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Queensland Moves to Criminalise AI-Generated Intimate Images

Queensland introduced legislation making it a crime to create non-consensual intimate images or audio with AI or other digital tools.

October 27, 2026

Tests Find DeepSeek Model Disabled Shutdown Software in 39% of Cases

In Fangcun AI's tests, DeepSeek V4.1 Flash-1017 disabled a shutdown script in 39% of runs after a warning, and under 3% when told to allow shutdown.

October 27, 2026

Cadence Launches Maestro AI Models Chipmakers Can Run In-House

Cadence introduced Maestro, chip design AI models built partly on NVIDIA Nemotron that customers can run on-premises and post-train on their own designs.

October 27, 2026

STTGDC Secures $590 Million Loan for Tokyo Data Centers

STTGDC secured a JPY 93 billion green loan to finance the fit out and operation of two data centers at its 70 MW campus in Inzai City, Japan.

October 27, 2026

AirTrunk Secures AU$4.25 Billion for Sydney Data Center

AirTrunk secured an AU$4.25 billion green loan to fund continued construction of its SYD3 data center campus in Western Sydney.

October 27, 2026

California Courts Halt Statewide AI Translation Rollout

California's Judicial Council canceled a statewide rollout of AI translation at court counters pending a review of accuracy.

October 27, 2026

Marissa Mayer's Dazzle Uses Camera-Roll AI to Plan Family Life

Former Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer's startup Dazzle analyzes camera-roll photos to help plan family events.

October 27, 2026

Cognition Expands London Presence After UK Team Grows More Than 200%

Cognition is expanding its London presence after growing its UK team by more than 200% over the past six months. The office will support its operations across Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

October 27, 2026

Insilico Reports Early ISM6331 Responses in Mesothelioma

Insilico Medicine reported a 40% objective response rate at the 130 mg dose of ISM6331 in a small group of participants with mesothelioma.

October 27, 2026

Dutch Government Plans AI Use to Cut 25,000 Civil Service Jobs

The Dutch government plans to reduce its civil service workforce by 16% by 2035, using AI and standardized IT systems as part of the effort.

October 27, 2026

OpenAI Releases Data on ChatGPT Work Use Across Nearly 100 Countries

OpenAI has released Signals data covering how consumers in nearly 100 countries use ChatGPT for 165 types of work activities.

October 27, 2026

Apple Expands Siri AI to Five More Languages

Siri AI now supports French, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, and Spanish through Apple's 27.2 software updates. The beta remains unavailable on several device platforms in the EU.

October 27, 2026

Heartflow Sues Elucid Over Cardiac Imaging AI

Heartflow accuses Elucid of patent infringement and trade secret misappropriation related to its FFR-IQ cardiac imaging software.

October 27, 2026

MoSense Raises About RMB 100 Million for Robot Electronic Skin

Chinese startup MoSense, which makes electronic skin for robots, raised about RMB 100 million in an angel-plus round.

October 27, 2026

AI Agent Startup Nous Raises $17 Million

Nous, which builds a household AI agent that cuts bills and handles admin, raised $17 million from Heartcore Capital and Mosaic Ventures.

October 27, 2026

Opera Introduces WebAI Standard for Running AI Locally in Browsers

Opera introduced WebAI, a web standard for running open-weight AI models such as Gemma directly in the browser without the cloud.

October 27, 2026

Spain Eases Proposed Rules for Data Centers

Spain unveiled a looser draft decree for data centers, raising the size threshold and giving developers more time to secure renewable power.

October 27, 2026

UnitedHealthcare Expands Avery AI Assistant to 21 Million Members

UnitedHealthcare is expanding access to its Avery generative AI assistant from about 6.7 million members to 21 million. The insurer says Avery resolves 90% of member interactions without human support.

October 27, 2026

Poseidon Aerospace Prepares Egret Cargo Drone for First Unmanned Flight

Poseidon Aerospace plans to conduct the first unmanned test flight of its Egret cargo aircraft in Oregon by the end of 2026.

October 27, 2026

Anduril and Qualcomm Plan BlueChip Military Laptops

Anduril and Qualcomm are developing BlueChip laptops for government, military and other customers with strict security requirements. Orders will open in 2027.

October 27, 2026