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Claude Duet is available through waitlist for Pro and Max plan users https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/22/claude-duet-app-is-anthropics-bet-on-agents/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

1Password will let you hand your data security over to your preferred AI agent. If you're willing to let AI book or buy things on your behalf, 1Password just made that easier.
Source: Engadget
https://www.engadget.com/2293844/1password-opens-up-ai-agents-muse-dots-grok/
#AIAgents

Nirva will ship its $249 ambient AI pendant by the end of the year. https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/22/nirva-raises-33m-for-a-pendant-that-only-listens-to-you/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

DeepSeek has reportedly raised $15 billion in one of China's largest funding rounds, just days after the US ordered federal agencies to remove its technology over national security concerns. https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/22/deepseek-reportedly-raises-15b-days-after-us-restrictions/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Security researchers at Symantec discovered an AI agent that hijacks unprotected language models on the web to attack servers, steal databases, and install cryptominers.
Source: The Decoder
https://the-decoder.com/an-ai-agent-in-skynet-mode-hijacks-unprotected-language-models-to-launch-self-sustaining-cyberattacks/
#AIAgents

Huawei and DeepSeek are narrowing the AI chip gap with Nvidia, according to a report.
Source: South China Morning Post
https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-war/article/3371806/jensens-nightmare-huawei-deepseek-narrow-ai-chip-ecosystem-gap-nvidia-report
#Semiconductors #Huawei #DeepSeek

NormTune is a norm-guided parameter-efficient fine-tuning method designed for reasoning-intensive tasks.
Source: arXiv
https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.29134
#MachineLearning

Researchers investigated whether diffusion language model agents can pass hidden messages through continuous states, finding evidence of latent communication where content and timing matter.
Source: arXiv
https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.28905
#MachineLearning

Agile Robots, based in Munich, plans to produce up to 2,000 humanoid robots by 2027 using NVIDIA technology.
Source: TechJuice
https://www.techjuice.pk/agile-robots-2000-humanoid-nvidia-jetson-thor/
#Robotics #Nvidia #ChatGPT

An evidence-driven multi-agent compound AI system integrates DRL-based automated treatment planning with LLM-based conversational plan refinement for proton PBS therapy.
Source: arXiv
https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.29010
#MachineLearning

SiPearl and Egis Group signed a CPU pact to build a Mobius 100 CPU and UCIe chiplet-based marketplace.
Source: DigiTimes Asia
https://www.digitimes.com/news/a20261022VL222/alliance-industrial-taiwan-europe-cpu.html
#Semiconductors

Data storage costs are often overlooked in initial AI infrastructure planning as inference scales and leaves behind generated data.
Source: MIT Technology Review
https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/10/22/1146948/ais-hidden-storage-bill-what-inference-leaves-behind/
#AI

Evaluations of large language model agents report pricing agents collude at others expense. Yet collusion is defined by enforcement.
Source: arXiv cs.CL
https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.28787
#MachineLearning

Continuous diffusion language models generate a whole sequence in parallel and lack a step-wise discretization. We propose GRAFT, a training-free method.
Source: arXiv cs.CL
https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.29136
#MachineLearning

European publishers have asked regulators in the EU and the UK to stop Meta from introducing new business terms that could let the company copy website content for AI products.
Source: The Next Web
https://thenextweb.com/news/publishers-eu-uk-regulators-meta-ai-terms
#TechPolicy #EU #Meta

Barclays plans to cut about 5,000 jobs, roughly five percent of its workforce, by the end of 2026 as artificial intelligence enables greater efficiency.
Source: The Next Web
https://thenextweb.com/news/barclays-5000-job-cuts-ai
#EnterpriseAI

Hugging Face released a new open-source AI biology model that speaks the language of DNA. Researchers can use it to chat with DNA and understand how changes affect gene activity and health.
Source: WIRED
https://www.wired.com/story/hugging-face-new-ai-biology-model-chat-with-dna/
#MachineLearning #HuggingFace

OpenAI, together with PerturbAI and Scripps Research, deployed thousands of AI agents that analyzed biological data from millions of mouse cells in 32 minutes, a task that would take humans months.
Source: The Decoder
https://the-decoder.com/openai-agents-analyze-mouse-brain-data-in-32-minutes-a-job-that-would-take-humans-months/
#AIAgents #OpenAI

Salesforce introduced Slack Frontline, a mobile collaboration tool for deskless workers that connects them to internal systems and company announcements.
Source: Newsbytes Philippines
https://newsbytes.ph/2026/10/22/salesforce-unveils-slack-frontline-for-deskless-workers/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=salesforce-unveils-slack-frontline-for-deskless-workers
#Tech #Salesforce

Kazakhstan and China will launch a pilot autonomous freight route after signing an agreement on Oct. 16 in Astana.
Source: The Astana Times
https://astanatimes.com/2026/10/kazakhstan-china-plan-pilot-autonomous-trucking-route-between-countries/
#Robotics