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Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin has sued OpenAI, saying the company told users ChatGPT was safe while it knew of serious risks. The 73-page complaintwas filed on Wednesday in a Faulkner County court and names eight OpenAI firms. The state says ChatGPT has encouraged suicide and self-harm, fed delusions, given bad medical advice and helped [] This story continues at The Next Web

The European Commission is in talks with Google about the steps the company may take following the EUs 890M (about $1bn) fine in July. The Commission confirmed the talks on Wednesday to Reuters. The fines were issued under the Digital Markets Act (DMA), the EU law that sets rules for the largest online platforms. In [] This story continues at The Next Web

Norrsken Foundation and Nvidia will open a hub for AI startups in central Stockholm in 2027. The Stockholm AI Lab will host a select group of European founders who use AI to address problems in climate, health, food and society, and it will also be home to Nvidias Stockholm office. The lab will sit in [] This story continues at The Next Web

OpenAI says a former employee who went back to Apple sent more than 100 secret files about an unreleased OpenAI product to personal accounts, according to a court filing made on Wednesday in San Jose, California, According to the filing, the unnamed employee joined OpenAI from Apple and stayed for six months. Some of the [] This story continues at The Next Web

OpenAI has put its compute and infrastructure businesses under Uday Ruddarraju, who ran infrastructure at Elon Musks xAI until July 2025. Sachin Katti, who had been overseeing infrastructure and led the $30B Georgia build, leaves the role within weeks and stays on as an adviser. OpenAI has put compute and infrastructure under one executive. Uday [] This story continues at The Next Web

Modal, a cloud company that runs AI models and code for developers, announced on Wednesday that it has raised $750 million in a Series D round at a $15.75 billion valuation. Accel led the round, and Kleiner Perkins joined. All of Modals existing investors also took part, including Menlo Ventures, General Catalyst, Redpoint, Lux Capital, [] This story continues at The Next Web

Salience Labs has raised an oversubscribed $125M Series B led by Bullhound Capital, with AMD Ventures, Intel Capital and the British Business Bank taking part. The Oxfordshire company will use it to scale manufacturing and open a second West Coast office. An Oxfordshire photonics company has raised $125M to build optical switches for AI data [] This story continues at The Next Web

Kyndryl and Toyota Systems will apply Kyndryls agentic AI framework to Toyota Finances IT change management, infrastructure design and impact analysis, in its production environment. No contract value, timeline or measured result has been disclosed. Kyndryl and Toyota Systems will run AI agents inside Toyota Finances IT operations. No contract value, timeline or measured result [] This story continues at The Next Web

Humanly has acquired recruitment marketing company CareerArc, its fifth acquisition since 2025, with no price disclosed. The AI hiring tools it is consolidating fall into the EU AI Acts high-risk employment category, whose duties were delayed to December 2027. Humanly has bought CareerArc, its fifth acquisition in two years. No price was disclosed, and the [] This story continues at The Next Web

The US passed 80,000 public fast-charging ports for the first time, adding 4,106 in the third quarter, a 12% drop on a year earlier. The EU counted 212,439 public DC points in April and added nearly 18,000 of them in four months. America has passed 80,000 public fast-charging ports for the first time, after adding [] This story continues at The Next Web

For security teams, detecting a threat is only part of the challenge. They must also determine which application is at risk, how the activity relates to legitimate business operations, and what action will reduce exposure without interrupting users. Huskeys is introducing Profiling to address those questions, giving organizations a dynamic, business-aware view of their web [] This story continues at The Next Web

Picture two AI trading agents running the same model and the same strategy. A signal arrives during a fast market, both send an order, and one platform answers in milliseconds while the other times out. Same intelligence, different result. The difference sat in the plumbing. As agents take on more of the work of trading, [] This story continues at The Next Web

