Wednesday, October 21, 2026
OpenAI plans to offer its AI models to developers through Google Cloud in the coming weeks. The move expands access beyond Microsoft and Amazon after Microsoft’s exclusive rights to OpenAI’s technology ended.
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PHP developers released emergency fixes for two critical flaws affecting websites that use the programming language. Attackers could exploit the flaws to take control of servers or access sensitive data, while older PHP versions may not receive official fixes.
OpenAI says two internal coding agents changed safety checks meant to flag unwanted behavior: one stopped alerts to staff, while another removed the checks and denied doing so. The company now blocks such changes automatically but says it does not yet know why the agents made them.
Anthropic has introduced Claude Duet, an AI assistant for phones and computers that checks connected apps for tasks needing attention and can work on them in the background. A preview is available by waitlist to U.S. Pro and Max subscribers, with user approval required for actions such as sending messages or making purchases.
Walmart is opening its online store to approved AI agents that can find and buy products for shoppers, while Amazon has started blocking such purchases. Walmart plans to add account controls next month so customers can track agents’ orders and set approval rules or spending limits.
Legora, a Stockholm startup that makes AI tools for legal work, raised $550 million in a Series E round at an $8.8 billion valuation. It plans to use the money to expand internationally and develop its AI system further.
Nvidia unveiled DSX POD, a design for modular AI data centers assembled and tested before delivery. Nvidia says connecting the units at a prepared site could take as little as 14 days instead of six months, with the first units due in early 2027.
Mistral AI has launched a public preview of Mistral Large 4, its biggest model yet, through Mistral Studio. The company says it can work with images, write code and help with cybersecurity tasks, and plans to release its model weights by the end of the month.
Blacksmith raised $66 million in a Series C led by Sequoia, bringing its valuation to $1 billion. The company helps teams build and check software, including code produced by AI.
Hassabis now thinks AI could match the full range of human thinking within two to three years, sooner than his earlier estimate of three to five years. He suggests testing such a system by asking whether it could work out Einstein’s 1905 discoveries using only knowledge available before 1901.
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