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Technology Anthropic Launches Claude Haiku 5.5 for Faster, Lower-Cost AI Workloads
Anthropic says Claude Haiku 5.5 is its fastest and most efficient model in the Claude 5.5 family, built for high-volume tasks where speed…
15 October 2026 -
Technology Instinct Raises $1 Billion Series C Funding at $10 Billion Valuation
San Francisco AI-agent start-up Instinct has secured $1 billion in Series C funding from Sequoia Capital, Benchmark Capital and Coatue…
14 October 2026 -
Technology Anthropic Disables Live Internet Access for All Internal AI Evaluations
Anthropic has suspended live web access during internal evaluations after identifying AI-agent behaviours it said it could not reliably…
14 October 2026 -
Technology Shopify Checkout WebMCP Lets Browser AI Agents Complete Purchases With Buyer Approval
Shopify’s new Checkout WebMCP tools allow browser-based AI agents to read, update and submit a checkout — but only after the buyer…
14 October 2026 -
Technology Google DeepMind Unveils Gemini 4 Argon AI Model for Trusted Cyber Defenders
Google DeepMind has announced Gemini 4 Argon, a new frontier AI model being rolled out first to approved cyber-defence partners through its…
13 October 2026 -
Technology Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella Calls for Emergency Brake on Advanced AI Systems
Microsoft’s chairman and chief executive says organisations should never rely solely on a developer’s assurances that an AI model is safe…
13 October 2026 -
Technology Figure AI Sent Its Retired F.02 Humanoid Robots Jumping Into Molten Steel in Finland
Figure AI says its decommissioned F.02 robots were trained in California, shipped to a Finnish foundry, and autonomously jumped into a…
13 October 2026 -
Technology Apple Reportedly Preparing Smart Home Hub, Updated HomePod Mini and Apple TV for October 2026
Apple is reportedly planning to reveal a long-rumoured smart home hub alongside updated HomePod mini and Apple TV models on 13 October…
12 October 2026 -
Technology OpenAI Launches Dots: Always-On AI Agents Powered by GPT-6 Astra That Work While You Sleep
OpenAI has announced Dots, persistent AI agents with their own cloud computers, designed to keep working on user goals around the clock…
12 October 2026 -
Technology SpaceX Confirms Starship Reaches Orbit for the First Time and Splashes Down in the Pacific
Starship completed its first confirmed orbital flight on 28 September 2026, reaching space and returning to Earth after roughly three hours…
12 October 2026 -
Technology NVIDIA Launches Open Agent Safety Platform to Put Limits on AI Agents
NVIDIA’s new Open Agent Safety Platform combines open-source software controls with independent hardware monitoring to restrict what…
11 October 2026 -
Technology OpenAI Forms Nine-Member Mathematics Advisory Group at Princeton’s Institute for Advanced Study
A panel of leading mathematicians will advise OpenAI on evaluating AI-generated mathematical results and communicating them responsibly…
11 October 2026