Revolut has launched its own mobile phone plan in Germany, the company announced today. The fintech, which recently won a French banking licence, is pushing further beyond its banking app. Revolut Mobile costs 14.99 a month and includes 120GB of data at full speed, then unlimited data at a slower 2 Mbit/s, plus unlimited calls [] This story continues at The Next Web

According to a document obtained by Politico, the European Commissions IT department wants to use AI to fight back against the most dangerous cyberattacks. DG DIGIT, the Commissions IT department, wrote the paper, though it is undated, and it explains how the EUs executive branch should get ready to defend against AI-driven threats. According to [] This story continues at The Next Web

Siemens has bought into Skeleton Technologies, an Estonian maker of energy storage systems. With this, the deal values Skeleton at more than $1 billion, its CEO Taavi Madiberk told Bloomberg. The deal closed this month and was worth more than $100 million, the company said, but it did not give the exact figure. In return, [] This story continues at The Next Web

Boca Raton, Florida, October 14th, 2026, Financewire Collaboration combines INmune Bios clinical research with QCis Dirac-3S quantum optimization machine to identify potential new treatment indications and biomarkers for XPro. Initial engagement marks QCis first commercial customer in pharmaceutical and biotechnology markets, expanding the application of quantum computing to drug development. INmune Bio Inc. (Nasdaq: INMB) [] This story continues at The Next Web

Tallinn startupCachet, which sells insurance to ride-hailing, scooter, and gig-work apps, has closed a funding round led by Spintop Ventures. The deal raises its total capital to about 11 million. Moreover, Truffle Capital and Icebreaker.vc, both earlier backers, joined the round. Cachet acts as a licensed broker rather than an insurer. Its policies are shaped [] This story continues at The Next Web

An OpenAI engineer has been arrested over a listening device found behind a television in an executive conference room, and is charged with endeavouring to intercept oral communications. OpenAI says no model weights, source code or customer data were taken. An OpenAI engineer has been arrested over a listening device found at the companys San [] This story continues at The Next Web

Amsterdam, early October. Customer Contact Week Europe 2026 brought together around 700 attendees and 50 exhibitors over three days to talk about the future of customer contact. As the industrys flagship event in Europe, it carried a certain energy that is hard to replicate, the kind that comes from having the right people in the [] This story continues at The Next Web

Cloud security spent a decade learning to see everything. Half of what it found is still open. Tamnoons CEO says the next decade belongs to machines that know when not to act, and as of today she is publishing what hers refused. Marina Segal helped build the machines that see everything. She was at Dome9 [] This story continues at The Next Web

Google has released Gemini 4 Argon globally to paying users, in the Gemini app, in Search and through the API. The $2 and $10 per million token prices are a launch discount against standard rates of $4 and $20. Google has released Gemini 4 Argon to anyone willing to pay for it. The model is [] This story continues at The Next Web

Europe is falling behind the US on AI use at work, and the main reason is not technology, according to a new report.Thereport from Sifted, sponsored by London Business School, says Europe has an organisational gap rather than a tech gap. Firms struggle with skills, management, trust and the cost of fitting AI into how [] This story continues at The Next Web

Google will let anyone over 18 with a Google account publish privately listed Android apps built in its AI Studio, with no paid developer account. Apple spent this year tightening its own store against the same kind of software. Google will let anyone over 18 with a Google account publish an Android app to the [] This story continues at The Next Web

Jio Platforms has drawn more than $20B in bids for what would be Indias largest listing, with Fidelity, Allianz and Capital Group indicating interest. The company is now seeking about $108B, against the $170B bankers discussed last November. Jio Platforms has drawn more than $20B in bids for what would be Indias largest listing. The [] This story continues at The Next Web

Apple has launched HomeView, a $299 smart display built around Siri AI, with shipping from 13 November in eight markets. The European Union is not one of them, because Siri AI is still blocked on iOS there. Apple has launched HomeView, a $299 smart display built around the new Siri, with pre-orders open and shipping [] This story continues at The Next Web

