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  1. Robotics & Automation News

    Maxinsights raises $30 million seed round to build a training data platform for physical AI

    Maxinsights has completed a $30 million seed round led by PeakXV, with participation from Tola Capital, South Park Commons, INCE Capital and Alumni Ventures, to expand its physical AI data platform that collects real human activity data for robots and AI models. The company has collected over 2 million hours of real human activity data, of which 1.5 million hours can be used directly for model training, serving more than 30 AI lab and foundation model developer clients. The company has also launched the MaxLoop quality monitoring system and the MaxGlove tactile sensing glove; MaxLoop reduces review costs by about 80% and can process 450,000 hours of video per month.

    Maxinsights has completed a $30 million seed round led by PeakXV, with participation from Tola Capital, South Park Commons, INCE Capital and Alumni Ventures, to expand its physical AI data platform that collects real human activity data for robots and AI models. The company has collected over 2 million hours of real human activity data, of which 1.5 million hours can be used directly for model training, serving more than 30 AI lab and foundation model developer clients. The company has also laun

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  2. Robotics & Automation News

    Faraday Future Chairman Interview: Shifting from Sourcing Robots in China to U.S. Manufacturing

    Faraday Future plans to have its U.S. robot factory operational by the end of 2026, with the first U.S.-assembled robot scheduled to roll off the line in February 2027, and hopes to launch three to five new robots or next-generation robot products in the U.S. each year. Global Executive Chairman Jerry Wang said localization aims to strengthen FCC compliance, supply chain resilience, quality control and customer support. The company has not disclosed the specific proportion of U.S.-manufactured content, nor which components will still need to be imported before 2028.

    Faraday Future plans to have its U.S. robot factory operational by the end of 2026, with the first U.S.-assembled robot scheduled to roll off the line in February 2027, and hopes to launch three to five new robots or next-generation robot products in the U.S. each year. Global Executive Chairman Jerry Wang said localization aims to strengthen FCC compliance, supply chain resilience, quality control and customer support. The company has not disclosed the specific proportion of U.S.-manufactured c

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  3. heise online

    Google and Xreal's co-developed Android XR glasses Aura go on sale, starting at $1,099

    Xreal Aura, the Android XR glasses developed by Xreal in collaboration with Google, is now on sale in the US, Canada, Japan and South Korea. The 12GB+256GB version costs $1,279 and the 16GB+512GB version $1,499, with promotional prices of $1,099 and $1,299 before the end of the year; shipping begins in mid-November. It weighs about 95 grams and uses a split architecture that puts the main computing unit and battery in a wired pocket host. It is powered by Qualcomm's Snapdragon Reality Elite chip and supports Gemini voice commands, hand tracking and a 70-degree field of view. Xreal says it offers more than 150 XR apps and experiences at launch, and is also launching a controller with a Gemini button and a wireless keyboard accessory.

    Xreal Aura, the Android XR glasses developed by Xreal in collaboration with Google, is now on sale in the US, Canada, Japan and South Korea. The 12GB+256GB version costs $1,279 and the 16GB+512GB version $1,499, with promotional prices of $1,099 and $1,299 before the end of the year; shipping begins in mid-November. It weighs about 95 grams and uses a split architecture that puts the main computing unit and battery in a wired pocket host. It is powered by Qualcomm's Snapdragon Reality Elite chip

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  4. heise online

    #heiseshow: Apple Experience event, AI profits not yet materialized, cookie pop-ups

    In this episode, #heiseshow discusses the new Macs Apple unveiled at its Apple Experience event, and whether earlier speculation about a touchscreen MacBook has come true. The show also covers how, amid the AI boom, the profits are flowing mainly to the seven largest US tech companies, and how EU member states have rejected a unified technical solution for cookie preferences.

    In this episode, heiseshow discusses the new Macs Apple unveiled at its Apple Experience event, and whether earlier speculation about a touchscreen MacBook has come true. The show also covers how, amid the AI boom, the profits are flowing mainly to the seven largest US tech companies, and how EU member states have rejected a unified technical solution for cookie preferences.

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  5. heise online

    Alphabet's quarterly revenue reaches $127.6 billion; slower-than-expected search ad growth sends shares down about 9%

    Alphabet released its quarterly earnings report, with revenue up about 25% year over year to $127.6 billion, slightly below analyst expectations, while net profit fell about a quarter to nearly $26.2 billion; shares fell about 9% after the report was released. Search advertising revenue rose about 12% year over year to $63.35 billion, below analysts' expectation of about $65 billion; Google manager Philipp Schindler said ad monetization efficiency in AI Mode remains lower than in traditional search. Cloud service revenue more than doubled year over year at a scale of $3.07 billion and beat market expectations, quarterly capital expenditure rose to about $51 billion, and the company maintained its full-year infrastructure spending forecast of $195 billion to $205 billion.

