Monday, October 19, 2026
Nscale and Anthropic are reportedly discussing another $45 billion deal for AI computing capacity, after announcing a similar agreement last month. Talks are ongoing, and the terms could change.
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TorchNeuron, a PyTorch plugin for AWS Trainium chips, is set to enter public beta on October 20. Hugging Face says developers can use its standard libraries to train and run models on Trainium without relying on the older Optimum Neuron library.
Elon Musk said he plans to give each U.S. child a SpaceX share in 2027, a pledge estimated at $10.5 billion. He gave no details on how it would work, and his announcement followed Anthropic's plan to set aside shares for a public fund.
MiniMax released M3.1 Flash, a reasoning model that scored higher than its predecessor while costing less than half as much per task. It also costs slightly less per task than a recent Deepseek rival, but tests found that it often gives unreliable answers when unsure.
The Department of Homeland Security ordered federal civilian agencies to stop using DeepSeek products and remove them from their systems. It cited concerns that sensitive government data could reach China and that the products may have security flaws, and barred DeepSeek from federal contracts.
Germany's government agreed to work with NVIDIA on AI for factories and other physical systems as it seeks a leading role in industrial AI. NVIDIA also announced plans to invest in four German startups, while its partner Siemens showed tools for more automated manufacturing.
As AI agents take on more online tasks for people, some websites are blocking them while others are making room for them. The article warns that adapting websites for agents could make them harder for people to use.
Tenstorrent raised $1.5 billion in a funding round that valued the AI chip company at $6.2 billion. It plans to use the money to expand chips for running open-weight AI models and generating video.
Tolan has raised $30 million for its AI companion app, which helps users organize tasks and work through personal concerns. The company says it has more than 250,000 active users and earns revenue from paid memberships.
Mistral AI has released Timestral, a family of four models that forecast trends in data such as sensor readings. The company says its largest model leads three public forecasting benchmarks, while smaller versions can run on standard computer processors.
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