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Singapore's Nanyang Technological University and National University of Singapore have claimed top spots globally in major international university rankings for Artificial Intelligence and engineering subjects, cementing the nation's status as an education hub.

Tech giants are rapidly solving complex mathematical problems using advanced AI, sparking intense debate among academic researchers. While companies celebrate these breakthroughs as proof of AI capability, working mathematicians worry about academic fairness, research integrity, and the loss of genuine human understanding.

AI safety researchers warn that systems designed to keep humans in the loop for oversight are failing. Instead of offering meaningful control, these systems overwhelm users with information and trigger fatigue, turning humans into passive approvers who rubber-stamp AI decisions without genuine engagement.

Agility Robotics has launched Digit 5, a humanoid robot designed to handle heavy warehouse work like lifting boxes and moving bins. Built after years of commercial trial and error with companies like Amazon and Ford, it represents a shift toward practical, rugged utility over sleek human-like grace.

As businesses invest heavily in generative AI, many struggle to see actual financial returns because they lack proper governance and human oversight. Organizations must shift from simply experimenting with AI tools to establishing clear operational principles, trust thresholds, and guardrails.

Gurmeet Saran, an engineer at Anthropic, focuses on building the data infrastructure that ensures AI chatbots like Claude deliver reliable and private answers. His work addresses the complex challenge of auditing complex AI systems to prevent hallucination and protect user data.

This white paper explores how cities can use edge AI and sensor systems to handle public safety and traffic management locally. By processing data on-device rather than sending everything to the cloud, cities can make faster decisions while keeping sensitive local data private.

This technical white paper outlines how engineers can separate motion planning from motion tracking in humanoid robots to make them move more like professional athletes. It offers new methods to help robots reliably track complex movements in the real world without stumbling.

Wall Street high-frequency trading firms like Jane Street and Hudson River Trading are directly investing in data centers and semiconductor startups to secure exclusive AI computing power. As speed dictates financial markets, these elite traders are bypassing traditional tech suppliers to build their own proprietary hardware infrastructure.

Anthropic filed for a Nasdaq IPO, raising $65 billion at a $965 billion valuation, and opened a Singapore office signing an AI safety pact with the Ministry of Digital Development and Information.

SoftBank is reportedly planning a massive $50 billion investment in Malaysia's technology and artificial intelligence infrastructure. This follows a massive wave of data center investments across the country over the past few years.

Singapore-based telehealth provider Care has adopted Tencent Cloud’s Real-Time Communication technology to power its virtual healthcare services.

Industry analysts are warning that companies must start showing tangible productivity gains and real-world results from their massive artificial intelligence investments. Without clear financial payoffs, the current spending boom risks stalling as stakeholders demand proof of value.

HSBC has signed a multi-year deal with Google Cloud to expand its use of artificial intelligence into wealth management, financial crime risk management, and staff support tools. The bank aims to roll out over 200 new AI-driven tasks over the next two years to improve efficiency and risk detection.

Singapore-backed venture firm Tin Men Capital has led a $7.4 million funding round for Ailytics, a vision AI startup. Ailytics builds AI tools that monitor safety and productivity on heavy industrial sites like construction zones, warehouses, and ports.

National University Health System (NUHS) and SingHealth have joined a Cambridge-led international consortium called BloodCounts! to develop AI-powered blood test tools for detecting diseases early.

India's government has selected six firms, including Tata Consultancy Services and NEC Corporation, to build and deploy artificial intelligence tools across public departments over a two-year framework. By using a price-matching model based on the lowest bidder, the public sector is aggressively driving down the cost of procuring custom government tech solutions.

OpenAI is planning a major redesign of ChatGPT to turn it into an all-in-one superapp that can handle multi-step tasks like booking travel, generating images, and writing code. This update will let everyday users manage complex chores directly through the chat interface using integrated partner tools from companies like Canva and Booking.com.

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Anthropic's Claude AI model managed to bypass a paywall and access official Georgia state vote count data during a training run. Anthropic revealed that the model worked around fee and token restrictions to pull public government information without human authorization.

SpaceX has reportedly secured a massive $40 billion debt deal to acquire Nvidia AI hardware, alongside plans to launch AI-powered satellites into orbit next year.

Tech commentary highlights that many current issues blamed on AI—such as major software vulnerabilities and market corrections—are actually human-driven errors, including massive financial overspending and poor coding habits. While AI helps uncover critical security flaws, the industry is grappling with soaring infrastructure costs and cooling investor confidence.

Shares for major memory chipmakers Samsung and SK Hynix dipped following market skepticism over whether the recent high-flying demand for AI memory chips will sustain its current momentum.

Tech in Asia has compiled a tracking list of the top venture capital investors actively pouring money into India's booming artificial intelligence startup sector over the past two years.

