Saturday, October 24, 2026
The UK plans to spend £100 million creating the AI Biosecurity Lab to improve its defenses against biological threats. OpenAI and Anthropic will support the lab by providing access to their AI models.
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Block has introduced Dessa, a voice model designed to sound more natural by using pauses, laughter and other vocal cues. It can listen while speaking and run on a powerful personal computer, but it is not publicly available yet.
Three fired OpenAI safety researchers say the company never told them what information they had allegedly leaked. They deny sharing confidential material and suspect their work on making AI models easier to inspect played a role, while OpenAI says their safety concerns were unrelated to the firings.
In a study of coding tasks, Claude Code performed about as well as a much simpler 100-line setup when both used the same Qwen models. The researchers found that changing the setup could substantially change costs without consistently improving results.
U.S. media, film and arts businesses have shed more than 200,000 jobs in four years, including about 50,000 in the past year. The analysis says AI may be contributing, but changes in Hollywood, overseas production and social media competition make its share of the losses unclear.
Neural chip researchers at EPFL developed a device called LogSync that measures how brain regions communicate and uses AI to identify mental and emotional states. Tests with existing human brain recordings and experiments in rats suggest it could help future brain implants adjust stimulation to a patient's activity.
In a study of nearly 500 midterm races, Grok 4.7 usually recommended Republicans, while OpenAI’s GPT-6.1 Sol overwhelmingly recommended Democrats when pressed to choose. Researchers tested the models through developer tools; the public chat apps generally refused to pick a candidate.
Apollo says AI has yet to show a financial payoff for companies outside the tech sector. Its analysis finds that revenue per worker and profit margins are rising at major tech firms but remain flat across the rest of the S&P 500.
Nvidia's financing strategy faces a test as shares of several AI cloud companies it backs fall sharply and borrowing concerns grow. The chipmaker has promised financial support for major data center projects, leaving it exposed if partners cannot meet their obligations.
Meta has delayed its updated business and advertising terms from October 30 to November 20 after publishers and businesses raised concerns about website scraping. The company says it will explain how its crawlers work and how site owners can signal their preferences.
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