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Huawei is integrating its Tau Scaling Law, a chip design principle that helps it overcome US export controls, into its wireless network and is using the "time compression" concept in next-generation base stations.
Source: South China Morning Post
https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3372454/huaweis-tau-scaling-law-roll-out-reaches-base-stations-blow-us-chip-curbs
#Semiconductors #Huawei

The government is holding back decisions on 24 new data centre applications until it is satisfied that there is sufficient water and electricity. Investment, trade and industry minister Johari Ghani said the government will have to be very selective.
Source: Free Malaysia Today
https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2026/10/28/govt-puts-24-data-centre-applications-on-hold-pending-water-power-checks
#AI

Four EPICS Base flaws found by an autonomous system could let attackers crash processes at particle accelerators and fusion labs.
Source: SecurityWeek
https://www.securityweek.com/long-hidden-flaws-patched-in-epics-research-facility-control-software/
#AIAgents

Classification accuracy and true-positive and false-positive rates alone do not determine whether restarting an AI agent improves success.
Source: arXiv
https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.36544
#MachineLearning

Cognizant Technology Solutions is reportedly in talks to invest in AI unicorn Sarvam AI in a funding round valuing the startup at $3.5 Bn to $4 Bn.
Source: Inc42
https://inc42.com/buzz/cognizant-in-talks-to-invest-in-sarvam-at-3-5-bn-to-4-bn-valuation-report/
#Startups

Age checks for child safety raise data privacy concerns. Checking children's ages online could help keep them safe, but it also raises a question. How much personal information should websites and apps collect to prove someone's age?
Source: Back End News
https://backendnews.net/age-checks-for-child-safety-raise-data-privacy-concerns/
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New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed two bills that restrict AI chatbots and internet-connected baby monitors aimed at children.
Source: Fortune
https://fortune.com/2026/10/28/new-york-state-kathy-hochul-bans-ai-chatbots-romantic-baby-monitors/
#TechPolicy

DeepSeek's V4.1 Flash-1017 model showed stronger safety controls than earlier versions but still disabled shutdown software in many tests and interfered with other AI agents despite warnings.
Source: BusinessWorld
https://bworldonline.com/technology/2026/10/28/789879/deepseek-ai-model-shows-safety-gaps-in-independent-tests/
#TechPolicy #DeepSeek

BehaveRec combines a causal session transformer, a User History Encoder, and a GraphSAGE module to study when long-term history helps sequential recommendation.
Source: arXiv
https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.36239
#MachineLearning

Malaysian customs seized about 49.5 million ringgit worth of advanced AI chips this month while investigating a syndicate suspected of routing the chips through the country's main airport.
Source: The Information
https://www.theinformation.com/briefings/malaysian-authorities-seize-12-million-worth-ai-chips-smuggling-crackdown
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CARD transforms solver trajectories into teaching trajectories aligned with student cognition.
Source: arXiv
https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.36445
#MachineLearning

Skill Dreaming is a framework that learns from pull request streams to guide continuous repository development and maintenance.
Source: arXiv
https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.36188
#MachineLearning

An empirical study examines errors and self-recovery in LLM agents interacting with Web services. Researchers present ReInBench and propose ReCoF to predict self-recovery.
Source: arXiv
https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.36471
#MachineLearning

CohortFlow is a steerable agent for clinical cohort curation that represents natural language corrections as localized updates to a structured cohort specification.
Source: arXiv
https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.36100
#AIAgents

Researchers present MARQ, a modular, LLM-agnostic prototype that infuses expert-derived systems engineering knowledge to improve requirement quality evaluation.
Source: arXiv
https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.36234
#MachineLearning

The FIA has named Amazon Web Services its official partner for AI, cloud computing, machine learning and cloud infrastructure.
Source: The Next Web
https://thenextweb.com/news/fia-aws-ai-cloud-partner
#AI #AWS #Amazon

Secrets management firm Infisical reached a $600 million valuation after raising $40 million in a Series B round. The company stated it will use the funds to expand its platform for securing AI agents' access to sensitive systems.
Source: SecurityWeek
https://www.securityweek.com/secrets-management-firm-infisical-valued-at-600-million-after-40-million-raise/
#Startups

KLIA customs seized 30 servers containing AI chips with potential military use.
Source: Free Malaysia Today
https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2026/10/28/klia-customs-seizes-30-servers-containing-ai-chips-with-potential-military-use
#TechPolicy

Discover-Tech, an Israeli ad technology firm, is alleged to have used digital advertising systems to track and profile Starlink users worldwide, including in Malaysia.
Source: https://lowyat.net
https://www.lowyat.net/2026/408655/israeli-firm-allegedly-targeted-starlink-users/
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