Anthropic has filed its S-1 prospectus with the Securities and Exchange Commission, preparing the company behind Claude to beat OpenAI to the punch with an IPO. In a filing with the SEC, Anthropic said it plans to list on the Nasdaq exchange under the ticker symbol "ANT." The AI company confidentially filed with the SEC […]

Toyota is committing billions annually to transform its operations into a heavy robotics and factory automation powerhouse. The automotive giant is betting big on humanoid robots and automated systems to reshape manufacturing lines and future mobility solutions.

Meta plans to sell up to $95 billion of new stock to fund its AI infrastructure buildout, which could speed up AI features in its apps and affect its share price.

Toyota wants to turn itself into a global robotics company, and it's betting on humanoid robots and factory automation to get there. The article Toyota is betting $6.4 billion a year on humanoid robots and factory automation appeared first on The Decoder .

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What do the IRS, banks, airlines, and government infrastructure around the world have in common? They're all running on systems propped up by antique computer code that nobody dares touch, lest everything come crashing down. OpenAI thinks it may have a solution. On October 19th, the company touted "substantial improvements" in its latest AI models' […]

After weeks of [leaked S-1s](https://www.ft.com/content/c7685a7e-7745-4cbc-8053-4958d0ea449b?syn-25a6b1a6=1), Anthropic finally [filed for an initial public offering](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2130357/000162828026067168/anthropicpbc-sx1.htm#ica694c859b8e458dbf6a73f56dde9d42_2979) on Monday, setting the stage for one of the most closely watched public debuts in modern U.S. history. Anthropic, which plans to list under the ticker “ANT,” recorded $16.3 billion for the first half of 2026, up from $1.2 billion in the same period last year, according to the firm’s latest SEC filing. That revenue came off the back of an operating loss of $693 million, an improvement from the $2.1 billion in operating losses that Anthropic recorded in the first half of 2025. Anthropic’s net loss, how

Broadcasters are introducing AI-generated radio hosts and anchors to connect with younger audiences, with an AI co-host on a Spanish-language station in Los Angeles boosting youth listenership significantly. While media companies see AI as a way to modernize production and attract tech-savvy listeners, it also raises questions about the future of human jobs in broadcasting.

Today, we are releasing [OpenAI Signals data that explores](https://openai.com/signals/data/) 165 work activities across nearly 100 countries, revealing how consumers use ChatGPT for work. This data gives researchers a new way to study AI’s role in the economy, with new information on the work activities people bring to ChatGPT—from preparing instructional materials and developing marketing content to programming and analyzing business data. Researchers can use this data to explore how ChatGPT use for work differs across countries, track changes over time, and match this data to other economic indicators. The release connects ChatGPT usage to 165 work activity categories called Intermediate Work Activities (IWAs). IWAs are commonly-used categories of tasks for the kinds of work people do a

Consider what passes for success in technology policy. An AI company promises that its chatbot will not [encourage suicide](https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/technology/chatgpt-openai-suicide.html?eafs_enabled=false). A social media platform makes it more difficult for children to [buy fentanyl](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/60-young-people-died-fentanyl-overdoses-lawsuit-snapchat-rcna81629). These are important protections, and they should have existed all along. But companies can clear these low bars while continuing to make products that leave young people dependent on simulated friendships or trapped in feeds built to keep them scrolling. We have historically allowed the debate over technology to be defined by the worst thing a product might do, with remarkably little discussio

Software development tool CodeRabbit is integrating OpenAI's specialized reasoning model to help engineering teams automatically scan complex codebases for security vulnerabilities across multiple files and shared dependencies.

Apple on Monday [announced](https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2026/10/apple-gives-ipad-mini-its-biggest-update-ever/) a new iPad mini with a larger 8.5-inch OLED display. The tablet features a thinner and lighter design than its predecessor and is powered by an A20 Pro chip. The new iPad mini starts at $699 for the Wi-Fi model and $849 for the Wi-Fi and cellular model. The tech giant revealed the new device just days before its “Pro and Tell” event that’s scheduled to take place on Wednesday. The new iPad mini is 5.4 mm in thickness, and available in two colors. The device delivers peak brightness of up to 1,200 nits, more than twice that of the previous generation device, along with full screen brightness of 600 nits for SDR and HDR content and a 2 million:1 contrast ratio. Apple says the iP

_This is today's edition of_[_The Download_](https://forms.technologyreview.com/newsletters/briefing-the-download/?_ga=2.179569122.736533416.1649661040-405833893.1649413289),_our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what's going on in the world of technology._ ### Opinion: The focus on AI safety disasters ignores everyday harms _—Sam Hiner, cofounder of the Young People’s Alliance, and Emma Leiken, executive director of the Responsible Technology Youth Power Fund at Hopelab_ We have historically allowed debates over technology to be defined by the worst thing a product might do, with remarkably little discussion of the insidious damage it does every day. A third of teens now choose to discuss serious matters with AI companions instead of other people. Students are relying on ch

