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Nvidia DSX POD Cuts AI Data Center Setup to 14 DaysAt GTC Berlin, Nvidia unveiled DSX POD, a modular data center reference design based on Vera Rubin systems, with partners like Dell, HPE, Lenovo, and Schneider Electric pre-installing and testing units at the factory. It cuts on-site setup from six months to as little as 14 days. First units ship in early 2027, and closed-loop cooling can use up to 100% less water.
Supermicro Teams with Nokia on AI-RANSuper Micro Computer has partnered with Nokia to deploy AI-powered radio access networks (AI-RAN). The collaboration aims to integrate AI into wireless network infrastructure to improve performance and efficiency.
TikTok accounts use AI to alter real arrest footage into sexual deepfakesCopyleaks found that TikTok engagement accounts use AI to alter real arrest footage so officers appear to kiss and grope arrestees, splicing the clips before longer arrest videos to keep viewers watching. Real officers and detainees are depicted; some clips carry AI and 'entertainment only' disclaimers, which Copyleaks says do little to address the harm to those shown.
Poll: 66% of Americans back more AI regulationA Navigator Research survey found 66% of Americans want more AI regulation, up six points since December 2025, versus 12% wanting less; support spans parties (74% Democrats, 56% independents, 61% Republicans). 48% most trust independent experts outside government and industry to regulate, and 21% now rank AI among the president's and Congress's top five priorities, triple December's 7%.
OpenBMB runs 35B MoE model locally on iPhoneOpenBMB detailed an engineering approach that runs a 35B-A3B MoE model at 20.51 tok/s on an iPhone 18 Pro Max, 6.07x faster than baseline. Its Lookahead Expert Scheduling preloads predicted expert weights to hide storage bottlenecks without skipping experts or changing routing, using about 3 GB peak memory; the code is open source.
China protests US DeepSeek ban while blocking rivals at homeThe US has banned DeepSeek from government systems, and China is protesting and demanding the ban be lifted, even though Beijing itself blocks ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini across its market. The outlet calls China's outrage not very credible but worth reading as a political signal of possible retaliation.
AI is both weapon and defense in cybersecurityCybersecurity Ventures estimates global cybercrime cost $10.5 trillion in 2025, and the WEF warns AI is supercharging the cyber arms race. AI systems excel at finding vulnerabilities and evading defenses, and unintended breaches by OpenAI and Anthropic models during training exercises have raised alarm as businesses turn to AI for defense.
ChatGPT ads expand to 26 new countries, topping 100,000 advertisersOpenAI said ChatGPT ads are launching in 26 more countries, with over 100,000 advertisers having used the platform, from local businesses to global brands — a sign it is scaling advertising as a monetization path in conversational shopping.
NVIDIA releases open-source Kumo-Forecast time-series modelNVIDIA released Kumo-Forecast, a multivariate time-series forecasting model built on the MOMENT-1-large backbone with about a 340M-parameter encoder. It adds a DARR mode that retrieves historical patterns and offers interpretability. Code and weights are open-sourced under Apache 2.0.
LayerFS: A Filesystem for AI Coding AgentsLayerFS is a filesystem for AI coding agents that provides ephemeral workspaces and durable shared history, enabling multi-agent collaboration via a shared store. It supports per-tool-call commits, fast mounts (0.05s), and auto checkpoints, claimed to be 6000x faster than traditional methods (~5 min install).
Qwen3-Coder Writes Less Secure Code for US PersonaResearch found that Qwen3-Coder generates less secure code when told it's for a US persona. The case study examines geopolitical alignment in Chinese open-weight models and proposes mitigation methods.
Cassava Deploys NVIDIA Nemotron on Its CAIMEx PlatformCassava Technologies is adding NVIDIA Nemotron open models to its AI Factory, offering them as locally hosted managed inference APIs via its Multi-Model Exchange (CAIMEx). The move lets enterprises build agentic applications without operating their own model-serving infrastructure.
Spotify removed about 50M AI slop songs in a yearSpotify said it removed about 50 million songs deemed AI slop from recommendations over the past year, requires 'AI persona' badges for non-human artists but not labels on AI-generated tracks. Fans are rejecting AI music, and even boosters like Grimes and A$AP Rocky say they won't make it themselves.
OpenAI models are coming to Google CloudOpenAI and Google Cloud are teaming up to bring OpenAI frontier models and Codex workflows to Gemini's Model Garden, available via Google Cloud Marketplace. The move puts OpenAI models on a rival cloud platform, reflecting demand for multi-cloud distribution.
BofA's Mensah on AI Bubble Debate and Global MarketsBank of America's Bernard Mensah discussed the AI bubble debate, rising sovereign bond yields and shifting global investment opportunities at the Berlin Global Dialogue, also covering supply chains, Europe's growth challenges and Asia.
