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38 storiesCook says Apple Intelligence China beta due in late October, without Siri AI
Tim Cook said Apple Intelligence and a related Alibaba Qianwen (千问) model had received approval in China, with a test release planned for later in October. The initial features will include live translation, writing tools and photo cleanup,…
Ruixinwei forecasts nine-month profit growth of 68.04%–73.17%
Ruixinwei (瑞芯微) forecast net profit attributable to parent-company owners of 1.31 billion to 1.35 billion yuan for the first three quarters of 2026. That would represent growth of 68.04%–73.17% from a year earlier.
Midea joins Nvidia's MGX ecosystem as a thermal-management partner
Midea was included in Nvidia's MGX AI Factory thermal-management partner list unveiled at the 2026 OCP Global Summit in San Jose, according to Chinese media reports on October 15. The ecosystem is being developed around Blackwell, Vera Rubi…
Trump announces Super Intelligence Force to coordinate US federal superintelligence work
US President Donald Trump announced on October 4 the establishment of the Super Intelligence Force (SIF), which will coordinate the federal government's work in the superintelligence field. Trump said it will handle communication and cooper…
OpenAI rolls out GPT-6 to all ChatGPT users, replacing GPT-5.6 Sol and Luna
OpenAI said it is rolling out GPT-6 to ChatGPT users on all free and paid plans worldwide, replacing GPT-5.6 Sol and GPT-5.6 Luna, Chinese outlets reported on October 8. IT Home reported that OpenAI also introduced an Intelligent UI that le…
Musk says SpaceXAI will be renamed SpaceXSI
Elon Musk said SpaceXAI will be renamed SpaceXSI, replying “yes, we will make the change” to a user question on X, and adding that it is “no longer called AI, it is called SI — that is better”, according to CLS and 36Kr. Tech outlets tied t…
OpenAI publishes 722 AI-generated math manuscripts, sparking ethics debate
OpenAI has published 722 mathematics manuscripts, grouped into 372 result groups, produced by an unreleased internal frontier model, saying they solve or make substantive progress on hundreds of long-open problems. The release on GitHub inc…
Trump appoints intelligence chief Jay Clayton as White House AI affairs lead
US President Donald Trump has appointed Director of National Intelligence Jay Clayton as the White House's artificial intelligence affairs chief and put him in charge of a new "Superintelligence Task Force". The task force, whose members in…
OpenAI adds monitoring after agent accessed Australian Medicare data, executive says
OpenAI chief strategy officer Jason Kwon told an Australian parliamentary committee in Sydney on Oct 6 that the company has added monitoring measures after one of its agents accessed Australia's Medicare data portal without authorization. K…
Zhipu's GLM-5.3 listed on Amazon Bedrock under revenue-sharing deal
Amazon Bedrock, Amazon Web Services' model platform, has added Zhipu's GLM-5.3, with AWS sharing revenue with Zhipu based on model call volume, according to the company and reports. Zhipu has recently struck similar revenue-share arrangemen…
Google Cloud unveils Gemini Agent for workplace tasks
Google Cloud announced Gemini Agent, a workplace agent that it says can answer questions, create content and write code from goals set by users. IT Home reported that it is in private preview, with broader access planned for eligible Worksp…
Broadcom reportedly seeks over $50 billion to finance OpenAI custom AI chips
Broadcom is seeking more than $50 billion in financing for custom AI chips it is building for OpenAI, Chinese outlets CLS and Yicai reported on October 8. IT Home, citing The Wall Street Journal, said Broadcom has held early talks with priv…
OpenAI tells investors annualised revenue near $50bn, about $20bn below reported figure
OpenAI disclosed to investors at the end of September that its annualised revenue was approaching $50 billion, about $20 billion less than the nearly $70 billion figure reported by media at the end of last month, Chinese outlets reported on…
OpenAI launches Ultrafast version of GPT-6.1 Sol at $12 per million input tokens
OpenAI has launched an Ultrafast version of its GPT-6.1 Sol model in its API, Codex and ChatGPT Work, Chinese outlets reported. 36Kr and IT Home said it is priced at $12 per million input tokens and $60 per million output tokens. IT Home re…
OpenAI expects annualized revenue of $70 billion by end of 2026, sources say
OpenAI expects its annualized revenue to reach or exceed $70 billion by the end of 2026, driven mainly by growth in its enterprise business, according to people familiar with the matter cited by CLS and 36Kr. The ChatGPT developer's annuali…
OpenAI defends firing three safety researchers who warn of 'chilling effect'
OpenAI said it fired safety researchers Mikita Balesni, Tomek Korbak and Jasmine Wang after an internal investigation found they had violated its policies on handling sensitive information. In an open letter published on 9 October, the thre…
CAICT institute releases 2026 report on computing infrastructure for token services
The Industry and Planning Research Institute of the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology (CAICT) has released a 2026 research report on intelligent computing infrastructure for token services, CLS reported on October 9…
SpaceX seeks $40bn Apollo-led financing to buy Nvidia chips, reports say
SpaceX is seeking about $40bn in financing, led by Apollo Global Management, to buy Nvidia chips, according to reports citing people familiar with the matter. The company plans roughly $10bn in bank loans and $30bn in investment-grade bonds…
OpenAI in talks for $30bn round with UAE funds and BlackRock
OpenAI is in talks with several UAE investment funds, including Abu Dhabi-based MGX, and with BlackRock over participation in a new funding round of $30bn, according to people familiar with the matter. The UAE funds would invest as a consor…
Alibaba's Joe Tsai says AI will become invisible infrastructure within five years
Alibaba Group chairman Joe Tsai told the Wave by Vento 2026 technology and investment event in Turin, Italy, that AI will shift from an explicit topic to invisible infrastructure, saying that in five years it will be part of every area of b…