UK Audit Regulator Opens Inquiries Into Manchester City’s Financial Accounts
The UK’s Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has taken over inquiries into alleged accounting irregularities at Manchester City following an independent commission’s findings that the football club breached Premier League financial…
Anthropic Proposes AI Safety Bill to Block Models Posing Catastrophic Risks
Anthropic has proposed federal legislation that would allow the US government to block the release of advanced AI models if independent evaluators identify an imminent risk of more than 50…
SpaceX and Tesla Form Independent Committees to Review Potential Merger
SpaceX and Tesla have each established special committees of independent directors to examine a potential merger, according to Elon Musk, who serves as CEO and the largest individual shareholder of…
Hugging Face CEO Criticizes Netflix Documentary Over OpenAI Agent Cyberattack
Hugging Face co-founder and CEO Clem Delangue has criticized Netflix’s documentary AI Gone Wild for what he described as an inaccurate and exaggerated portrayal of an AI-driven cyberattack on his…
Anthropic Faces Cloud Capacity Shortages Despite $750 Billion in Planned AI Spending
Anthropic is struggling to secure enough cloud computing capacity from Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google, and Microsoft despite planning to spend more than $750 billion on AI infrastructure. According to…
SpaceX Reports $14.6 Billion in Quarterly Revenue as AI Business Surpasses Starlink
SpaceX reported $14.6 billion in revenue for the third quarter of 2026, a 161% increase from a year earlier, as its artificial intelligence business became its largest revenue source. The…
OpenAI Acquires Orchestra Bio to Expand AI Tools for Drug Discovery and Development
OpenAI has acquired AI biotechnology startup Orchestra Bio to expand its Rosalind platform, which helps life sciences researchers conduct experiments, analyze scientific data, and manage drug development. The acquisition brings…
Google Launches Open-Source TorchTPU to Run PyTorch AI Models on Its Chips
Google has released TorchTPU as an open-source project, allowing developers to run existing PyTorch AI applications directly on its Tensor Processing Units (TPUs) with minimal code changes. Announced on October…
General Motors to Close Michigan Battery Assembly Plant as Lease Expires
General Motors (GM) plans to close its Brownstown Battery Assembly Plant south of Detroit, Michigan, when the facility’s lease expires in summer 2027. The automaker confirmed that the closure is…
OpenAI Introduces Locked Chats in ChatGPT With PIN and Biometric Protection
OpenAI has introduced Locked Chats in ChatGPT, allowing users to protect selected conversations with a four-digit PIN or biometric authentication on supported devices. The feature, announced on October 20, 2026,…
Former Nvidia Executive Says Robotics Is Still Years From Its ChatGPT Moment
Robotics has yet to reach a breakthrough comparable to ChatGPT’s arrival in 2022, according to Amulya Vishwanath, founder and managing partner of venture capital firm Techable Ventures. The former Nvidia…
Electric Plant Raises $11.2 Million for AI Model That Reads Electrical Signals in Plants
Electric Plant has raised $11.2 million in seed funding to commercialize an AI system that interprets electrical signals inside living plants to identify their needs. Its technology combines low-cost sensors…
TikTok Employees Warned Executives About Child Safety Risks, Court Records Show
TikTok employees repeatedly warned company executives about child safety risks, including sexual exploitation, exposure to suicide-related content, and weaknesses in parental controls, according to court records obtained by NPR. Depositions…
Figma Adds 20 MCP Partners as CEO Dylan Field Raises Concerns Over AI Data Access
Figma has announced 20 new Model Context Protocol (MCP) partners to expand how AI agents interact with its design platform, despite concerns raised by co-founder and CEO Dylan Field about…
Reliable Robotics Raises $115 Million at Over $1 Billion Valuation to Advance Autonomous Flight
Reliable Robotics has raised $115 million in additional funding, pushing its valuation above $1 billion as it works toward Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) certification for its autonomous flight technology. The…
Eka Robotics Raises $150 Million at $1.45 Billion Valuation for AI-Powered Robotic Hands
Eka Robotics has raised $150 million in a Series A funding round at a $1.45 billion post-money valuation to develop AI-powered robotic hands capable of handling objects with greater speed…
Tolan Raises $30 Million to Expand AI Companion App With 250,000 Active Users
San Francisco-based startup Tolan has raised $30 million in new funding to expand its AI companion app, which helps users manage daily tasks, personal relationships, and emotional concerns. The investment…
Tenstorrent Raises $1.5 Billion at $6.2 Billion Valuation to Expand AI Chip Production
AI chip startup Tenstorrent has raised $1.5 billion in a Series E funding round, reaching a $6.2 billion valuation as it expands production of processors designed for AI inference and…
Town Raises $108 Million at $1 Billion Valuation to Expand AI Assistants for Businesses
San Francisco-based AI startup Town has raised $108 million in a Series B funding round, reaching a $1 billion valuation just four months after its public launch. The funding, co-led…