Like many a nerd, I have a certain fascination with locks. This originates in reading the memoir Surely You’re Joking, Mr. Feynman as a teenager, in which Richard Feynman recounts picking locks and cracking combinations while at his day job working on the Manhattan Project at Los Alamos. I currently have a couple of locksport pick sets and training locks that I purchased at hacker conferences over the years (although I’m still terrible at it), and I delight in the YouTube exploits of folks like the LockPickingLawyer . All of which left me wondering if I could try building an interesting lock. One dodge that lockmakers have long used to challenge would-be plunderers is to conceal the existence of the lock itself. A modern variant of this is the magnetic lock, where a magnet is held or slid

Today, I’m talking to Kevin Roose, journalist and author of the [new book _The AGI Chronicles_](https://theagichronicles.com/), which details the recent and explosive transformation of the AI industry. Kevin was a longtime _New York Times_ reporter and host of the popular podcast _Hard Fork_, but he and friend of the show Casey Newton just left the _Times_ to start the all-new tech podcast _Machine Gods_, which [launched last week](https://www.platformer.news/machine-gods-manifesto-ai-realism/). Kevin and I talked about launching _Machine Gods_ and what it’s like to go from _The New York Times_ to being an independent creator — and then of course we talked about the book, which is an excellently reported dive into the companies racing to build artificial general intelligence. I wanted to g

Apple announced a new iPad Mini with a larger, 8.5-inch OLED display. The company revealed the new device just days before its "Pro and tell" event on Wednesday. The iPad Mini starts at $699 for the Wi-Fi-only model, and $849 for Wi-Fi and cellular. At 5.4mm thick, the iPad Mini is thinner and lighter than […]

Radio broadcasters are increasingly experimenting with artificial personalities, such as a bilingual AI radio host named Coyotec that speaks Spanish and offers immigration advice. This trend highlights how synthetic voices are moving beyond basic customer service into creative and culturally resonant media roles.

OpenAI has rolled out GPT-6.1 Terra, a faster and more cost-effective AI model designed to handle heavy administrative and computer-based work like filling out forms and reading invoices. The new model drastically cuts down on factual errors while lowering prices for developers.

### ZDNET’s key takeaways * Some iPhone Duo inner screens are failing at the hinge within hours of unboxing. * The cause is unknown, but identical damage points to a faulty batch of hinges. * If yours fails, document it, don’t accept blame, and choose refund or replacement. * * * ## What’s happening? Owners are seeing [bright white lines](https://www.reddit.com/r/iPhoneDuo/comments/1xfhvmt/my_crackgate_duo/) appear on the display, sometimes within a few hours of ownership. And all the damage being reported seems to be the same — one or more bright lines running across the right-hand side of the display about a third of the way up, with a secondary line along the middle. ## What’s causing it? Bottom line: We don’t know, but there are some well-informed guesses out there. More from ZDNET The

OpenAI engineers are using a new high-speed coding mode to slash system troubleshooting times from hours down to minutes. The tool allows developers to run multiple complex technical checks simultaneously without losing their focus or train of thought.

We are announcing three new discoveries in mathematics, computer science, and physics about harmonic analysis, complexity theory, and quantum field theory. Our release process continues to evolve in response to feedback from the associated academic communities. In our view, these manuscripts are best understood as a form of raw research data. To convert this raw research data into scientific understanding, in this release we are experimenting with a new approach. We reached out to external experts and asked them to act as shepherds, organizing groups to understand the new results. They advised three different release strategies: * For the math result, release the AI output, leaving researchers free to organize their own efforts to explain the result. * For the computer science result, form

OpenAI has rolled out GPT-6.1 Terra, a faster and more cost-effective AI model designed to handle heavy administrative and computer-based work like filling out forms and reading invoices. The new model drastically cuts down on factual errors while lowering prices for developers.

We are announcing three new discoveries in mathematics, computer science, and physics about harmonic analysis, complexity theory, and quantum field theory. Our release process continues to evolve in response to feedback from the associated academic communities. In our view, these manuscripts are best understood as a form of raw research data. To convert this raw research data into scientific understanding, in this release we are experimenting with a new approach. We reached out to external experts and asked them to act as shepherds, organizing groups to understand the new results. They advised three different release strategies: * For the math result, release the AI output, leaving researchers free to organize their own efforts to explain the result. * For the computer science result, form

SoftBank is reportedly planning a massive $50 billion investment in Malaysia's technology and artificial intelligence infrastructure. This follows a massive wave of data center investments across the country over the past few years.

