AI & Robotics News — Friday, October 23, 2026 | Compute Bulletin

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OpenAI closes in on $30 billion funding round at $1.25 trillion valuation

SourcesThe InformationCNBCTechCrunchThe Decoder

02

AI Tools Are Generating Massive Attacks for Little Cost

SourcesDark Reading

03

UK government sets out $800 million of AI security funding

SourcesReuters

04

OpenAI stops training frontier models on live internet citing significant risks

SourcesOpenAI (Official)ReutersTechCrunchThe VergeEngadget

05

Moonshot AI launches Kimi K3.1 Pro, scoring 55 on Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index

SourcesThe InformationThe LatentThe Decoder

06

Anthropic Joins Meta and OpenAI in Personal AI Assistant Race

SourcesFortune

07

Anthropic says unreleased model outperforms Mythos 5.1 in stopping malware attacks

SourcesUK AI Security InstituteThe DecoderBusiness InsiderThe Latent

08

Human receives AI-designed virus for the first time

SourcesThe Register AI + ML

09

China-aligned hackers deploy AI agents in massive ConnectWise supply chain attack

SourcesSecurityWeekTom's Hardware

10

Audit finds major gaps in OpenAI's AI agent monitoring system

SourcesThe Register AI + MLThe Decoder

11

Moonshot curbs hacking ability in new Kimi model amid growing fears over AI-powered cyberattacks

SourcesReuters

12

Treasury proposes rule to crack down on AI, biotech investments in China, Russia

SourcesFortune

13

AI uncovers surge in online vulnerabilities, prompting security warnings

SourcesBusiness Insider

14

Illegal Nvidia Blackwell Ultra B300 GPUs found inside state-owned China Telecom's network

SourcesTom's Hardware

15

SEC to scrutinize AI use and cybersecurity defenses in 2027 corporate exams

SourcesThe Latent

16

China clears DeepSeek and MiniMax to deploy AI models overseas

SourcesReutersThe Latent

17

AI-powered hacking tools are becoming increasingly prevalent and overwhelming internet security defenses

SourcesThe Wall Street Journal

18

OpenAI fires three safety Researchers over leak suspicions in Morning Risk Report

SourcesThe Wall Street Journal

19

US Department of Commerce commits up to $389m in R&D funding to power semiconductors for fusion and advanced computing

SourcesTechCrunchData Center Dynamics

20

Accenture undergoes major organizational shakeup

Sources404 Media

21

Anthropic's Claude writes code and proves it safe automatically

SourcesThe Decoder

22

Wall Street regulator to focus corporate exams on AI and private assets

SourcesReuters

23

OpenAI makes its Jev competitor widely available as decision model competition heats up

SourcesOpenAI (Official)TechCrunch

24

Nvidia's Jensen Huang heads to Kazakhstan for first visit amid growing AI ambitions

SourcesCNBCSouth China Morning Post

25

Google DeepMind uses Gemini 4 Argon to teach Apptronik’s Apollo humanoid new skills from video

SourcesRobotics & Automation News

26

Washington’s curbs on foreign robots could slash U.S. robotics revenue by 58%

SourcesFortune

27

App's AI 'eyes' for blind users fall short, researchers find

SourcesTech Xplore: Machine Learning & AI

28

Solidigm pulls IPO as neoclouds face pressure and credit risks mount

SourcesCNBC

29

Claude and Grok among AI agents used to automate attacks on Latin American institutions

SourcesTom's Hardware

30

Nvidia backs AI video platform Higgsfield as it hits $1 billion revenue run rate

SourcesThe Latent

31

Cambricon’s third quarter profit surges 148% to US$210m amid push to replace Nvidia chips

SourcesSouth China Morning Post

32

Canva's first AI image model plans designs before generating them

SourcesThe Verge

33

Agent cloud startup Daytona hits $1 billion valuation

SourcesTechCrunch

34

Rivian acquires world model startup to accelerate self-driving ambitions

SourcesTechCrunch

35

Supermicro launches 100% liquid cooled Nvidia Vera CPU rack

SourcesData Center Dynamics

36

Microsoft adds Guardian Agents to monitor AI insider threats

SourcesDark Reading

37

Meta’s AI could still scrape news sites, legal experts say, despite business term changes

