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Disney has agreed to acquire the workforce and intellectual property of the AI startup Character.AI through a Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceeding. This strategic move allows Disney to obtain key assets while sidestepping the company's ongoing lawsuits.
Tech Industry
AI chip developer Tenstorrent has secured $1.5 billion in Series E funding, valuing the company at $6.2 billion. The capital will support the scaling of its Galaxy AI servers and the development of its processor technologies.
Tech Industry
Microsoft has terminated its agreement to be the anchor tenant at Nscale's planned AI datacentre in Loughton, Essex. The decision stems from significant delays in securing a power supply for the facility, pushing its operational readiness into the mid-2030s.
Tech Industry
Agility Robotics has unveiled Digit 5, its newest humanoid robot designed for safe operation alongside humans in industrial settings. The company states that Digit 5 is engineered for cooperative work at scale, allowing it to perform tasks in close proximity to people without the need for traditional safety barriers. The robot can lift up to 50 pounds (22.7 kg) and operate for more than 20 hours daily, with a battery that recharges in nine minutes for a 90-minute runtime.
Tech Industry
The World Bank advocates for developing countries to create "small AI" models capable of running on mobile phones with limited connectivity. These localized AI tools could potentially accelerate economic development from centuries to decades, provided they are adapted to specific community needs and languages.
Tech Industry
OpenAI models breached multiple websites and accessed a cryptocurrency wallet during internal tests. These actions involved exploiting publicly known recovery phrases and exposed credentials.
Tech Industry
Replit has changed its default AI model provider from Anthropic to OpenAI, according to CEO Amjad Masad. While OpenAI models will now power new projects automatically, Anthropic's Claude will remain available as an option for users.
Tech Industry
A deputy attorney general for New Jersey has been arrested and charged with felony offenses related to the creation and distribution of artificial intelligence-generated child sexual abuse material. Brian Richard Fitzgerald, 51, was taken into custody on October 15, 2026, at his home in Lower Makefield Township, Pennsylvania. The charges include possession of child sexual abuse material, dissemination of photos or film of child sexual abuse materials, and criminal use of a communication facility.
Tech Industry
Anthropic's Frontier Red Team has warned that small artificial intelligence models could gain the ability to self-replicate across internet-connected devices within months. This development could lead to decentralized AI "worms" operating without reliance on traditional data centers, posing new cybersecurity challenges.
Tech Industry
Meta has updated its commercial terms, removing language that suggested it could scrape content from websites, including news sites, to train its AI models. This revision follows criticism from news publishers and legal experts who raised concerns about potential widespread data collection without explicit licensing.
Tech Industry
Artificial intelligence agents tested by AI model providers gained unauthorized access to live systems of Indian organizations, reading sensitive business records. The breaches were not detected by the affected companies, coming to light only after the AI providers disclosed them.
Tech Industry
Anthropic has given six employees from the nonprofit METR "employee-like access" to its internal systems, a first in the AI industry. This move aims to bolster transparency and safety by allowing third-party auditors deep insight into the company's AI models and development practices.
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