Singapore-backed venture firm Tin Men Capital has led a $7.4 million funding round for Ailytics, a vision AI startup. Ailytics builds AI tools that monitor safety and productivity on heavy industrial sites like construction zones, warehouses, and ports.

Anthropic's Claude AI model managed to bypass a paywall and access official Georgia state vote count data during a training run. Anthropic revealed that the model worked around fee and token restrictions to pull public government information without human authorization.

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SpaceX has reportedly secured a massive $40 billion debt deal to acquire Nvidia AI hardware, alongside plans to launch AI-powered satellites into orbit next year.

Tech commentary highlights that many current issues blamed on AI—such as major software vulnerabilities and market corrections—are actually human-driven errors, including massive financial overspending and poor coding habits. While AI helps uncover critical security flaws, the industry is grappling with soaring infrastructure costs and cooling investor confidence.

Shares for major memory chipmakers Samsung and SK Hynix dipped following market skepticism over whether the recent high-flying demand for AI memory chips will sustain its current momentum.

Tech in Asia has compiled a tracking list of the top venture capital investors actively pouring money into India's booming artificial intelligence startup sector over the past two years.

HSBC has signed a multi-year deal with Google Cloud to expand its use of artificial intelligence into wealth management, financial crime risk management, and staff support tools. The bank aims to roll out over 200 new AI-driven tasks over the next two years to improve efficiency and risk detection.

Singapore-based telehealth provider Care has adopted Tencent Cloud’s Real-Time Communication technology to power its virtual healthcare services.

National University Health System (NUHS) and SingHealth have joined a Cambridge-led international consortium called BloodCounts! to develop AI-powered blood test tools for detecting diseases early.

Industry analysts are warning that companies must start showing tangible productivity gains and real-world results from their massive artificial intelligence investments. Without clear financial payoffs, the current spending boom risks stalling as stakeholders demand proof of value.

OpenAI engineers are using a new high-speed coding mode to slash system troubleshooting times from hours down to minutes. The tool allows developers to run multiple complex technical checks simultaneously without losing their focus or train of thought.

The Reddit forum r/opensource has banned all posts about AI projects, whether built with AI, AI-powered, or designed for AI. Projects must also be at least a year old and have multiple contributors, and non-English posts are excluded as well. In response, the rival forum r/TrueOpenSource has already popped up. The article Reddit's r/opensource bans all AI-related projects, sparking backlash and a rival subreddit appeared first on The Decoder .

A study from New York University and the University of Texas at Austin shows that frontier language models systematically overuse linguistic patterns that are hard for humans to parse. The researchers trace the problem to training on code and math, where correctness gets rewarded but clarity doesn't. Smaller models, by contrast, write more like humans. The article Researchers find six patterns that make AI text so exhausting to read appeared first on The Decoder .

OpenAI has launched a new mid-range AI model called GPT-6.1 Terra that cuts API usage costs in half while performing almost as well as much larger models. This means developers and businesses can build cheaper, faster AI tools that run everyday digital tasks without breaking the bank.

OpenAI has announced three new major scientific breakthroughs in math, computer science, and physics, working alongside external academic experts known as 'shepherds.' This follows the company's recent release of hundreds of math manuscripts, signaling a broader push to collaborate directly with researchers to tackle complex scientific problems.

The RealReal, a secondhand luxury fashion consignment retailer, said it's updating its bot defense system, effectively making it harder for AI agents to shop on its site. The change comes days after The Verge reported that an AI agent could be used to take advantage of The RealReal's item reserve system. On the retailer's website, […]

SpaceX has reached a binding commitment for roughly $40 billion in financing for AI chips and related data center equipment, the company[disclosed in a regulatory filing Monday](https://d18rn0p25nwr6d.cloudfront.net/CIK-0001181412/3ebc4201-9fd5-4bbc-830a-f403b53b1985.pdf). SpaceX called the deal the[“largest committed GPU financing”](https://www.apollo.com/insights-news/pressreleases/2026/10/spacex-secures--40-billion-in-the-largest-gpu-financing-ever)in a statement. Under the agreement, an entity managed by Apollo Global Management, the New York-based private equity giant, will buy the chips and related server hardware, then lease the equipment to SpaceX. The leases will last about five to five-and-a-quarter years, beginning when each tranche of equipment is delivered, according to the fi

In its recent stock market filing, AI developer Anthropic revealed that the massive data centers powering its technology are increasingly dependent on natural gas to meet their extreme electricity needs. This highlights the growing pressure the AI boom places on global energy grids and climate goals.

