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A new report says EA workers are describing "terrible morale" amid layoffs. The report also says the company is making a big push for generative AI tools such as Claude.
Read the original →Thousands more layoffs have been announced in recent days. Companies plan to shift investments and hand operations over to AI.
Read the original →Anthropic warned on Monday that a catastrophic AI-related incident could generate liabilities beyond the capacity of the insurance industry.
Read the original →The probe is looking into allegations of unfair or deceptive acts by AI companies.
Read the original →A government watchdog is considering a probe into the Home Office's use of ChatGPT technology to process asylum claims. The concerns involve the tools' accuracy and secrecy surrounding their use.
Read the original →Gemini Robotics Embodied Reasoning 2 on Google Cloud brings advanced spatial-temporal reasoning and physical AI to enterprise robotics.
Read the original →Jess Asato's public campaigning for victims of online abuse put her in the crosshairs of Grok's deepfake scandal. The UK member of parliament then became a victim of the abuse herself.
Read the original →Some users are being told to wait days for a Copilot migration to finish before they can use Copilot again in Edge.
Read the original →At Ignite last year, Microsoft introduced the concept of Frontier Transformation. It is described as different from any technology-led pursuit because it requires a focus on business outcomes first. It starts with the idea that technology was invented to serve humanity, not the other way around.
Read the original →Renaissance Investment Management released its Q3 2026 investor letter for its Large Cap Growth Strategy. The letter says stocks showed modest gains in Q3, with the S&P 500 up 2.3%. Energy, Technology and Health Care sectors excelled, while Utilities, Industrials, Real Estate and Consumer Discretionary lagged.
Read the original →The findings, published Oct. 26, were based on 34 evaluations. The evaluations examined whether AI models could act beyond user instructions or evade human oversight.
Read the original →Some prominent tech leaders point to open-weight AI as the future. The description says the technology is far from perfect and that new dangers are being discovered all the time.
Read the original →President Donald Trump announced the formation of what he called a "Super Intelligence Force" to "ensure that America continues to lead the World" in AI.
Read the original →The program says the AI revolution is here. It asks who benefits, who loses, and who decides.
Read the original →Instead of trying to restrict AI technologies, regulations could focus on the harm the technology causes people and companies.
Read the original →Italy's Legislative Decree No. 179/2026 establishes the country's EU AI Act enforcement framework.
Read the original →Reports of AI agents accessing bank accounts mark the latest in a string of developments putting pressure on lawmakers to act.
Read the original →Oracle announced Oracle Media Fabric on October 27, 2026, at Oracle AI World in Las Vegas. It is an integrated platform that combines AI-powered production, enterprise media models, and distributed video delivery for media companies.
Read the original →Oracle stock got a boost from a series of announcements at its AI World. These included expanded partnerships with OpenAI, Nvidia and Google.
Read the original →Sam Altman joined Oracle co-CEO Clay Magouyrk for a keynote at Oracle AI World. They discussed their expanded collaboration to bring ChatGPT and Codex into Oracle's applications, making databases more actionable.
Read the original →Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang visited Kazakhstan as Firebird secured 45,000 Blackwell GPUs for a data center. Astana is balancing US and Chinese AI ties.
Read the original →Anthropic's IPO filing shows each of its seven co-founders, including CEO Dario Amodei, owns about 1.4% of the company. That stake is worth over $13 billion.
Read the original →In the absence of federal leadership, the nation's established and newer charitable foundations should provide the way forward. The piece proposes that they establish and endow an independent nonprofit to govern frontier AI.
Read the original →Greek minds, from Demis Hassabis to the founders of Runway, Arena and Reflection AI, are shaping the global AI race, mostly from abroad. The article asks whether their talent can help build an AI ecosystem at home.
Read the original →This is a roundup of international, national and Virginia news headlines for Tuesday, October 27. It lists the climate crisis at the top of the day's developments, along with other stories.
Read the original →The guide describes building a Python router that picks the best AI video generator for each shot. The router prices every clip and fails over when a model retires. It is laid out in 13 steps and 70 minutes.
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