https://aidaily.si/stories/tenstorrent-raises-1-5bn-series-e-at-a-6-2bn-valuation.htmlAI Switchboarden2026-10-20T05:00:00-05:00Tenstorrent raises $1.5bn in a Series E at a $6.2bn valuation, led by Trace Capital and Innovation X https://aidaily.si/stories/one-hacker-used-ai-agents-to-breach-more-than-100-organisations-reuters-reports.htmlAI Switchboarden2026-10-20T05:00:00-05:00One hacker used AI agents to break into more than 100 organisations' websites for about $5,000, Reuters reports https://aidaily.si/stories/nscale-in-talks-to-sell-anthropic-about-45bn-more-computing-bloomberg-reports.htmlAI Switchboarden2026-10-20T05:00:00-05:00Nscale is in talks to sell Anthropic about $45bn more of computing, for a second building in West Virginia, Bloomberg reports https://aidaily.si/stories/minimax-releases-m3-1-flash-and-says-agent-tasks-cost-70-percent-less.htmlAI Switchboarden2026-10-20T05:00:00-05:00MiniMax releases M3.1 Flash and says agent tasks cost 70% less than on M3, at $0.15 per million input tokens https://aidaily.si/stories/inception-releases-mercury-3-a-diffusion-language-model.htmlAI Switchboarden2026-10-20T05:00:00-05:00Inception releases Mercury 3, a diffusion language model it says runs at 1,068 tokens per second with a 1-million-token context https://aidaily.si/stories/homeland-security-orders-federal-civilian-agencies-to-drop-deepseek.htmlAI Switchboarden2026-10-20T05:00:00-05:00Homeland Security orders federal civilian agencies to stop using DeepSeek, including third-party products built on it, The Register and Engadget report https://aidaily.si/stories/germany-signs-a-declaration-of-intent-with-nvidia-on-physical-ai.htmlAI Switchboarden2026-10-20T05:00:00-05:00Germany signs a joint declaration of intent with Nvidia on physical AI, and Nvidia names four German start-ups it will invest in https://aidaily.si/stories/gemini-4-argon-agents-beat-minecraft-with-no-human-help.htmlAI Switchboarden2026-10-20T05:00:00-05:00Four Gemini 4 Argon agents finish Minecraft by beating the Ender Dragon in 27 hours and 14 minutes with no human help, a paper reports https://aidaily.si/stories/eu-publishes-the-first-harmonised-standard-under-the-ai-act.htmlAI Switchboarden2026-10-20T05:00:00-05:00The European Commission publishes the first harmonised standard under the AI Act, a quality-management standard for providers of high-risk AI https://aidaily.si/stories/china-s-commerce-ministry-and-eight-departments-push-embodied-ai-into-commerce.htmlAI Switchboarden2026-10-20T05:00:00-05:00China's Commerce Ministry and eight other departments call for robots and “embodied intelligence” in shops, home services and logistics https://aidaily.si/stories/campaigns-have-spent-more-than-137m-on-ai-generated-midterm-ads.htmlAI Switchboarden2026-10-20T05:00:00-05:00Campaigns and groups have spent more than $137m on 220 AI-generated ads in the 2026 midterms, the Wesleyan Media Project counts https://aidaily.si/stories/bitcoin-japan-signs-exclusive-deal-to-distribute-ubtech-humanoids-in-japan.htmlAI Switchboarden2026-10-20T05:00:00-05:00Bitcoin Japan signs an exclusive deal to distribute six UBTech humanoid and service robot models in Japan https://aidaily.si/stories/anthropic-quietly-pitches-its-own-ai-safety-bill-politico-reports.htmlAI Switchboarden2026-10-20T05:00:00-05:00Anthropic has quietly pitched lawmakers its own AI safety bill, Politico reports, under which the government could halt a model only for risks above $1bn or 50 casualties https://aidaily.si/stories/uk-science-advisers-tell-the-ai-minister-to-write-an-ai-sovereignty-plan.htmlAI Switchboarden2026-10-19T05:00:00-05:00The UK's Council for Science and Technology tells the AI minister to write an AI sovereignty plan, warning Britain “risks becoming a high-value AI customer” https://aidaily.si/stories/uk-cma-proposes-strategic-market-status-for-microsoft-business-software.htmlAI Switchboarden2026-10-19T05:00:00-05:00The UK's competition regulator proposes “strategic market status” for Microsoft's business software, Copilot included, and will test whether rival AI tools can compete https://aidaily.si/stories/proofpoint-agrees-to-buy-varonis-for-about-6-3bn.htmlAI Switchboarden2026-10-19T05:00:00-05:00Proofpoint agrees to buy Varonis for about $6.3bn in cash, pitching a platform to secure the data that people and AI systems can reach https://aidaily.si/stories/meta-says-a-claude-linked-tool-set-off-the-no-kings-instagram-suspension.htmlAI Switchboarden2026-10-19T05:00:00-05:00Meta says a tool linked to Anthropic's Claude set off its mistaken suspension of the No Kings Coalition's Instagram account, Bloomberg reports https://aidaily.si/stories/kospi-rebounds-1-76-percent-after-opening-more-than-3-percent-lower.htmlAI Switchboarden2026-10-19T05:00:00-05:00Seoul's KOSPI turns an opening fall of more than 3% into a 1.76% gain, as Bloomberg says financing costs, not chip demand, now drive Asia's AI hardware stocks https://aidaily.si/stories/epic-tells-staff-to-work-ai-first-bloomberg-reports.htmlAI Switchboarden2026-10-19T05:00:00-05:00Epic Games tells employees to take an “AI first” approach, and its Disney game slips from its March target, Bloomberg reported https://aidaily.si/stories/anthropic-consults-law-firms-on-how-its-agents-should-negotiate-ft-reports.htmlAI Switchboarden2026-10-19T05:00:00-05:00Anthropic is consulting law firms on fair “negotiation norms” for AI agents that bargain for their users, the Financial Times reported https://aidaily.si/stories/anthropic-commits-5-percent-of-its-shares-to-a-public-benefit-fund.htmlAI Switchboarden2026-10-19T05:00:00-05:00Anthropic commits 5% of its shares to a new Public Benefit Fund, subject to stockholder approval, with 2% more for every 50% rise in its value