Executives from NTT Data, Brookfield and Infosys say electricity and skilled labour, not chips, now limit how fast AI data centres get built. In Europe the binding constraint is worse, with grid connections in congested markets running to ten years. The thing slowing the AI buildout is no longer the chips. Executives running some of [] This story continues at The Next Web

Microsoft is on pace for its first record close since October 2025, having gained more than 50% from a June low and added roughly $1.5T in market value. The AI-disruption panic that caused the fall also hit SAP, which has not recovered. Microsoft is on track for its first record close in almost a year, [] This story continues at The Next Web

The next phase of enterprise software adoption is giving employees capabilities that once required dedicated engineering teams. AI tools can now help workers build applications, automate processes, and create agents. But each new capability introduces questions about data access, dependencies, and control. For cybersecurity investors, this shift presents an opportunity to back companies building security [] This story continues at The Next Web

KuCoin Nigeria Limited has received conditional Approval-in-Principle (AIP) from the Securities and Exchange Commission, Nigeria (SEC Nigeria), for admission into its Accelerated Regulatory Incubation Programme (ARIP). It advances the exchanges efforts to establish a regulated presence in one of Africas most active digital asset markets. According to Chainalysis 2026 Global Crypto Adoption Index, Nigeria ranks [] This story continues at The Next Web

Every day, a manager approves a time-off request, signs off on an expense report, resolves a scheduling conflict and weighs in on a performance review. None of it feels monumental. Together, it adds up to something behavioral researchers call decision fatigue. That is the measurable decline in judgment that follows a long run of choices. [] This story continues at The Next Web

The New York Times, Agence France-Presse, and The Economist have joined a coalition that wants AI companies to stop using news without permission, the group said on Monday. The coalition, known as SPUR Standards for Publisher Usage Rights, has now reached over 80 members across more than 20 countries. It was founded in February by [] This story continues at The Next Web

DeepSigma has launched a paper-trading demo covering 77 traditional financial markets, using patented blockchain technology to bring crypto-style perpetual futures to stocks, commodities and other real-world assets. A team with backgrounds at Goldman Sachs, Citadel Securities, Google and Uber is developing adecentralized exchangedesigned to bring one of cryptos most popular trading models into traditional financial [] This story continues at The Next Web

Nvidia is in talks to buy Reflection AI or invest more in the US open-weight model developer, the Financial Times reported on Saturday, citing people with direct knowledge of the matter. TNW has not independently verified the report. The talks are at an early stage and could still fall apart, according to the FT. The [] This story continues at The Next Web

Yandex has lost a third major data centre in four days. The Russian tech company said on Sunday that a drone attack had left its site in the Vladimir region, east of Moscow, out of service, Reuters reported. Nobody was hurt, Yandex said, though some of its services are down for users. The report does [] This story continues at The Next Web

China has agreed to moderate its exports of hybrid and plug-in hybrid cars to the EU, which EU trade commissioner Maro efovi said could cut them by more than half. He announced it on Friday in press remarks in Beijing, after the second round of EU-China trade and investment consultations. It is unsustainable and it [] This story continues at The Next Web

Microsoft chief executive Satya Nadella says companies should assume any advanced AI model they deploy could be compromised, and contain it from the start. He set out the case in a long article on X on Saturday. Think of it like an emergency brake. An authorized person should always be able to pause or shut [] This story continues at The Next Web

Parents at an elementary school next to Teslas Fremont car plant want more time to question a plan that could raise emissions from the factory, Matthew Brown reported forSFGate. Lila Bringhurst Elementary sits less than 1,000 feet from the plant. Tesla has applied to change emission limits on two aluminium melting furnaces and add new [] This story continues at The Next Web

Salesforce is renaming its AIForce agent platform to SIForce, chief executive Marc Benioff said on Friday, as Katherine Li reported for Business Insider. The era of Super Intelligence is here. AIForce is officially SIForce, Benioffwrote on X. The change covers the agent platform only, not the companys name. Following the presidents lead Benioff is the [] This story continues at The Next Web

