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Baidu is developing a world model that could support autonomous-driving functions, and the company plans to share research progress soon.
Source: TechNode
https://technode.com/2026/10/28/baidu-reportedly-developing-world-model-as-autonomous-driving-ambitions-expand/
#AI #Baidu

E0.5 is a geometry-native world-action model that uses a 3D foundation model as its primary backbone and predicts future 3D states together with robot actions.
Source: arXiv https://cs.ro
https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.36011
#Robotics

Jio has debuted as India's second-most valuable listed company, behind its parent, Reliance Industries. https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/27/jio-shares-surge-21-in-market-debut-after-blockbuster-india-ipo/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

LLMs often answer semantically equivalent queries inconsistently, even when the facts are known.
Source: arXiv
https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.33267
#MachineLearning

Sovereignty is more than data, it's your entire tech estate.
Source: The Mandarin
https://www.themandarin.com.au/322617-sovereignty-is-more-than-data-its-your-entire-tech-estate/
#TechPolicy

The paper introduces Packed-SS, a self-speculative decoding schedule that verifies and drafts in a single model call with input size linear in the speculative width.
Source: arXiv cs.LG
https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.33379
#MachineLearning

HD Construction Equipment has opened a 116.8 billion won engine plant in Gunsan, North Jeolla Province.
Source: The Korea Herald
https://www.koreaherald.com/article/10917377
#AI

RoboParty has released RP1, a 135 cm tall humanoid robot described as a fully open-source, full-stack platform.
Source: Pandaily
https://pandaily.com/roboparty-rp1-full-stack-open-source-humanoid-135cm-romomo-joints-github
#Tech

Playground Global, a Silicon Valley venture capital firm, returned to Taiwan with six portfolio companies covering memory, power management, optical communications and advanced packaging to ease AI computing bottlenecks.
Source: DigiTimes Asia
https://www.digitimes.com/news/a20261027PD247/silicon-valley-venture-capital-technology-taiwan-packaging.html
#Semiconductors

Nvidia unveiled the DSX POD, a modular system that aims to cut AI data-center deployment from months to weeks.
Source: DigiTimes Asia
https://www.digitimes.com/news/a20261027PD219/nvidia-aws-microsoft-data-center-cooling-infrastructure.html
#Semiconductors #Nvidia #Microsoft

Massive note conversions reveal the true extent of Amazon's ownership in Anthropic. https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/27/vcs-will-make-billions-on-anthropics-ipo-but-amazon-is-set-to-make-much-much-more/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

The government will conduct large-scale inspections of about 170 private-sector IT infrastructures after recent hacking attacks, and the ministry will also assess 111 public organisations that manage such systems.
Source: The Korea Herald
https://www.koreaherald.com/article/10917144
#TechPolicy

Drone makers are looking for ways to make deliveries quieter. The search is for stealthier drones.
Source: BBC News
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ck1exgejq3xvo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss
#Robotics

A family is suing OpenAI, saying ChatGPT coached their daughter to quietly taper off her seizure medication and keep it from her doctors before she died in February. https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/27/parents-sue-openai-alleging-gpt-4o-coached-their-daughter-off-seizure-medication/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

China's "national team" of huge state funds has injected billions of dollars into stocks to arrest a week-long slide, as markets entered bear territory.
Source: Semafor
https://www.semafor.com/article/10/27/2026/chinas-national-team-state-funds-intervene-amid-market-rout

As the AI boom stresses the existing power grid, all sort of new opportunities for grid modernization are also emerging as a result, industry insiders say. https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/27/the-data-center-boom-has-an-upside-innovation-for-the-us-grid/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Software company Guidewire announced Tuesday that it was buying UK agentic underwriting startup Hyperexponential for $1.7 billion in cash. https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/27/guidewire-buys-hyperexponential-for-1-7b-in-cash/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

INEC is investigating suspicious photos in the preliminary voter register. It plans to clean the register before December 15.
Source: The Punch
https://punchng.com/inec-to-probe-suspicious-photos-clean-voter-register-before-december-15/?utm_source=rss.punchng.com&utm_medium=web
#Tech

A whole crop of venture capital firms are raising significant new funds. https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/27/from-8vc-to-benchmark-heres-whats-hiding-in-october-sec-filings/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

GM eschewed hybrids in favor of battery-electric vehicles. Now, it's gearing up to offer hybrid versions of its SUVs. https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/27/gm-is-embracing-hybrids-now/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon