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China clears VW for Level 3 tests and Xpeng for Level 4 robotaxis

Volkswagen and Xpeng have won approval to run higher levels of self-driving on public roads in China. VW has started Level 3 road tests in Hefei. Xpeng can now run Level 4 robotaxi services across Guangzhou. Both companies announced the approvals on Monday. Volkswagen Group China said on Weibo that it had received an L3 […]

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UK puts £130m into AI cyber defence in a £600m+ AI package

The UK government will spend £130m on AI cyber defence, including a National Cyber Shield that uses agentic AI to protect critical infrastructure. The money is part of a package of more than £600m for AI that the Chancellor, John Healey, will put in this week’s Budget. HM Treasury set out the plans in a […]

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Reddit’s r/opensource bans AI projects, and non-English speakers too

The moderators of r/opensource, one of Reddit’s main open source forums, now bar any project that uses AI, is made by AI or is intended for AI. The new rules also shut out solo developers, young projects and people who do not speak English. Moderator Wolvereness announced the rules on Saturday in a post on […]

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SoftBank’s Masayoshi Son picks Malaysia for $50bn of AI investment, Anwar says

SoftBank founder Masayoshi Son has picked Malaysia for $50bn of investment in AI, new technology and data centres. Prime minister Anwar Ibrahim made the announcement on Saturday. Anwar said Son told him about the plan during a video call on Tuesday. He spoke in Malacca, at the launch of a national cost of living plan. […]

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Elvis Presley’s music owners sue Anthropic over 274 songs used by Claude

Authentic Brands Group and other owners of Elvis Presley’s catalogue filed a copyright lawsuit against Anthropic on Friday. They want about $41.1m from the company behind Claude, or $150,000 for each of 274 songs. Billboard first reported the suit. The plaintiffs filed it in the US District Court for the Northern District of California. They […]

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Goldman’s Pasquariello says the tech sell-off raises doubts about AI stocks

Hedge funds sold tech stocks at their fastest pace in two years during last Thursday’s rout, Goldman Sachs’ Tony Pasquariello told clients, Bloomberg reported. The Nasdaq 100 fell 2.9% that day. He expects the bull market to continue, but with less punch, as Microsoft, Alphabet and Amazon report this week. Hedge funds sold tech stocks […]

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Pennsylvania will require labels on misleading AI ads, with $3,000 fines

Advertisers in Pennsylvania will have to label ads that use AI to mislead consumers about what they are selling. Governor Josh Shapiro approved the Artificial Intelligence Deceptive Advertising Act on 22 October, and it became Act 99 of 2026, according to the General Assembly’s record of Senate Bill 806. The law covers ads that use […]

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Ciena CEO who survived the telecom bust tells WSJ the AI boom is different

Gary Smith has been Ciena CEO since May 2001, and led the company through the telecom crash that followed the fibre boom. He says today’s AI build-out is a different kind of cycle, the optical networking company’s chief executive told Steven Rosenbush of The Wall Street Journal. “Having lived through the pain of that, I’m […]

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Anthropic tells IPO investors it could be targeted over its AI safety views

Anthropic has warned would-be investors that its views on AI safety could make it a political target. The warning is in the risk factors of its S-1 registration statement. The company made it public on Monday, setting out its plans for the Anthropic IPO on Nasdaq. The filing does not name President Donald Trump or […]

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Microsoft offers buyouts to 60,000 employees, about a quarter of its staff

Amy Coleman, Microsoft’s chief people officer, announced the Voluntary Exit Offer in a memo to employees on Monday. It is open to eligible staff in participating teams in Canada, India, the UK and the US, at level 70 and below on Microsoft’s internal scale. The offer is voluntary and time-limited, and comes with financial support […]

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