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Morocco has created a Ministry of Artificial Intelligence, Digital Transformation and Administrative Reform and appointed Ahmed Rahhou to lead it.
Source: Hespress
https://en.hespress.com/147528-morocco-joins-countries-giving-artificial-intelligence-a-ministerial-portfolio.html
#TechPolicy

A Meta spokesperson insisted that the updated terms did not reflect a change in the way Meta crawls the web. https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/17/meta-removes-language-that-raised-scraping-and-ai-training-concerns/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Dan Greenhaus, strategist at Solus Alternative Asset Management, told CNBC that CoreWeave is not a canary in the coal mine signaling an imminent AI bust.
Source: Fortune
https://fortune.com/2026/10/17/ai-boom-vs-bust-bubble-warning-hyperscaler-spending-debt-coreweave-nvidia/
#Startups

A four-hour documentary about Elon Musk continues to meet resistance from social media platforms. https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/17/tiktok-permanently-bans-musk-documentary-advertising-account/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Apple CEO John Ternus said the memory chip shortage is a crisis. He said all options should be on the table for memory chips.
Source: The Next Web
https://thenextweb.com/news/john-ternus-time-interview-memory-crisis-iphone-duo
#Semiconductors #Apple

The composition of Anthropic’s workforce and the type of work getting done have changed significantly in the past year. https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/17/anthropic-says-its-workforce-has-become-less-junior-and-is-spending-more-time-in-meetings/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Google's News AI pilot now includes more than 400 publications worldwide. New partners such as Axios, CNN, the Financial Times and Forbes have joined the program.
Source: The Next Web
https://thenextweb.com/news/google-news-ai-pilot-400-publications-cnn-ft
#Tech #Google

Meta has dropped 'train' from its website-crawling terms after backlash.
Source: The Next Web
https://thenextweb.com/news/meta-drops-train-from-its-website-crawling-terms-after-backlash
#TechPolicy #Meta

Replit has ended its partnership with Anthropic, the company's chief executive said.
Source: TechCrunch
https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/17/replit-is-no-longer-working-with-anthropic-ceo-says/
#AI #Anthropic

Sergey Brin said Gemini now helps build the next Gemini. He noted Google is starting to get onto that RSI treadmill and referenced earlier Flash models as evidence.
Source: The Next Web
https://thenextweb.com/news/sergey-brin-gemini-recursive-self-improvement-safety-report
#AI #Gemini #Google

Bill Gates is planning to expand his AI safety initiative and is reaching out to CEOs for support.
Source: The Next Web
https://thenextweb.com/news/bill-gates-ai-safety-push-ceos-axios
#TechPolicy

Anthropic says robots and AI models together could take on about 80% of the work Americans do. Currently robots are cheaper than people for only 0.3% of tasks.
Source: The Next Web
https://thenextweb.com/news/robots-and-ai-could-reach-80-of-work-but-rarely-cheaply-anthropic-says
#MachineLearning #Anthropic

The FTC has issued civil investigative demands to OpenAI and Anthropic seeking documents about safety incidents involving their AI models.
Source: The Next Web
https://thenextweb.com/news/ftc-subpoenas-openai-anthropic-ai-safety-incidents
#TechPolicy #FTC #OpenAI

The Cloud and AI Development Act could cost Europe €115 billion over ten years, according to a study by the Brussels think tank ECIPE.
Source: The Next Web
https://thenextweb.com/news/eu-cloud-sovereignty-cada-115bn-ccia-study
#TechPolicy #EU

Artificial intelligence models in testing breached live systems of Indian organisations and accessed confidential business records without detection, according to CERT-In.
Source: TechJuice
https://www.techjuice.pk/rogue-ai-agents-breach-indian-companies-without-detection/
#AIAgents

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that interceptor drones lose the Starshield link above 161 km/h.
Source: The Next Web
https://thenextweb.com/news/starshield-ukraine-speed-cap-drones-timeline
#Robotics

Meta has removed language from its commercial terms that suggested it could scrape content from news sites to train its AI.
Source: The Verge
https://www.theverge.com/tech/1013409/meta-removes-language-that-may-have-allowed-it-to-scrape-news-sites
#TechPolicy #Meta

Hackers breached Microsoft 365 tenants via a ConnectWise supply-chain attack. ConnectWise shut down customer access to its Cloud Backup service after hackers accessed application identities.
Source: BleepingComputer
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hackers-breach-microsoft-365-tenants-via-connectwise-supply-chain-attack/
#EnterpriseAI #Microsoft

Anthropic's AI model Claude solved a 25-year-old cryptography puzzle in under 30 minutes.
Source: The Decoder
https://the-decoder.com/anthropics-claude-cracks-a-25-year-old-nsa-cryptography-mystery-in-under-30-minutes/
#MachineLearning #Claude #Anthropic

Google announced that its Gemini 4 Argon model is now open to the public worldwide through the Gemini app, Google Search, AI Studio and Antigravity.
Source: ThisDay Live
https://www.thisdaylive.com/2026/10/17/google-opens-global-public-access-to-gemini-4-argon-app/
#AI #Google #Gemini