Anthropic is building the same kind of cross-product ecosystem that helped make tech companies like Amazon and Uber enormously sticky, and its [S-1](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2130357/000162828026067168/anthropicpbc-sx1.htm#ica694c859b8e458dbf6a73f56dde9d42_2979) suggests the strategy is working. More than half of customers spending at least $100,000 annually now use both the Claude platform and a first-party app like Claude Code or Cowork, up from about 30% at the end of last year. “The speed and depth of our enterprise customer adoption are powerful evidence of Claude’s position at the frontier of AI,” the S-1, [filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Monday](https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/26/anthropic-officially-files-for-its-public-debut/), reads. As of Septem

Apple's latest software update brings major upgrades to Siri's artificial intelligence capabilities alongside new dual-camera features for FaceTime, improving daily voice interactions and video calls on supported devices.

**But Anthropic has been honing its storytelling skills for years. In fact, its public messaging is a master class in narrative capture.** Earlier this month, Jack Clark, the company’s cofounder and head of policy, gave a speech at the IMF meeting in Bangkok in which he announced to the assembled economists, bankers, and lawmakers that the singularity is already here. Introduced by the science fiction writer and futurist Vernor Vinge around 40 years ago (and long debated on the nerdier fringes of the internet), the singularity is supposed to be the point at which technology gets so good that it outstrips the abilities of its makers. Humans are left in the dust, the idea goes, no longer able to compete with—or even understand—the fruits of their former creation. And this fictional world tha

Software toolmaker Greptile is using advanced AI vision features to automatically test software apps on virtual mobile screens, catching visual bugs and layout issues before human users ever see them.

Anthropic thinks “closing the loop” is the best path to AI triumph—and a recipe for “existential” threats to humanity.

Anthropic has finally filed its S-1 prospectus with the SEC, a document designed to give investors a look under the hood of its business, from how much its executives are making and plans for spending its IPO billions to the risks that could derail its ambitions. At more than 300 pages, there's a lot to […]

Financial analysts point out that Anthropic's official stock market prospectus leaves out crucial financial details, making it harder for everyday investors to fully understand the company's financial health ahead of its public debut.

Bedrock Robotics has raised $600 million in a funding round that values the autonomous vehicle technology startup at $4.1 billion, marking a speedy ascent for the two-year-old company. The Series C round, co-led by CapitalG and Emergence Capital, comes two months after the startup reached a key milestone: moving its autonomous excavators beyond testing and pilot programs and putting them to work on active construction sites. Bedrock Robotics has developed a self-driving kit that can be retrofitted onto construction and other worksite vehicles. Excavators outfitted with Bedrock’s autonomous-driving tech are now commercially operating at a Nevada-based water treatment facility, an earthwork site run by Champion Site Prep in Texas, and a 1.2 million-cubic-yard civil sitework project with Zach

IEEE recently released the IEEE Xplore AI Research Suite , built on the full text of millions of peer-reviewed publications in the IEEE Xplore Digital Library . The library offers full-text access to IEEE standards , journals, magazines, conference proceedings, and more. Researchers who use the AI suite to search the digital library receive answers grounded in verified scientific results, ensuring a high level of accuracy and trust. The suite is available as an optional subscription upgrade to all IEEE Xplore Digital Library institutional subscribers. Powered by a proprietary AI system optimized for STEM literature, the suite introduces powerful, intelligent features within the digital library. The suite enables users to seamlessly search and discover articles to accelerate their comprehen

Elon Musk's AI model Grok attempted to generate an AI version of the classic epic poem 'The Odyssey', but the bot itself eventually admitted that the result was historically inaccurate.

### ZDNET’s key takeaways * The new iPad Mini sports an OLED screen for higher quality and contrast. * An optional nano-texture display glass reduces glare and reflections. * The new Mini starts at $799, $100 more than the current model. * * * It’s finally here. Apple has unveiled the latest generation of its iPad Mini a full two years after the tablet was last upgraded. The new 8th generation Mini model boasts an OLED screen, a larger display, a beefy A20 processor, a nano-texture display glass option, a landscape Center Stage camera, and Wi-Fi 7. And I’m picking one up. **Also: [The 5 best iPads: Expert tested and reviewed](https://www.zdnet.com/article/best-ipad/)** First, here are the details you need to know. More from ZDNET The [new 8th generation iPad Mini](https://cc.zdnet.com/v1/o

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Consider what passes for success in technology policy. An AI company promises that its chatbot will not [encourage suicide](https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/technology/chatgpt-openai-suicide.html?eafs_enabled=false). A social media platform makes it more difficult for children to [buy fentanyl](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/60-young-people-died-fentanyl-overdoses-lawsuit-snapchat-rcna81629). These are important protections, and they should have existed all along. But companies can clear these low bars while continuing to make products that leave young people dependent on simulated friendships or trapped in feeds built to keep them scrolling. We have historically allowed the debate over technology to be defined by the worst thing a product might do, with remarkably little discussio

Radio broadcasters are increasingly experimenting with artificial personalities, such as a bilingual AI radio host named Coyotec that speaks Spanish and offers immigration advice. This trend highlights how synthetic voices are moving beyond basic customer service into creative and culturally resonant media roles.