SourcesThe Verge

38

MIT CSAIL develops X-Hinges software tool to design self-aware devices

SourcesMIT News: Artificial Intelligence

39

Meta delays new business terms after publisher pushback on AI scraping

SourcesThe Verge

40

Pathos AI raises $237 million Series E at $3 billion valuation

SourcesAxios AI+The Latent

41

Generative Bionics to build European 'physical AI data factory' for humanoid robots in Italy

SourcesThe Robot ReportRobotics & Automation News

42

FCC grants Intel waiver for foreign-made robotic devices

SourcesReuters

43

STTGDC to host up to 9,000 Neysa GPUs for Indian neocloud at Noida 2 facility

SourcesData Center Dynamics

44

Robinhood invests $10 million in AI coding tool maker Cognition

SourcesFortuneThe Latent

45

Bolt, Stellantis plan autonomous driving experiment in Greater Paris from 2028

SourcesReuters

46

Some in Congress eye ways to aid Workers amid fears of mass A.I. layoffs

SourcesThe New York Times

47

Bank of Japan warns of risks from AI market shock, cyberattacks

SourcesReuters

48

AT&T and T-Mobile tighten AI guardrails as autonomous networks remain years away

SourcesReuters

49

Pathos AI teams up with Bristol Myers and Tempus AI to advance drug development

SourcesReuters

50

Feds propose cyan-colored lights for robotaxis to signal autonomous driving

SourcesThe Verge

51

VC Firms Tap LP Pools, Warehouse Loans for Speedy AI Cash

SourcesThe Information

52

Intel gets waiver for foreign-made robotic devices amid US ban concerns

SourcesArs Technica

53

Meta acquires AI data platform Sundial

SourcesAxios AI+

54

Microsoft's new voice AI can start working out what you want before you finish speaking

SourcesThe New Stack

55

Block makes AI model that talks like an awkward new friend

SourcesThe Verge

56

Emerald AI and Nvidia share results of latest pilot at Nscale data center in Iceland

SourcesData Center Dynamics

57

Chinese humanoid robot makers hunt for work in South Korea as Seoul bets on physical AI

SourcesSouth China Morning Post

58

Microsoft to add AI-powered phishing detection to Teams in November

SourcesBleepingComputer

59

Senators question Meta on data center tax credits after $8 billion Treasury break report

SourcesFortune

60

OpenAI and Poland’s NASK partner to advance AI safety and security

SourcesOpenAI (Official)Reuters

61

ETH scientists create robot actuators with lab-grown mouse muscle tissue

SourcesRobotics & Automation News

62

Uber gives corporate employees access to ChatGPT Work after layoffs

SourcesBusiness Insider

63

OpenAI lets you lock private chats with a PIN

SourcesFortune

64

China urges government agencies to mitigate AI job displacement

SourcesReuters

65

ZTE unveils data center module designed for AI workloads

SourcesData Center Dynamics

66

What some of Anthropic’s backers are reportedly worth before its IPO

SourcesTechCrunch

67

Amazon scraps plans to build four new AI data centers in Northern Virginia amid local backlash

SourcesTom's Hardware

68

HKEX launches AI and semiconductor indexes, licenses AI index in China

SourcesReuters

69

World launches proof-of-human tools for agentic commerce

SourcesSemafor Technology

70

Apple-picking robots are coming to Washington orchards

SourcesAxios AI+

71

Louisiana court buys AI servers to test how tech can streamline workload

SourcesReuters

72

Washington Senate Democrats allege GOP-backed PAC broke AI ad law

SourcesAxios AI+

73

Quadruped Robot Solves Giant Rubik’s Cube By Itself

SourcesIEEE Spectrum

74

LitPivot develops research ideas through dynamic contextualization within the literature landscape

SourcesAllen Institute for AIHugging Face

75

Mark Cuban says AI hack agents are like cockroaches, but can be controlled

SourcesReutersBusiness Insider

76

Wolves roam into Finnish villages after Google destroys 1,300 acres of forest for AI data centers

SourcesTom's Hardware

77

New York University Computer Scientists and Students Develop Tools to Detect Citation Hallucinations in Web-Hosted AI Systems

SourcesTech Xplore: Machine Learning & AI