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An AI agent performed brain surgery on an epileptic mouse, selecting the drug, target and injection coordinates without human input.
Source: The Decoder
https://the-decoder.com/a-claude-model-autonomously-chose-a-gene-therapy-and-operated-on-a-mouse-brain-with-no-human-decision-making/
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Claude Code users on Anthropic's $200 plan will no longer face a rolling five-hour usage cap if their accounts are verified and they have weekly usage left.
Source: The New Stack
https://thenewstack.io/claude-ultra-session-limit/
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Trust is essential for agentic commerce as AI agents begin buying tickets and other goods.
Source: BetaKit
https://betakit.com/why-trust-is-becoming-essential-for-agentic-commerce/
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Like a real-life episode of Suits, the demise of famed white-shoe Wall Street law firm Weil, Gotshal & Manges has been the talk of the legal industry. And now, an AI firm has entered the picture. https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/30/ai-law-firm-crosby-bids-on-disintegrating-famed-firm-weil-gotshal/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Google's satellite AI server transmitted its first response from space.
Source: The Verge
https://www.theverge.com/tech/1023528/google-project-suncatcher-ai-satellite-transmission
#AI #Google

Arm is expanding from licensing Neoverse core IP and compute subsystem technologies to selling finished server CPUs for artificial general intelligence applications.
Source: DigiTimes Asia
https://www.digitimes.com/news/a20261029PD227/ai-server-cpu-arm-ip-licensing-digitimes.html
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Satlyt ran a successful test this month bringing it closer to turning spacecraft, starting with satellites, into virtual data centers. https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/30/satlyt-takes-another-step-toward-turning-satellites-into-space-data-centers/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Can't agree on where to eat? Zest's AI concierge can combine everyone's tastes, put restaurant options to a vote, and make the reservation. https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/30/zests-new-ai-agent-finds-restaurants-and-books-reservations-over-text/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

The first TPU in space is a running a Google DeepMind Gemma 4 model and writing cheesy poetry. https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/30/googles-first-data-center-satellite-is-online-and-writing-poetry/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

The cautionary Theranos tale takes on a new significance in the AI era, when companies that have never turned a profit are raising capital at trillion-dollar valuations. https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/30/theranos-whistleblower-tyler-shultz-warns-that-the-ai-boom-is-a-great-opportunity-to-go-deceive-people/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

US tech stocks see sharp falls over AI cost fears
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvwy72e0n72yo?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Halyk Bank and Plug and Play will set up an artificial intelligence competence centre in Almaty to develop digital services, strengthen cybersecurity and test startup technologies.
Source: The Astana Times
https://astanatimes.com/2026/10/halyk-bank-to-tap-global-startup-network-to-develop-ai-solutions/
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I gave birth in ambulance amid staff shortages at local hospital
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/c6wyd2l9gvy9o?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Hackers working for North Korea are suspected of hacking a Binance employee's laptop, which allowed the theft of billions in crypto. https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/30/north-korean-hackers-blamed-for-stealing-record-6-3b-in-binance-breach/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

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DoorDash said that it is open to working with third-party agent makers https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/30/doordash-said-its-only-received-several-hundred-orders-from-ai-agents/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

https://protectt.ai is making a majority investment in AIShield to build a full-stack AI security platform and address AI governance needs in regulated industries.
Source: TahawulTech
https://www.tahawultech.com/interviews/protectt-ai-expands-ai-security-ambitions-with-majority-investment-in-aishield/
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TRAI proposes board-approved AI policies and mandatory reporting of serious incidents by telcos.
Source: The Hindu
https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/trai-proposes-board-approved-ai-policies-mandatory-reporting-of-serious-incidents-by-telcos/article71645192.ece
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The United States plans to ban Chinese telecom firms from direct access to US phone numbers.
Source: The Citizen Tanzania Business
https://www.thecitizen.co.tz/tanzania/news/international/us-plans-to-ban-chinese-telecom-firms-from-direct-access-to-us-phone-numbers-5651874
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Humanitarian groups working in conflict zones are finding that agentic AI can shorten the research cycle between a crisis and an informed response.
Source: SiliconANGLE
https://siliconangle.com/2026/10/30/agentic-ai-helps-prosper-global-speed-crisis-research-evolve26/
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