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China's MOFCOM and MOST issued Announcement No. 48, proposing 40 new export-controlled technologies, 23 in AI, including frontier model weights, agent architectures and offensive cyber capabilities. Weights are restricted at 10^26 FLOPs of training compute, 2 trillion parameters, or a global top-10 ranking. The catalogue is open for comment until Nov. 15, but a pre-export registration requirement is already in effect.
Japan's Digital Agency began trialing an app built on its Gennai generative AI platform, available to about 180,000 government workers, to draft answers to lawmakers' questions and anticipate their intent. It generates multiple drafts within minutes from past answers and Diet minutes, with policy-explanation and political-judgment writing modes; officials stress humans remain responsible for final decisions. The agency will evaluate it this Diet session, aiming for full operation from next year's ordinary session.
The North Korean state-sponsored hacking group accused of the largest-ever crypto heist is using artificial intelligence to strengthen its attacks, swelling funds for Kim Jong Un's military expansion, Bloomberg reports.
A South Korean survey shows most judges have encountered false citations after using AI, highlighting the risk of fabricated references in AI-generated legal content.
BLM GROUP USA introduced VGP_AI, an AI service inside its VGPNext programming software that recommends tube bending parameters from part geometry and material, cutting trial-and-error and setup time. Operators can accept, modify or reject suggestions and keep full control.
Meta plans to give AI a physical body with a new humanoid robot, a move that could intensify the humanoid robotics race as Zuckerberg pushes the company into embodied AI.
LG CNS completed a 30MW hyperscale AI data center in Jakarta, the first built by a Korean IT firm for an overseas client. Ordered by KMG, it uses hybrid cooling and supports over 300kW per rack, with all capacity pre-leased.
South Korea has marked the launch of a supercomputer capable of powering AI research, though specific performance details were not disclosed.
Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (Adnoc) agreed with OpenAI and G42 to deploy OpenAI's GPT models to integrate operational and commercial decisions, becoming the first energy company to use the technology. Abu Dhabi also launched an AI-based public administration initiative with OpenAI.
CG Asset Management's Chris Clothier discussed with Bloomberg the fragile economics of the AI boom and what could end the spending spree. The conversation also covered inflation-linked bonds, government fiscal risks and safe havens; Clothier worries about inflation but his firm owns no gold.
The EPA's inspector general launched a compliance audit into whether the agency violated federal rules for developing, deploying and assessing AI tools. The inquiry follows a Monitor report that the EPA deployed custom AI tools, including ones to speed approvals of toxic chemicals and pesticides, without the transparency required by law.
After a large-scale hack in June and July, France's tax authority accelerated awarding a contract to domestic AI firm Mistral. Mistral will initially be deployed at DGFiP to strengthen protection and will compare social media accounts and shopping sites with tax returns to spot anomalies; the Mistral contract is just €6 million of a €200 million cybersecurity budget increase.
Spotify aims to launch an AI remix and cover-song service in early 2027, possibly around the February Grammy Awards. It is negotiating licensing deals and considering charging subscribers an extra $4-$5 a month.
Howard Marks, co-chair of Oaktree Capital Management, told Bloomberg TV that recent AI-related market stumbles have somewhat burst the sector's aura of infallibility, boosting skepticism.
A survey by Norway's Ocean Industry Authority (Havtil) finds oil and gas operators vary widely in managing AI, with some lacking a full overview of systems in development, procurement or use. The survey feeds Havtil's 2026 sector report, following its May 2025 guidance letter on AI and safety.
Borrowing by the Magnificent Seven has risen to $578 billion, up 45%, driven by a surge in AI-related debt, according to SBI Research.
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Elon Musk said the cost of running the Grok chatbot is 'unsustainably high' relative to its revenue.
The IEA expects global data center electricity demand to more than double to about 945 TWh by 2030, while large data center operators are set to spend over $700 billion on capex in 2026. The gap between AI growth and power generation risks shortages and grid overload in many regions.
At least 220 campaign ads using AI-generated content have aired this election cycle, with over $137 million spent, per the Wesleyan Media Project. An AAPC survey found 83% of campaign strategists regularly use AI for voter analysis and outreach, raising ethical concerns.
A Macquarie Capital executive said junior research staff need not worry too much about AI taking their jobs, suggesting AI may instead accelerate their career development. No specific figures or team sizes were given.
Amazon CEO Jassy said few consumers shop via AI agents and the experience is poor, and that Alexa for Shopping will be the primary agent customers use on Amazon. Amazon blocked Meta's shopping agent Muse while Walmart and Shopify embraced it. PYMNTS data shows Amazon accounts for 59% of the most recent AI-assisted purchases.
Singapore-based data center operator STT GDC is in talks with banks for a S$3.1 billion ($2.4 billion) syndicated loan. The AI boom is fueling growing debt demand among companies building data center infrastructure.
A writer found a site posing as the Nighthawks Wiki was AI-generated, listing nonexistent companions and skills and mixing in unrelated films and paintings. Similar sites, mostly targeting indie games without large communities, increasingly appear in search results, muddying games culture.
KT and Samsung Electronics verified wireless network autonomous operation technology based on KT's "AI Cell Twin" digital twin platform at KT Wiz Park in Suwon. AI learns commercial network data, generates antenna beam direction and width adjustment plans, validates them in a virtual environment, then applies the best plan to the live 5G network, helping handle traffic load swings.
A Hacker News discussion argues that AI agents can take on more implementation work and assist with design analysis, but engineers must remain responsible for deciding what to build and what evidence is sufficient to accept it. It warns that bounded model context and summarization of long sessions can lose the conditions behind decisions, and suggests keeping durable architecture decisions in a small, reviewable document.
Open-source inference engine Kapitsa released version 0.2.26, optimized for Apple Silicon with custom Metal kernels. On M5 Max, Qwen3.6 35B-A3B achieves 346 tok/s decode and 6,036 tok/s prefill; Flash-Next 180B runs on a 48GB MacBook Pro at 61 tok/s via SSD offloading.
A r/LocalLLaMA post questions the daily flood of 300 t/s claims, which rely on extreme quantization, greedy decoding and TAIL_SKIP but present no KLD or other benchmark data, limiting their value to the community.
Google Cloud's Google Skills launched free industry-specific Gemini video bundles for financial services (four 15-minute videos) and legal (five). It also offers the no-cost GEAR program, giving registrants 35 credits for hands-on agentic AI training.
OpenAI has named Dan Driscoll as Senior Counselor for National Security Modernization, advising on responsible AI use for national security, cyber resilience and collaboration with U.S. allies. The appointment signals closer ties between OpenAI and the U.S. government on security matters.
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