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Swedbank plans to cut about 500 jobs across its operations, including around 100 in the Baltic states, according to the bank's Estonian chief executive.
Source: LRT English Lithuania
https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/3096080/swedbank-to-cut-500-jobs-including-100-in-baltic-states
#Automation

A bus collided with a delivery robot in Tallinn on Monday, injuring several people. The robot left the scene before police arrived.
Source: ERR
https://news.err.ee/1610179027/passengers-injured-after-collision-between-bus-and-delivery-robot-in-tallinn
#Robotics

China's Lao Gan Ma faces criticism following an official's report that the company cut 500 jobs to implement AI-powered pepper sorting.
Source: Sixth Tone
https://www.sixthtone.com/news/1019180/China’s Lao Gan Ma Takes the Heat for Alleged Layoffs Due to AI
#Automation

AI Emergency Alerts Are Coming. Humans Might Not Be Ready. Human beings struggle with emergency communication. Chatbots can help-if people take them seriously.
Source: WIRED
https://www.wired.com/story/ai-emergency-alerts-coming-humans-not-ready/
#AI

Deutsche Telekom has invested in AI-health specialist Tandem Health through its https://t.capital arm, funding a Series B round.
Source: TahawulTech
https://www.tahawultech.com/industry/healthcare/deutsche-telekom-invests-in-ai-assisted-healthcare/
#Startups

Prophecy launched DataGPT to run complete data workflows inside ChatGPT, Claude and Copilot.
Source: SiliconANGLE
https://siliconangle.com/2026/10/28/exclusive-prophecy-launches-datagpt-to-run-data-workflows-inside-chatgpt-claude-and-copilot/
#Automation #ChatGPT #Claude

Kastam Malaysia stopped a transit attempt of 30 AI servers worth nearly RM49.5 million at KLIA.
Source: Free Malaysia Today
https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/bahasa/tempatan/2026/10/28/kastam-gagalkan-cubaan-transit-server-cip-ai-hampir-rm49-5-juta-di-klia
#TechPolicy

Five civil society organisations plan to deploy more than 4,000 observers and use artificial intelligence to scrutinise results for the 2027 general election, according to the Nigeria Election Data Observatory consortium launched in Abuja.
Source: ThisDay Live
https://www.thisdaylive.com/2026/10/28/nedo-plans-4000-observers-ai-monitoring-for-2027-general-election/
#TechPolicy

EnterpriseSG and Lenovo have launched a 24-month accelerator to support startups based in Singapore.
Source: The Business Times Singapore
https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/singapore/enterprisesg-lenovo-launch-24-month-accelerator-support-singapore-based-startups
#Startups

Britain wants to pour £120 million into a government lab that tests powerful AI models, an infusion larger than the US counterpart's annual budget.
Source: Semafor
https://www.semafor.com/article/10/27/2026/britains-ai-testing-agency-outguns-us
#TechPolicy

Researchers propose an ontology-guided multi-agent differential diagnosis framework that replicates physician reasoning.
Source: arXiv https://cs.ma
https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.36325
#MachineLearning

Spiking neural networks are consistently more difficult to steal than conventional artificial neural networks across multiple model stealing attacks.
Source: arXiv
https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.36298
#MachineLearning

WAKMan is a workload-aware KV cache manager that picks its eviction policy from live traffic without knowing request types or reading prompts.
Source: arXiv
https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.36355
#MachineLearning

Independently developed autonomous agents must guarantee joint compatibility when operating in a shared environment. Existing methods require a centrally designed specification or interaction mechanism.
Source: arXiv https://cs.ma
https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.36289
#MachineLearning

Gnani AI launched Prisma v3.0, a speech-to-text model trained on Indian phone calls and heavily code-mixed speech.
Source: BusinessLine
https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/info-tech/gnani-ai-launches-prisma-v30-a-speech-to-text-model-trained-on-indian-phone-calls/article71634786.ece
#Tech

AI bots flooded a UK government consultation on the disposable vapes ban, generating tens of thousands of fake responses.
Source: The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/oct/27/ai-bots-flooded-2023-uk-government-consultation-disposable-vapes-ban
#TechPolicy

Anthropic's S-1 reveals two potential areas where OpenAI could have the upper hand over Anthropic, including revenue growth rate and the diversity of the business. Analysts expect OpenAI's upcoming filing to tell a different financial story compared to Anthropic.
Source: Fortune
https://fortune.com/2026/10/28/anthropic-s-1-where-openai-might-have-advantage/
#Startups #Anthropic #OpenAI

Google DeepMind announced Genie 4 with real-time simulation and native audio generation.
Source: Gadgets 360
https://www.gadgets360.com/ai/news/google-deepmind-genie-4-launch-features-availability-12247160#rss-gadgets-all
#Tech #Google #DeepMind

Apple launched a new 14-inch MacBook Pro and 24-inch iMac powered by its M6 chip, with UAE prices starting at Dh8,499 for the laptop and Dh6,499 for the desktop.
Source: Gulf News
https://gulfnews.com/technology/consumer-electronics/apple-launches-m6-macbook-pro-and-imac-uae-prices-specs-availability-1.500726574
#Semiconductors #Apple

A consortium of civil society organisations has launched the Nigeria Election Data Observatory.
Source: BusinessDay
https://businessday.ng/politics/article/2027-csos-to-deploy-ai-platform-to-verify-results-4000-observers/
#AIAgents