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TalTech researchers used artificial intelligence to predict genes that make oleaginous yeast more efficient at producing lipids and pigments.
Source: ERR
https://news.err.ee/1610157109/artificial-intelligence-helping-turn-yeast-into-a-better-cell-factory
#MachineLearning

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung said AI models appear to have been used in recent bank hacking incidents and urged the development of cybersecurity methods for the AI era.
Source: BusinessWorld
https://bworldonline.com/technology/2026/10/06/784855/south-koreas-lee-says-ai-appears-to-have-been-used-in-bank-hacks/
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Constitutional courts in over 20 Asian nations have adopted the Samarkand Declaration, which requires AI to be only an auxiliary tool and not replace judges' independent judgment.
Source: TechJuice
https://www.techjuice.pk/asian-courts-samarkand-declaration-ai-auxiliary-tool-judges/
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K-beauty firms are moving beyond cosmetics into devices and medical aesthetics.
Source: The Korea Times
https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/business/companies/20261006/k-beauty-breaks-boundaries-to-offer-broader-solutions?utm_source=rss
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Reward-DAgger is an interactive imitation-learning framework that uses dense progress signals from a general-purpose reward model to decide when human intervention is required.
Source: arXiv cs.RO
https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.04054
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Reflection, a Nvidia-backed startup, unveiled an open-weight AI model called Beam that aims to rival Chinese offerings.
Source: The Business Times Singapore
https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/companies-markets/nvidia-backed-startup-reflection-unveils-open-weight-ai-model-said-rival-china-offerings
#Tech #Nvidia

Anthropic's head of safeguards, Dave Orr, said investigations of hundreds of millions of transcripts found no unauthorised interactions with Australian government systems.
Source: The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/media/video/2026/oct/06/anthropic-ai-australia-parliament-inquiry-government-websites-breach-video
#TechPolicy #Anthropic

AM Intelligence is expanding its AI infrastructure in India with an order for 20,000 Nvidia Rubin GPUs. The move also includes Malaysia as part of a regional buildout.
Source: DigiTimes Asia
https://www.digitimes.com/news/a20261006PR200/ai-infrastructure-capacity-asia-nvidia-rubin.html
#AI #Nvidia

Multi-agent debate can improve reasoning but often does not surpass simple majority voting.
Source: arXiv cs.MA
https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.04686
#MachineLearning

LG CNS launched a blockchain infrastructure platform called KITL to help banks and other financial institutions issue stablecoins, tokenized securities and other digital assets.
Source: The Korea Times
https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/business/companies/20261006/lg-cns-unveils-blockchain-tech-to-help-banks-issue-stablecoins-tokens?utm_source=rss
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Reflection AI, backed by Nvidia, launched its first open-weight model called Beam on Monday.
Source: The Economic Times
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/artificial-intelligence/nvidia-backed-reflection-unveils-first-ai-model-to-take-on-chinese-open-models/articleshow/134721941.cms
#Tech #Nvidia

Jacob Coxon, a former employee of OpenAI and Anthropic, warned that leading artificial intelligence companies cannot control their models.
Source: The Economic Times
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/artificial-intelligence/reckless-ai-firms-cant-control-models-says-whistleblower/articleshow/134722009.cms
#TechPolicy #OpenAI #Anthropic

Taiwan has launched a new five-year quantum technology program to accelerate adoption.
Source: DigiTimes Asia
https://www.digitimes.com/news/a20261006PD214/taiwan-nstc-software-hardware-communications.html
#Semiconductors

OpenSSF announced four new members-A-Team Systems, Emphere, DACHS IT GMBH and JetBrains-and released new Cyber Resilience Act resources.
Source: OpenSSF
https://openssf.org/press-release/2026/10/06/openssf-shares-expanded-membership-and-new-global-policy-resources-during-community-day-europe/
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LG Electronics will supply an integrated digital cockpit for Renault Group's new Trafic Van E-Tech Electric, combining a digital instrument cluster and infotainment system.
Source: The Korea Herald
https://www.koreaherald.com/article/10894167
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A class action lawsuit was opened in London on Tuesday accusing Google of earning excessive commissions from its app store, affecting 20 million UK consumers and businesses.
Source: The Economic Times
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/google-faces-uk-court-over-app-store-charges/articleshow/134721537.cms
#TechPolicy #Google

The Wikimedia Foundation says it discovered activity from what it believes were "rogue" AI agents operated by OpenAI across its platforms.
Source: Lowyat.NET
https://www.lowyat.net/2026/406415/wikimedia-finds-rogue-openai-agents/
#AIAgents #OpenAI

Satellites are demanding more power as in-orbit AI computing, Earth observation and defense missions expand, making energy supply an emerging challenge for the space economy.
Source: DigiTimes Asia
https://www.digitimes.com/news/a20261006PD211/catcher-transmission-solar-spacex.html
#AI

Moxin Technology has placed its MoWorld 4D world model into a smartphone app that creates animated digital twins of pets from a few photos.
Source: Pandaily
https://pandaily.com/moxin-technology-moworld-4d-world-model-huawei-mate-90-on-device-pet-digital-twin
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Meta has open-sourced the Muse Gadgets SDK and its firmware code, enabling developers to create physical devices that work with the Muse AI assistant.
Source: DigiTimes Asia
https://www.digitimes.com/news/a20261006PD202/meta-software-development-tv-apache.html
#AI #Meta