AI news of October 29, 2026

By field: Products & applications 20, Funding & companies 10, AI safety 4, Chips & compute 2, AI for Science 1, Policy & regulation 1

• 23:20Self-driving trucks in early trials

  Autonomous trucks are in early trials on limited routes. They show potential for improved safety, fuel efficiency, and reduced idling emissions. However, performance drops in…

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• 23:00NVIDIA Enables Tensor Core Precision for ML Interatomic Potentials

  NVIDIA demonstrates BF16x9 and TF32x3 Tensor Core precision methods on machine learning interatomic potentials, achieving up to 2.5x GEMM acceleration on Blackwell GPUs and 1.9x…

  NVIDIAChips & computeoriginal ↗

• 22:15Steve Eisman grows more conservative on AI trade

  Steve Eisman has become more conservative in his AI portfolio, adding significant hedges without taking net short positions. He expresses concern that frontier AI models are…

  CNBC Top NewsFunding & companiesoriginal ↗

• 22:00Mistral releases trillion-parameter model for cybersecurity

  Mistral has released its trillion-parameter open-source model ML4 (Le Chonk) for cybersecurity, enabling enterprises and governments to deploy it independently. The model matches…

  TechCrunch AIAI safetyoriginal ↗

• 21:00Phantom Blade Zero Launches on GeForce NOW

  S-GAME's Phantom Blade Zero launches on GeForce NOW with martial arts and punk fantasy gameplay. Powered by Unreal Engine 5, it features over 30 weapons and 20 Phantom Edges for…

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• 20:22Xpeng MONA L05 Launches at 13.98W

  Xpeng launches MONA L05, a new large five-seater SUV, at 13.98W with official starting price of 14.48W. The vehicle features second-generation VLA driving system and supports…

  IT之家Funding & companiesoriginal ↗

• 20:00Mistral Releases 1T-Parameter Multimodal Model Le Chonk

  Mistral releases Le Chonk, a 1-trillion-parameter multimodal model trained in Europe with fully open weights. It leads in coding and cybersecurity benchmarks, achieving superior…

  Mistral AI NewsProducts & applicationsoriginal ↗

• 17:00Gemini's Education Use in UK and Italy Classrooms

  Gemini's use in UK and Italy classrooms shows effective math tutoring and improved teacher engagement. Students matched human-tutor performance in problem-solving, with AI guiding…

  Google KeywordProducts & applicationsoriginal ↗

• 16:50AI Security Accelerates AI Scalability

  AI security is no longer a constraint but an enabler of scalable AI adoption. As AI gains autonomy and integrates into core operations, risks evolve from model-level to systemic…

  量子位AI safetyoriginal ↗

• 13:21UK proposes 6GW AI data centre by 2030

  The UK government proposes 6GW of AI data centre capacity by 2030 to secure technological sovereignty and national security. New facilities must meet strict standards on energy…

  Korea AI TimesPolicy & regulationoriginal ↗

• 10:32Oracle Announces Cloud and AI Investment Plan

  Oracle disclosed its cloud and AI investment plan, projecting capital spending peaks in 2027-2028 and committing to no more than $20 billion in new financing for AI by 2030. The…

  IT之家Funding & companiesoriginal ↗

• 10:18Diffusion Model Clover Launched with 35B Parameters

  Diffusion intelligent releases Clover-35B-A3B-Preview, a 350-billion-parameter diffusion language model with MoE architecture and block diffusion. It achieves 1.52-second median…

  量子位Products & applicationsoriginal ↗

• 10:14China Tech Stocks Sell-Off Amid AI Profit Doubts

  China's tech stocks are declining amid doubts over AI profitability. The STAR 50 index has dropped over 40% from its July peak. Investors question whether AI spending translates…

  CNBC Top NewsFunding & companiesoriginal ↗

• 10:00Shanghai Proposes Ordered Deployment of Autonomous Driving in Taxi Services

  Shanghai is proposing a regulated rollout of autonomous driving technology in taxi services, with support from transport and public security departments. The initiative leverages…

  IT之家Products & applicationsoriginal ↗

• 09:34Valve to Improve Steam Recommendation System

  Valve responded to concerns about low-quality AI games on Steam by committing to improve its recommendation system, not restricting developer tools. Early in the new game…

  IT之家Products & applicationsoriginal ↗

• 08:29Procore uses OpenSharing for hourly data refreshes

  Procore replaced its API-based daily-refresh analytics with OpenSharing, enabling hourly data refreshes for customers. Hundreds of curated, governed tables are shared per customer…

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• 08:00Mistral Large 4 Updated Weights and Lower Pricing

  Vercel AI Gateway now offers updated Mistral Large 4 weights with lower pricing for input, cached input, and output tokens. The model shows improved performance in agentic coding…

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• 08:00Hugging Face Launches Speech & Decision Models for Apple

  Hugging Face launches AnySpeechRecognizer and AnyDecisionModel for Apple platforms, offering local speech recognition and decision-making with multiple open models. It supports…

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• 08:00Mistral Releases Multimodal Mistral Large 4

  Mistral releases Mistral Large 4, a multimodal MoE model with 1T total parameters and 1M token context. It excels in cybersecurity tasks like vulnerability reproduction and…

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• 08:00Google Launches A2UI and CopilotKit for Generative UI Apps

  Google introduces A2UI and CopilotKit to enable agents to generate interactive UIs at runtime. A2UI uses declarative data to define interfaces, ensuring security and compatibility…

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• 08:00Hugging Face Launches Project ProtoStar

  Hugging Face launches Project ProtoStar to enable public-funded scientific research to be shared in AI-ready formats. Partners include leading universities and open science…

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• 07:39Alphabet Profit Slips, Shares Fall

  Alphabet's Q3 net profit fell 25% to $26.2bn, below expectations. Revenue rose 25% to $127.6bn, driven by Google Cloud growth and TPU chip sales. Capital expenditures hit $51.4bn…

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• 07:15Microsoft Cloud Revenue Exceeds $63B, YoY Growth at 30%

  Microsoft Cloud revenue exceeded $63B with 30% year-over-year growth. Key innovations include a unified Copilot experience integrating chat, collaboration, automation, and code.…

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• 07:00Jim Cramer Sees AI Stock Rally in SK Hynix Earnings

  SK Hynix's strong earnings, driven by high demand and accelerating growth, support AI stock rallies despite market skepticism. The company's production is nearly sold out through…

  CNBCFunding & companiesoriginal ↗

• 05:48Anthropic's PBC Structure Raises IPO Investor Risks

  Anthropic plans an IPO under a public benefit corporation (PBC) structure, requiring balance between shareholder returns and public good. The company has established a long-term…

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• 05:34Microsoft Reports $10B Revenue from OpenAI in Q3

  Microsoft reported $10 billion in revenue from OpenAI in the quarter ending September 30, representing nearly 11% of its total quarterly revenue. The income includes…

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• 04:0041,000 DHS Workers' Data Leaked

  A leak of 41,000 DHS employee records from an Okta login system was published by DDoSecrets on August 19, 2026. The data includes contact details, locations, and access to…

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• 02:50Wiz CTO Warns of 'Vulnpocalypse' for Aging Code

  Wiz's CTO Tomer Schwartz warns that AI is accelerating vulnerability discovery, threatening aging internet code. A critical PHP flaw affecting 70% of websites prompted widespread…

  TechCrunch AIProducts & applicationsoriginal ↗

• 02:36Microsoft ending Copilot on smart TVs

  Microsoft will discontinue Copilot support on all smart TVs by 2026. The announcement came via an in-device notification, not through official statements. LG previously faced…

  The Verge AIProducts & applicationsoriginal ↗

• 02:30AI Agents Manage Fantasy Soccer Team, Still Outperformed by Humans

  AI agents managing a fantasy soccer team still underperform humans. Early suggestions made flawed decisions like benching Haaland. A structured multi-agent system—reading news…

  WIREDFunding & companiesoriginal ↗

• 02:19AWS Enables Ray Train DLC Distributed Training on EKS

  AWS introduces Ray Train DLC for distributed PyTorch training on EKS using EFA. The container includes full CUDA and EFA stack, eliminating image building. Training Qwen2.5-1.5B…

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• 02:00GitHub Releases Updates to Redefine SDLC for Agentic Era

  GitHub announces updates to redefine the SDLC for the agentic era, including Copilot Fusion with 40% faster performance and up to 77% lower cost. A unified Copilot harness is now…

  Microsoft SourceProducts & applicationsoriginal ↗

• 02:00Voice Agents Are Here, Context Drives Value

  Voice agents are now operational, delivering real value through contextual awareness. They enable instant decisions in time-sensitive customer interactions like delivery…

  Databricks BlogProducts & applicationsoriginal ↗

• 01:46Google AI Gives Evasive Answers on 2020 Election Results

  Google's AI Mode avoids directly stating Biden's win in the 2020 U.S. presidential election, instead directing users to official sources like the FEC. This behavior is absent when…

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• 01:00Chrome Autofill Now Uses Gmail Data

  Chrome's enhanced autofill now pulls flight bookings and order numbers from Gmail during form filling, powered by Gemini with Personal Intelligence. Data is encrypted and users…

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• 01:00Google launches connected apps platform for Gemini and Search

  Google launches a Connected Apps platform enabling developers to integrate services into Gemini and Search AI experiences. Developers can build, test, and submit apps via MCP and…

  TechCrunchFunding & companiesoriginal ↗

• 01:00Google launches unified platform for connected apps

  Google launches a preview of its Connected Apps Platform, enabling developers to build and manage apps for Search and the Gemini app in one place. Developers integrate via…

  Google GeminiProducts & applicationsoriginal ↗

• 00:00Google Launches AlloyDB Omni Web UI for Observability

  Google launches the general availability of AlloyDB Omni Web UI for Red Hat and containers, offering a read-only, visual interface to monitor hardware telemetry, query…

  Google CloudProducts & applicationsoriginal ↗

• 00:00Google Launches Blue-Green Deployments for Cloud SQL for MySQL

  Google launches blue-green deployments for Cloud SQL for MySQL in preview, enabling sub-second upgrades with zero application changes and real-data validation. The feature allows…

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• 00:00GKE Optimizes Networking for High-Density AI Agents

  GKE Dataplane V2 optimizes network identity management by separating identity from metadata, moving high-cardinality labels to annotations. Exclusion rules suppress dynamic labels…

  Google CloudProducts & applicationsoriginal ↗