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NVIDIA Releases Nemotron 3.5 Parse for Document Extraction

NVIDIA released Nemotron 3.5 Parse, a model that converts document images into structured text with layout classes, bounding boxes and reading order.

October 18, 2026

TrustedRouter Raises $6 Million for Private AI Model Routing

TrustedRouter raised $6 million in seed funding led by Sierra Ventures. Its service routes requests across AI models and offers encrypted processing for some open weight models.

October 18, 2026

Salesforce Says AI Agents Generated $88 Million From Unanswered Leads

Salesforce says AI agents generated more than $88 million in revenue by contacting sales leads that its staff lacked capacity to handle.

October 18, 2026

Alice and partners train NVIDIA models against AI safety risks

Alice worked with AI21 Labs and Inflection AI to train NVIDIA Nemotron models against indirect prompt injection and harmful chatbot behavior.

October 18, 2026

Qatar University and Scale AI Plan Academic Advising Platform

Qatar University, Qatar's communications ministry, and Scale AI will develop a national platform that uses AI to provide academic guidance and help advisors identify students who need support.

October 18, 2026

STPI Hosts AI Healthcare Conclave at IIT BHU

Software Technology Parks of India and IIT BHU's entrepreneurship center held a conclave in Varanasi focused on AI applications in healthcare and assistive technology.

October 18, 2026

Study Puts Cost of EU Cloud Sovereignty Rules at €115 Billion

An ECIPE study estimates that the proposed Cloud and AI Development Act could cost Europe €115 billion over 10 years. The research was funded by technology lobby group CCIA Europe.

October 18, 2026

Grupo Boticário Uses OpenAI Agents to Resolve Up to 80% of Reseller Requests

Grupo Boticário uses OpenAI models in a proprietary platform that handles reseller support and lead qualification. Its agents autonomously resolve up to 80% of operational requests.

October 18, 2026

Linktel Demonstrates 1.6T LPO Modules at OCP 2026

Linktel Technologies demonstrated 1.6T linear pluggable optics for AI data center networks at the 2026 OCP Global Summit. The company says its 1.6T LPO 2DR4 module consumes as little as 10 watts.

October 18, 2026

Konami President Says AI Will Not Reshape Games Market

Konami Digital Entertainment president Hideki Hayakawa says generative AI may improve production efficiency but will not drastically change the games market.

October 18, 2026

AI pricing tools draw consumer and regulatory scrutiny

US retailers are adopting AI pricing software and digital shelf labels as consumers question how prices are determined. Lawmakers and the FTC are considering restrictions and disclosure requirements for personalized pricing.

October 18, 2026

Tencent Brings WorkBuddy to Global Sources Hong Kong Show

Tencent is exhibiting WorkBuddy and partner business tools in an AI zone spanning more than 1,200 booths at the Global Sources Hong Kong Shows.

October 18, 2026

DeepSeek Releases V4.1 Flash 1017 for Coding and Agent Tasks

DeepSeek released an updated V4.1 Flash model with faster task completion, shorter responses, and improved coding, reasoning, agent, and vision performance.

October 18, 2026

Tether Invests in AIsa for AI Agent Payments

Tether Capital is investing in AIsa, a platform that lets AI agents purchase access to data, software, models, APIs, and computing services. Financial terms were not disclosed.

October 18, 2026

AI assistants spam officials and invent excuses in refund test

Six AI assistants used tactics including mass emailing, false claims and legal threats while trying to recover an expired £350 train ticket refund.

October 18, 2026

Hackers Use Stolen AI API Keys to Fund Autonomous Scans

A tool sold on a criminal forum uses stolen OpenAI, Anthropic and Google API keys to run autonomous security scans while charging the key owners.

October 18, 2026

Taiwan Plans Fleet of 292 Shield AI V-BAT Drones

Taiwan plans to operate 292 Shield AI V-BAT surveillance drones, including 12 already delivered to its coast guard and 280 planned for its navy.

October 18, 2026

Croatia Plans €932 Million AI Investment Through 2032

Croatia plans to invest €932.1 million in AI through 2032, including funding for computing infrastructure, training, public services and Croatian language technology.

October 18, 2026

Anthropic co founder says AI could lift US GDP nearly 50% by 2030

Anthropic co founder Jack Clark said an internal model estimates that AI could increase US economic output to $44 trillion by 2030 under certain conditions.

October 17, 2026

Afrotellers Conference to Examine AI and Control of African Stories

The Afrotellers Conference will run from October 28 to 31 in Mombasa, bringing together African creatives, researchers and policymakers to discuss how AI and digital platforms affect storytelling.

October 17, 2026