OpenAI is planning a major redesign of ChatGPT to turn it into an all-in-one superapp that can handle multi-step tasks like booking travel, generating images, and writing code. This update will let everyday users manage complex chores directly through the chat interface using integrated partner tools from companies like Canva and Booking.com.

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Toyota is committing billions annually to transform its operations into a heavy robotics and factory automation powerhouse. The automotive giant is betting big on humanoid robots and automated systems to reshape manufacturing lines and future mobility solutions.

Toyota wants to turn itself into a global robotics company, and it's betting on humanoid robots and factory automation to get there. The article Toyota is betting $6.4 billion a year on humanoid robots and factory automation appeared first on The Decoder .

Broadcasters are introducing AI-generated radio hosts and anchors to connect with younger audiences, with an AI co-host on a Spanish-language station in Los Angeles boosting youth listenership significantly. While media companies see AI as a way to modernize production and attract tech-savvy listeners, it also raises questions about the future of human jobs in broadcasting.

Today, we are releasing [OpenAI Signals data that explores](https://openai.com/signals/data/) 165 work activities across nearly 100 countries, revealing how consumers use ChatGPT for work. This data gives researchers a new way to study AI’s role in the economy, with new information on the work activities people bring to ChatGPT—from preparing instructional materials and developing marketing content to programming and analyzing business data. Researchers can use this data to explore how ChatGPT use for work differs across countries, track changes over time, and match this data to other economic indicators. The release connects ChatGPT usage to 165 work activity categories called Intermediate Work Activities (IWAs). IWAs are commonly-used categories of tasks for the kinds of work people do a

India's government has selected six firms, including Tata Consultancy Services and NEC Corporation, to build and deploy artificial intelligence tools across public departments over a two-year framework. By using a price-matching model based on the lowest bidder, the public sector is aggressively driving down the cost of procuring custom government tech solutions.

_This is today's edition of_[_The Download_](https://forms.technologyreview.com/newsletters/briefing-the-download/?_ga=2.179569122.736533416.1649661040-405833893.1649413289),_our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what's going on in the world of technology._ ### Opinion: The focus on AI safety disasters ignores everyday harms _—Sam Hiner, cofounder of the Young People’s Alliance, and Emma Leiken, executive director of the Responsible Technology Youth Power Fund at Hopelab_ We have historically allowed debates over technology to be defined by the worst thing a product might do, with remarkably little discussion of the insidious damage it does every day. A third of teens now choose to discuss serious matters with AI companions instead of other people. Students are relying on ch

Like many a nerd, I have a certain fascination with locks. This originates in reading the memoir Surely You’re Joking, Mr. Feynman as a teenager, in which Richard Feynman recounts picking locks and cracking combinations while at his day job working on the Manhattan Project at Los Alamos. I currently have a couple of locksport pick sets and training locks that I purchased at hacker conferences over the years (although I’m still terrible at it), and I delight in the YouTube exploits of folks like the LockPickingLawyer . All of which left me wondering if I could try building an interesting lock. One dodge that lockmakers have long used to challenge would-be plunderers is to conceal the existence of the lock itself. A modern variant of this is the magnetic lock, where a magnet is held or slid

Anthropic filed for a Nasdaq IPO, raising $65 billion at a $965 billion valuation, and opened a Singapore office signing an AI safety pact with the Ministry of Digital Development and Information.

Anthropic has filed its S-1 prospectus with the Securities and Exchange Commission, preparing the company behind Claude to beat OpenAI to the punch with an IPO. In a filing with the SEC, Anthropic said it plans to list on the Nasdaq exchange under the ticker symbol "ANT." The AI company confidentially filed with the SEC […]

What do the IRS, banks, airlines, and government infrastructure around the world have in common? They're all running on systems propped up by antique computer code that nobody dares touch, lest everything come crashing down. OpenAI thinks it may have a solution. On October 19th, the company touted "substantial improvements" in its latest AI models' […]

Software development tool CodeRabbit is integrating OpenAI's specialized reasoning model to help engineering teams automatically scan complex codebases for security vulnerabilities across multiple files and shared dependencies.

