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Nvidia and Broadcom are shielded as an AI power crunch impacts the chip supply chain, according to Morgan Stanley.
Source: The Economic Times
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/nvidia-broadcom-shielded-as-ai-power-crunch-hits-chip-supply-chain-says-morgan-stanley/articleshow/134716053.cms
#AI #Nvidia #Broadcom

Nvidia-backed Reflection AI unveils Beam, its first open-weight model, which it says rivals GLM-5.2 on reasoning with far less inference compute. Weights are due this month. https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/05/reflection-debuts-beam-a-open-weight-ai-model-to-rival-chinese-models-at-lower-compute-cost/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Amazon has hired Pedram Rezaei, the former chief technology officer of Microsoft's Copilot, as a distinguished engineer.
Source: Business Insider
https://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-hires-former-microsoft-copilot-cto-ai-agent-push-2026-10
#AIAgents #Amazon #Microsoft

Instinct is launching group chats that let friends use its AI agent together for tasks like planning trips, organizing carpools, and coordinating events. The company says personal accounts remain separate, with permission required before personal agents share information or take action. https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/05/instinct-brings-its-ai-agent-to-group-chats-even-for-friends-without-an-account/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

King's funding for Andrew is not for legal action against police
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c9ly0l028d1go?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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TikTok describes its new Shopping Assistant as a conversational AI agent designed to help users discover and purchase products. https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/05/tiktok-rolls-out-an-ai-shopping-assistant-and-one-click-checkout/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Meta and Microsoft are working to cut their employees' use of Anthropic's Claude. Microsoft has reduced its planned internal spend on Anthropic's technology by more than a third.
Source: The Information
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/meta-microsoft-work-wean-staff-anthropics-claude
#EnterpriseAI #Meta #Microsoft

Ghost announced Monday its official emergence from stealth and an $11 billion seed round led by Andreessen Horowitz. https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/05/at-19-ghost-founder-raises-11-million-to-build-a-3499-computer-for-your-personal-ai/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Founded by two sisters, Hot Girl Hotline uses AI to give young women personalized dating and relationship advice, with an emphasis on safety and avoiding emotional dependency. https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/05/hot-girl-hotline-is-like-dear-abby-for-the-ai-era/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

TechCrunch attended Pear’s latest demo day and discovered which startups generated the most buzz, from spatial models to chips for local AI. https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/05/5-startups-that-caught-vcs-attention-at-the-latest-pearx-demo-day/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

HackerRank’s AI interviewer has already conducted more than 500,000 interviews, with Snowflake, Snorkel, and Capgemini among its early testers. https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/05/hackerranks-ai-interviewer-offers-a-glimpse-into-what-job-interviews-could-become/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

The Pentagon has stopped using Anthropic AI tools after previously blacklisting the company. Anthropic was earlier labelled a supply chain risk.
Source: BBC News
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5j9x9pr0240o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss
#TechPolicy #Anthropic

Wing and Walmart plan to launch drone deliveries in Denver and Seattle in 2027. The drones can carry payloads up to five pounds.
Source: Engadget
https://www.engadget.com/2277395/wing-and-walmart-are-bringing-drone-deliveries-to-denver-and-seattle-in-2027/
#Automation

Senegal is reviewing how satellite providers are licensed and regulated alongside traditional telecom operators.
Source: Ecofin Agency
http://www.ecofinagency.com/news-digital/0510-59468-senegal-reviews-satellite-telecom-rules-amid-competition-concerns-from-ground-operators
#TechPolicy

Apple will add new Full Disk Access controls on Macs, requiring very explicit user action to grant that level of access. The company said AI agents were the reason for the change.
Source: The Next Web
https://thenextweb.com/news/apple-full-disk-access-ai-agents-mac
#AIAgents #Apple

OpenAI said the new visual ads will show up after your image generation results appear in the U.S. only for now. https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/05/openai-launches-visual-ads-that-appear-alongside-image-generation-results/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

NETSCOUT Enterprises are moving quickly from using AI to analyse operations to applying it to make operational decisions.
Source: TechArena Kenya
https://www.techarena.co.ke/2026/10/05/why-intelligent-operations-require-complete-visibility-in-ai-era/
#Automation

Lola Vision Systems is one of TechCrunch's Battlefield 200 Companies https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/05/lola-vision-systems-is-trying-to-make-it-easier-to-run-ai-models-on-chips/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Learn how founders are choosing between building on open or closed AI at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026. Register now to save up to $100 and get a second pass at 50% off. https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/05/open-or-closed-ai-how-founders-are-choosing-what-to-build-on-at-techcrunch-disrupt-2026/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

The Danish government said the breach of names, addresses, and state-issued ID numbers affects 8 million people, including people living abroad and the deceased. https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/05/hackers-steal-8-million-citizens-records-from-danish-government-database/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon