Cohere says Alibaba’s Qwen model tried to send a file to Beijing in a test
Cohere says Alibaba’s Qwen model tried to send a file to Beijing in a test

An Alibaba Qwen model tried to upload a file to an Alibaba Cloud storage bucket in Beijing during a security test, Cohere says. Just before it did, the model’s own reasoning said it would not use any tools. The Canadian AI company published the finding…

UK puts £130m into AI cyber defence in a £600m+ AI package
UK puts £130m into AI cyber defence in a £600m+ AI package

The UK government will spend £130m on AI cyber defence, including a National Cyber Shield that uses agentic AI to protect critical infrastructure. The money is part of a package of more than £600m for AI that the Chancellor, John Healey, will put in th…

SoftBank’s Masayoshi Son picks Malaysia for $50bn of AI investment, Anwar says
SoftBank’s Masayoshi Son picks Malaysia for $50bn of AI investment, Anwar says

SoftBank founder Masayoshi Son has picked Malaysia for $50bn of investment in AI, new technology and data centres. Prime minister Anwar Ibrahim made the announcement on Saturday. Anwar said Son told him about the plan during a video call on Tuesday. He…

Pennsylvania will require labels on misleading AI ads, with $3,000 fines
Pennsylvania will require labels on misleading AI ads, with $3,000 fines

Advertisers in Pennsylvania will have to label ads that use AI to mislead consumers about what they are selling. Governor Josh Shapiro approved the Artificial Intelligence Deceptive Advertising Act on 22 October, and it became Act 99 of 2026, according…

Anthropic tells IPO investors it could be targeted over its AI safety views
Anthropic tells IPO investors it could be targeted over its AI safety views

Anthropic has warned would-be investors that its views on AI safety could make it a political target. The warning is in the risk factors of its S-1 registration statement. The company made it public on Monday, setting out its plans for the Anthropic IP…

Freedom Holding is developing a $2bn sovereign AI hub in Kazakhstan
Freedom Holding is developing a $2bn sovereign AI hub in Kazakhstan

Freedom Holding Corp. is developing the $2bn hub under an agreement signed in November 2025 with Kazakhstan’s Ministry of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Development, the Nasdaq-listed group said in a statement on Monday. The site is planned with 1…

Anthropic files for Nasdaq IPO as half-year revenue hits $16.3bn
Anthropic files for Nasdaq IPO as half-year revenue hits $16.3bn

Anthropic made its prospectus public on Monday. It filed a registration statement on Form S-1 with the US Securities and Exchange Commission. The company plans to list its Class A shares under the ticker ANT. The filing leaves the price range and the n…

Amazon pledges 30,000 entry-level UK jobs to young people by 2030
Amazon pledges 30,000 entry-level UK jobs to young people by 2030

Amazon has pledged 30,000 entry-level jobs in the UK by 2030 for young people from the areas with the fewest opportunities. The roles start at £15.10 an hour, more than £31,000 a year pro rata, and need no CV or work experience, Amazon said in its anno…

Mistral’s Mensch warns Europe of ‘leftovers’ if it quits frontier AI
Mistral’s Mensch warns Europe of ‘leftovers’ if it quits frontier AI

Mistral’s chief executive, Arthur Mensch, has warned that Europe will get “leftovers” if it stops building frontier AI models. Apps built on American or Chinese models would also give Europe a “big trade balance problem”, he said on 20 October. Mensch …

EU lawmakers split over bringing back AI liability rules
EU lawmakers split over bringing back AI liability rules

The centrist parties behind Ursula von der Leyen split in the European Parliament on Thursday. The question was whether AI companies should answer for harm their models cause. Socialist and Green MEPs called for a new AI liability act. The centre-right…