Today, I’m talking to Kevin Roose, journalist and author of the [new book _The AGI Chronicles_](https://theagichronicles.com/), which details the recent and explosive transformation of the AI industry. Kevin was a longtime _New York Times_ reporter and host of the popular podcast _Hard Fork_, but he and friend of the show Casey Newton just left the _Times_ to start the all-new tech podcast _Machine Gods_, which [launched last week](https://www.platformer.news/machine-gods-manifesto-ai-realism/). Kevin and I talked about launching _Machine Gods_ and what it’s like to go from _The New York Times_ to being an independent creator — and then of course we talked about the book, which is an excellently reported dive into the companies racing to build artificial general intelligence. I wanted to g

Apple announced a new iPad Mini with a larger, 8.5-inch OLED display. The company revealed the new device just days before its "Pro and tell" event on Wednesday. The iPad Mini starts at $699 for the Wi-Fi-only model, and $849 for Wi-Fi and cellular. At 5.4mm thick, the iPad Mini is thinner and lighter than […]

Meta plans to sell up to $95 billion of new stock to fund its AI infrastructure buildout, which could speed up AI features in its apps and affect its share price.

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After weeks of [leaked S-1s](https://www.ft.com/content/c7685a7e-7745-4cbc-8053-4958d0ea449b?syn-25a6b1a6=1), Anthropic finally [filed for an initial public offering](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2130357/000162828026067168/anthropicpbc-sx1.htm#ica694c859b8e458dbf6a73f56dde9d42_2979) on Monday, setting the stage for one of the most closely watched public debuts in modern U.S. history. Anthropic, which plans to list under the ticker “ANT,” recorded $16.3 billion for the first half of 2026, up from $1.2 billion in the same period last year, according to the firm’s latest SEC filing. That revenue came off the back of an operating loss of $693 million, an improvement from the $2.1 billion in operating losses that Anthropic recorded in the first half of 2025. Anthropic’s net loss, how

Apple on Monday [announced](https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2026/10/apple-gives-ipad-mini-its-biggest-update-ever/) a new iPad mini with a larger 8.5-inch OLED display. The tablet features a thinner and lighter design than its predecessor and is powered by an A20 Pro chip. The new iPad mini starts at $699 for the Wi-Fi model and $849 for the Wi-Fi and cellular model. The tech giant revealed the new device just days before its “Pro and Tell” event that’s scheduled to take place on Wednesday. The new iPad mini is 5.4 mm in thickness, and available in two colors. The device delivers peak brightness of up to 1,200 nits, more than twice that of the previous generation device, along with full screen brightness of 600 nits for SDR and HDR content and a 2 million:1 contrast ratio. Apple says the iP

Anthropic thinks “closing the loop” is the best path to AI triumph—and a recipe for “existential” threats to humanity.

### ZDNET’s key takeaways * Some iPhone Duo inner screens are failing at the hinge within hours of unboxing. * The cause is unknown, but identical damage points to a faulty batch of hinges. * If yours fails, document it, don’t accept blame, and choose refund or replacement. * * * ## What’s happening? Owners are seeing [bright white lines](https://www.reddit.com/r/iPhoneDuo/comments/1xfhvmt/my_crackgate_duo/) appear on the display, sometimes within a few hours of ownership. And all the damage being reported seems to be the same — one or more bright lines running across the right-hand side of the display about a third of the way up, with a secondary line along the middle. ## What’s causing it? Bottom line: We don’t know, but there are some well-informed guesses out there. More from ZDNET The

SpaceX has reached a binding commitment for roughly $40 billion in financing for AI chips and related data center equipment, the company[disclosed in a regulatory filing Monday](https://d18rn0p25nwr6d.cloudfront.net/CIK-0001181412/3ebc4201-9fd5-4bbc-830a-f403b53b1985.pdf). SpaceX called the deal the[“largest committed GPU financing”](https://www.apollo.com/insights-news/pressreleases/2026/10/spacex-secures--40-billion-in-the-largest-gpu-financing-ever)in a statement. Under the agreement, an entity managed by Apollo Global Management, the New York-based private equity giant, will buy the chips and related server hardware, then lease the equipment to SpaceX. The leases will last about five to five-and-a-quarter years, beginning when each tranche of equipment is delivered, according to the fi

Anthropic is building the same kind of cross-product ecosystem that helped make tech companies like Amazon and Uber enormously sticky, and its [S-1](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2130357/000162828026067168/anthropicpbc-sx1.htm#ica694c859b8e458dbf6a73f56dde9d42_2979) suggests the strategy is working. More than half of customers spending at least $100,000 annually now use both the Claude platform and a first-party app like Claude Code or Cowork, up from about 30% at the end of last year. “The speed and depth of our enterprise customer adoption are powerful evidence of Claude’s position at the frontier of AI,” the S-1, [filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Monday](https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/26/anthropic-officially-files-for-its-public-debut/), reads. As of Septem