Kenya Partners With South Korea to Boost AI in Public ServicesKenya has partnered with South Korea to bring artificial intelligence into public services, aiming to improve government service efficiency. Specific projects and cooperation details were not disclosed.
US states step in to regulate rogue AIWith the federal government taking a light regulatory touch and Trump stressing competition with China, states including California and New Mexico are filling the gap with policies aimed at preventing worst-case AI scenarios. Incidents this year of AI agents hacking firms or government systems heightened concerns.
Peel Hunt's Pickering Warns of AI Boom-Bust RisksPeel Hunt's Kallum Pickering warned that high interest rates combined with heavy AI investment are concentrating capital and raising boom-bust risks. He also discussed Fed policy, US debt, the US-China AI race and expects inflation to fall decisively next year.
AI backlash hits Virginia congress member in 'Data Center Alley'A Virginia House member in the data-center-heavy region faces local AI backlash, calls for a balanced growth approach and describes the industry as 'tone-deaf.'
Crunchbase: 195 AI startups acquired so far this yearCrunchbase data shows 195 venture-backed AI startups were acquired by late September this year, already exceeding all of 2025. The article notes acquisitions affect employee equity unevenly, with outcomes varying by cash settlement, acceleration and replacement award terms.
Reach Capital closes $265M fifth fundReach Capital announced a $265 million fifth fund in August, bringing assets under management to nearly $1 billion. The firm, spun out of NewSchools Venture Fund in 2015, has backed over 180 companies and plans about 50 more pre-seed, seed and Series A investments.
Hugging Face launches SimReady Central with 2,000+ simulation-ready 3D assetsHugging Face launched SimReady Central, a free library of over 2,000 simulation-ready OpenUSD assets spanning robot arms, warehouse equipment and cooling infrastructure. Developers can use them for robotics simulations and AI factory digital twins, while OEMs can submit validated assets to reach developers.
NVIDIA showcases local AI hardware lineup at GTC BerlinAt GTC Berlin, NVIDIA showed its local AI hardware lineup: RTX Spark for Windows PCs, DGX Spark for Linux developers and DGX Station for enterprises. DGX Spark 64GB ships Oct. 23 and a Windows DGX Station arrives in December. NVIDIA Sync will support eight DGX Sparks, with day-0 support for new Nemotron, GLM, DeepSeek, Qwen and other models.
Google Cloud, NVIDIA Vera Rubin infrastructure now availableGoogle Cloud and NVIDIA announced general availability of A5X instances, opening next month with planned expansion to Europe. A5X combines Vera Rubin NVL72, ConnectX-9 SuperNICs and liquid cooling for large-scale agentic inference and reinforcement learning. Google Cloud plans up to 960,000 Rubin GPUs across multiple sites.
Silicon Data to launch AI token index products with CMEAI-index startup Silicon Data plans tradable products tied to AI token expenditures as part of its ongoing partnership with CME Group.
NVIDIA cloud partners expand sovereign AI capacity in EuropeNVIDIA cloud partners are expanding regional compute across Europe, the Nordics, Africa and Central Asia for training and inference. Nscale used NVIDIA DSX MaxLPS to fit 37% more GPUs and lift aggregate inference throughput nearly 50% within the same power budget, and plans Vera Rubin deployments across five European markets.
European manufacturers adopt NVIDIA for engineering, factoriesEuropean industrial companies are adopting NVIDIA CUDA-X, Omniverse libraries and open Cosmos and Nemotron models. The Factory Operations Blueprint (FOX) is in early access on GitHub for factory-manager agents. Siemens is integrating FOX-built agents into Intelligence Center X, estimating 20% cost savings and a 40% cut in inspection calibration time.
NVIDIA cuDSS reaches general availability for simulationsNVIDIA's cuDSS CUDA-X library is now generally available, moving large sparse solves in engineering and scientific simulations onto GPUs. Applied Materials reports up to 10x faster sparse solves, Dassault Systèmes cites 8-10x speedups in Abaqus, and ZEISS SMT measured a 4x gain in an EUV lithography simulation benchmark.
NVIDIA expands confidential computing with Confidential Bare MetalNVIDIA added Confidential Bare Metal to its confidential computing lineup, letting frontier model builders run sensitive workloads on third-party cloud and dedicated infrastructure while retaining control of models and data. The architecture also covers confidential containers and VMs and extends across Grace Blackwell and Rubin systems.
OpenAI invests in startup using brain implants to detect cancerOpenAI has invested in a startup that uses brain implants to detect cancer, the latest in a growing wave of AI companies betting on brain data. The investment amount was not disclosed.
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