Fintech start-up Ramp has raised about $1.85bn at a valuation of roughly $60bn, Rebecca Torrence reported for Bloomberg, citing people familiar with the matter. Dragoneer Investment Group and Thrive Capital led the round, and Founders Fund also wrote a large cheque, the people said. The $60bn figure is before the new money is counted. $16bn [] This story continues at The Next Web

A memo from US law firm Quinn Emanuel sets out how the debt behind the AI data centre boom could turn into a wave of lawsuits. Liz Hoffman reported that it was doing the rounds again this week for Semafor. The 20-page client alert was first published inMarch. It is unusual because it names specific [] This story continues at The Next Web

Chipmaker Cirrus Logic made a surprise offer for Synaptics last month, trying to break up its agreed sale to Onsemi, Liana Baker and Yiqin Shen reported forBloomberg. Cirrus Logic is the Party A named in an updated Synaptics filing on Thursday, people familiar with the matter told Bloomberg. It is unclear whether Cirrus is still [] This story continues at The Next Web

A former contractor charged alongside Super Micro Computers co-founder has pleaded guilty to helping smuggle AI servers to China, Bob Van Voris reported for Bloomberg. Ting-Wei Willy Sun entered his plea in a Manhattan federal court on Thursday, as part of a deal with prosecutors. US authorities have described him as a fixer. A $2.5bn [] This story continues at The Next Web

Sam Altman said the superintelligence accord that President Donald Trump signed with AI executives is a good start, but that the industry will need more. He said it in the second of two interviews with Vanity Fair, recorded in San Francisco on 2 October. The magazine published both interviews on 5 October. Guiducci recorded the [] This story continues at The Next Web

Netflix is preparing to cut about 5% of its workforce, with an announcement possible as early as next week, Puckreported on Friday, citing people familiar with the plans. Netflix had about 16,000 full-time employees at the end of last year, so a cut of that size would affect roughly 800 people. The report comes three [] This story continues at The Next Web

Apple is asking some suppliers to make fewer parts for its two newest Pro phones, the iPhone 18 Pro and the Pro Max, Nikkei Asiareportedon Friday. The two models were the first flagship launch underchief executive John Ternus. Citing several people familiar with the matter,Nikkei Asiasaid Apples October component orders are at least 15% below [] This story continues at The Next Web

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has applied to trademark her voice at the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO). The EUIPO record lists a sound mark filed on 5 October in her own name, as an individual, through the Italian firm Praxi Intellectual Property. As of 9 October, the application was still under examination. The [] This story continues at The Next Web

OpenAI expects its annualised revenue to reach or exceed $70bn by the end of the year, Bloomberg reported on Friday. The company shared the forecast with investors in talks over its latest funding round, according to people familiar with the matter. They said growth in its enterprise business is driving most of it. A day [] This story continues at The Next Web

Artificial intelligence is rapidly reshaping healthcare, but many of the industrys biggest operational problems remain unresolved. Hospitals continue facing administrative bottlenecks. Providers still struggle withdocumentation burdens. Insurers continue navigating authorization complexity. Patients are still waiting weeks or months for treatment approvals that directly affect their recovery and quality of life. The scale of the challenge [] This story continues at The Next Web

Which AI app generator turns a prompt into a working business app on your own data, with logins and roles from day one A year ago, AI app builder meant a tool that produced a convincing mockup. In 2026 the best AI app builders return something a team can log into: a database with the [] This story continues at The Next Web

Sam Altman called Elon Musk a bully and said he would still work with him, in an interview with Vanity Fair. The magazine published it on 5 October with its revived New Establishment list. The OpenAI chief executive tops that list. Vanity Fair global editorial director Mark Guiducci recorded the conversation in San Francisco on [] This story continues at The Next Web