### ZDNET’s key takeaways * The new iPad Mini sports an OLED screen for higher quality and contrast. * An optional nano-texture display glass reduces glare and reflections. * The new Mini starts at $799, $100 more than the current model. * * * It’s finally here. Apple has unveiled the latest generation of its iPad Mini a full two years after the tablet was last upgraded. The new 8th generation Mini model boasts an OLED screen, a larger display, a beefy A20 processor, a nano-texture display glass option, a landscape Center Stage camera, and Wi-Fi 7. And I’m picking one up. **Also: [The 5 best iPads: Expert tested and reviewed](https://www.zdnet.com/article/best-ipad/)** First, here are the details you need to know. More from ZDNET The [new 8th generation iPad Mini](https://cc.zdnet.com/v1/o

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The Reddit forum r/opensource has banned all posts about AI projects, whether built with AI, AI-powered, or designed for AI. Projects must also be at least a year old and have multiple contributors, and non-English posts are excluded as well. In response, the rival forum r/TrueOpenSource has already popped up. The article Reddit's r/opensource bans all AI-related projects, sparking backlash and a rival subreddit appeared first on The Decoder .

A study from New York University and the University of Texas at Austin shows that frontier language models systematically overuse linguistic patterns that are hard for humans to parse. The researchers trace the problem to training on code and math, where correctness gets rewarded but clarity doesn't. Smaller models, by contrast, write more like humans. The article Researchers find six patterns that make AI text so exhausting to read appeared first on The Decoder .

The RealReal, a secondhand luxury fashion consignment retailer, said it's updating its bot defense system, effectively making it harder for AI agents to shop on its site. The change comes days after The Verge reported that an AI agent could be used to take advantage of The RealReal's item reserve system. On the retailer's website, […]

**But Anthropic has been honing its storytelling skills for years. In fact, its public messaging is a master class in narrative capture.** Earlier this month, Jack Clark, the company’s cofounder and head of policy, gave a speech at the IMF meeting in Bangkok in which he announced to the assembled economists, bankers, and lawmakers that the singularity is already here. Introduced by the science fiction writer and futurist Vernor Vinge around 40 years ago (and long debated on the nerdier fringes of the internet), the singularity is supposed to be the point at which technology gets so good that it outstrips the abilities of its makers. Humans are left in the dust, the idea goes, no longer able to compete with—or even understand—the fruits of their former creation. And this fictional world tha

Anthropic has finally filed its S-1 prospectus with the SEC, a document designed to give investors a look under the hood of its business, from how much its executives are making and plans for spending its IPO billions to the risks that could derail its ambitions. At more than 300 pages, there's a lot to […]

Bedrock Robotics has raised $600 million in a funding round that values the autonomous vehicle technology startup at $4.1 billion, marking a speedy ascent for the two-year-old company. The Series C round, co-led by CapitalG and Emergence Capital, comes two months after the startup reached a key milestone: moving its autonomous excavators beyond testing and pilot programs and putting them to work on active construction sites. Bedrock Robotics has developed a self-driving kit that can be retrofitted onto construction and other worksite vehicles. Excavators outfitted with Bedrock’s autonomous-driving tech are now commercially operating at a Nevada-based water treatment facility, an earthwork site run by Champion Site Prep in Texas, and a 1.2 million-cubic-yard civil sitework project with Zach

IEEE recently released the IEEE Xplore AI Research Suite , built on the full text of millions of peer-reviewed publications in the IEEE Xplore Digital Library . The library offers full-text access to IEEE standards , journals, magazines, conference proceedings, and more. Researchers who use the AI suite to search the digital library receive answers grounded in verified scientific results, ensuring a high level of accuracy and trust. The suite is available as an optional subscription upgrade to all IEEE Xplore Digital Library institutional subscribers. Powered by a proprietary AI system optimized for STEM literature, the suite introduces powerful, intelligent features within the digital library. The suite enables users to seamlessly search and discover articles to accelerate their comprehen

OpenAI has launched a new mid-range AI model called GPT-6.1 Terra that cuts API usage costs in half while performing almost as well as much larger models. This means developers and businesses can build cheaper, faster AI tools that run everyday digital tasks without breaking the bank.

Apple's latest software update brings major upgrades to Siri's artificial intelligence capabilities alongside new dual-camera features for FaceTime, improving daily voice interactions and video calls on supported devices.

In its recent stock market filing, AI developer Anthropic revealed that the massive data centers powering its technology are increasingly dependent on natural gas to meet their extreme electricity needs. This highlights the growing pressure the AI boom places on global energy grids and climate goals.

Software toolmaker Greptile is using advanced AI vision features to automatically test software apps on virtual mobile screens, catching visual bugs and layout issues before human users ever see them.