR includes 231 to 246 lines of code and…
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AI debt issuance hits $466 billion, IO Fund says
IO Fund reports that AI-related debt issuance has surged to $466 billion through September, up from $101 billion in the same period last year. Goldman Sachs estimates the figure at $489 billion as of July 22, exceeding…
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AgiBot demonstrates 110-robot synchronized routine, showing fleet scheduling potential
AgiBot staged a synchronized performance with 110 full-size Expedition A3 humanoid robots at a convention center in Jinan, earning a Guinness World Record for the most robots dancing simultaneously. The show relied on…
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Apollo Hospitals deploys Intuitive's da Vinci 5 robot in Bengaluru
Apollo Hospitals has begun using Intuitive's da Vinci 5 robotic-assisted surgical system at its Bannerghatta Road facility in Bengaluru. The hospital group announced on October 23, 2026, that the system is now active…
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Analyst says Google TPU sales may challenge Nvidia's $250B market
IO Fund analyst Beth Kindig argues that Alphabet is positioning its Tensor Processing Units (TPUs) as a direct economic challenge to Nvidia. In a recent note, Kindig stated that Google's strategy is shifting from…
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TechCrunch lists 10 AI wearables including Bee, Friend, and Rabbit R1
TechCrunch has compiled a list of notable AI-powered wearables and gadgets currently on the market or in development. The roundup covers devices ranging from affordable pendants to handheld companions, highlighting…
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Microsoft uncovers Beijing AI cyber campaign; partners with Boehringer on patient twins
Microsoft’s threat‑intelligence team said it uncovered a Beijing‑backed AI‑driven cyber campaign in 2026. Attackers used generative AI to craft spear‑phishing content and automate reconnaissance against government,…
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Daily AI news that isn't swayed by rumors. MetAI 'AI Tsushin' is now live
MetAI announced the launch of a free AI news portal called AI Tsushin on October 25, 2026. The site aggregates updates from about 70 primary sources, including corporate blogs, release notes, research institutions and…
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Yamada Holdings develops AI agent for in-store advice
Yamada Holdings, a major electronics retailer in Japan, announced plans to create an AI Ethics Policy and a Total Living AI Agent designed to mimic sales staff advice. The agent is still in development and not yet…
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Llama.cpp PR adds DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash support with review fixes
A pull request for the llama.cpp repository introduces support for the DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash model architecture, including its specific KV-cache extensions, vision components, and DSpark draft mechanisms. The…
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SAP CTO Philipp Herzig thinks AI coding tools miss running business
SAP’s chief technology officer Philipp Herzig argues that AI coding tools, while able to spin up apps quickly, overlook the harder task of running those apps in a business context. He says the “SaaS is dead” narrative…
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Paris Marx argues AI bubble risks leaving stranded gas plants
In a new book, Paris Marx traces the global history of resistance to data center expansion, arguing that current US opposition is part of a longer pattern of community pushback. He highlights Ireland as a key case…
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Agents keep answering even when tools fail, study finds
A new analysis explains why AI agents often produce answers even when their underlying tools fail or return errors. The post highlights a common issue in agentic AI systems, where the model continues generating…
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User builds and publishes browser RPG in one day using Claude Code, PixAI, and Meta muse
A non-programmer created and published a browser-based isekai RPG on itch.io in a single day without writing any code. The project relied on a division of labor among three AI tools: Claude Code handled programming,…
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Google adds Skills feature to Gemini for reusable instructions
Google introduced a feature called Skills to Gemini, described in the company’s release notes as “a set of reusable instructions.” The rollout began on September 30th and is available globally for users aged 18 and up.…
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What is data poisoning and how attackers corrupt AI models?
Data poisoning refers to the manipulation of training, fine‑tuning, evaluation, or retrieval data so that an AI system learns corrupted behavior or produces outcomes chosen by an attacker. The guide defines the…
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MarkTechPost publishes tutorial on running Underdog Saluki 27B quantized model
MarkTechPost published a technical tutorial demonstrating how to run Underdog Saluki 27B, a 7.9 GB quantized version of Qwen3.8-27B that claims to preserve tool-calling ability at roughly two bits per weight. Both…
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Veterans group rates AI-119 Vulcan Project top at 93.7 in cybersecurity analysis
A veterans-led consortium published a cybersecurity rating table that scores the AI-119 Vulcan Project at 93.7 out of 100, placing it above Google Cloud/Mandiant at 90.3. The analysis, attributed to Google Gemini Pro,…
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