Microsoft patches record 972 vulnerabilities, 112 critical
Microsoft released a monthly security update addressing 972 vulnerabilities, with 112 rated critical, the highest number in its history.
OpenAI's GPT-5.6 Sol, connected to lab software, completed routine quantum chip measurements in hours, cutting time for researchers like Beatriz Yankelevich by days.
Google DeepMind unveiled AlphaGenome Atlas, a tool that predicts the effects of 9 billion DNA variants, marking a major leap in biomedical research.
Meta will no longer use AI tool usage in engineer performance reviews, citing excessive costs and employee backlash.
ASML has secured commitments from TSMC, Samsung, and Intel to adopt its High-NA EUV lithography machines, with TSMC planning to start production in 2030.
Danijar Hafner, 31, is developing plan-ahead agents for robotics, using model-based reinforcement learning to enable robots to navigate unfamiliar environments.
Meta failed to detect 332 ads containing AI-generated child sexual abuse material (CSAM) on Facebook and Instagram this year, according to a new report.
French AI lab Mistral AI secured €3 billion in Series D funding, valuing the company at over €21 billion, as it expands its sovereign AI strategy.
Google launched Chrome 153 on Tuesday, rolling out updates every two weeks to better address security threats in the AI era.
Google Cloud and Accenture launched a joint unit to deploy engineers into enterprises, aiming to boost AI adoption. The collaboration follows Google Cloud’s $24.8 billion second-quarter revenue, with enterprise AI contributing significantly.
Mathematician Tristan Buckmaster claims OpenAI pressured him to remove Anthropic co-author Levent Alpöge from a Navier-Stokes paper, after the work leaked in early September 2026.
AMD announced veRL on ROCm, enabling reinforcement learning post-training on Instinct GPUs with validated accuracy on MI300 and MI355, as of September 2026.