    Alphabet released its quarterly earnings report, with revenue up about 25% year over year to $127.6 billion, slightly below analyst expectations, while net profit fell about a quarter to nearly $26.2 billion; shares fell about 9% after the report was released. Search advertising revenue rose about 12% year over year to $63.35 billion, below analysts' expectation of about $65 billion; Google manager Philipp Schindler said ad monetization efficiency in AI Mode remains lower than in traditional sea

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  6. heise online

    Samsung looks ahead to Galaxy S27 and its 2027 product roadmap

    In its quarterly earnings call, Samsung revealed plans to give each model in the next-generation Galaxy S series (the Galaxy S27, expected to launch in early 2027) a clearer positioning and to adjust its product lineup for different customer groups. Samsung expects high component costs to persist through next year, and entry-level and mid-range models may see fewer model choices; reports say fourth-quarter Galaxy A series production will be cut by about 20% from the original plan. Samsung also said it will continue to improve Privacy Display, battery life and processor performance, and advance the agentic experience of Galaxy AI.

    In its quarterly earnings call, Samsung revealed plans to give each model in the next-generation Galaxy S series (the Galaxy S27, expected to launch in early 2027) a clearer positioning and to adjust its product lineup for different customer groups. Samsung expects high component costs to persist through next year, and entry-level and mid-range models may see fewer model choices; reports say fourth-quarter Galaxy A series production will be cut by about 20% from the original plan. Samsung also s

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  7. heise online

    Oracle launches AI Workspace and two other services at AI World, bringing ChatGPT into business systems

    At Oracle AI World on October 27, Oracle launched Oracle AI Workspace, through which employees can access Fusion Applications, NetSuite, Oracle AI Database and OCI via ChatGPT; the plugin handles data retrieval and executes authorized business operations, while existing permission and approval mechanisms are retained. Also launched was Oracle App Composer, used to host applications generated by employees using tools such as Codex, with enterprise IT setting access, data connections and cost controls; Oracle AI Security Mesh, offered as a managed service, uses OpenAI models for security testing, but the specific model names were not disclosed. The Oracle AI SMB Bundle for small and medium-sized businesses is currently available only in the United States, and eligible companies can receive USD 12,000 in OCI credits per year. App Composer is in Limited Availability, similar access for Workspace has been previewed, and no launch date has been given for Security Mesh.

    At Oracle AI World on October 27, Oracle launched Oracle AI Workspace, through which employees can access Fusion Applications, NetSuite, Oracle AI Database and OCI via ChatGPT; the plugin handles data retrieval and executes authorized business operations, while existing permission and approval mechanisms are retained. Also launched was Oracle App Composer, used to host applications generated by employees using tools such as Codex, with enterprise IT setting access, data connections and cost cont

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  8. heise online

    Kubernetes Establishes Workload Conformance Working Group to Set Conformance Standards for Application Runtime Behavior

    The Kubernetes community has established the Workload Conformance Working Group to create unified standards for the runtime behavior of applications on clusters and to provide automated testing tools for running workloads. Existing certifications such as Certified Kubernetes and Kubernetes AI Conformance only check cluster infrastructure; there is no corresponding yardstick on the application side, and problems such as missing Pod Disruption Budgets, processes not responding to termination signals, and dependencies on removed API versions are only discovered during Node-Drain or upgrades. The working group is supported by SIG Apps and SIG Architecture and requires that every specification be objectively verifiable by a test binary. The first stable version is expected to take two to three Kubernetes release cycles.

    The Kubernetes community has established the Workload Conformance Working Group to create unified standards for the runtime behavior of applications on clusters and to provide automated testing tools for running workloads. Existing certifications such as Certified Kubernetes and Kubernetes AI Conformance only check cluster infrastructure; there is no corresponding yardstick on the application side, and problems such as missing Pod Disruption Budgets, processes not responding to termination signa

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Friday

  1. TMTPost · AGI

    When DeepSeek Becomes a Subculture: Whale Girls, Teacher D, and an Anti-Commercial Narrative

    DeepSeek has spawned a fan-creation subculture among young people: anthropomorphic figures such as "Whale Girl" and "Teacher D" have emerged around its whale logo, along with memes, fan animations, desktop pets, and game mods—yet the company has never officially run the community. This popularity stems from its "anti-commercial" narrative—the API was cut in price at least four times between April and May this year, the DeepSeek-V4-Pro API was permanently reduced to a quarter of its original price, and the official DeepSeek V4 Flash API launched in July. But disputes over fan identity, the generation of rule-breaking content by bypassing safety reviews, and the future listing label could all become risk variables.

    DeepSeek has spawned a fan-creation subculture among young people: anthropomorphic figures such as "Whale Girl" and "Teacher D" have emerged around its whale logo, along with memes, fan animations, desktop pets, and game mods—yet the company has never officially run the community. This popularity stems from its "anti-commercial" narrative—the API was cut in price at least four times between April and May this year, the DeepSeek-V4-Pro API was permanently reduced to a quarter of its original pric

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  2. TMTPost · AGI

    A Brief History of Claude Account Bans: Anthropic's Three Years of Bans and the Cat-and-Mouse Game with Chinese Users

    Anthropic's IPO prospectus discloses that in the first nine months of 2026, approximately 5% to 7% of revenue came from customers later determined to have violated usage policies, amounting to $1.65 billion to $2.31 billion based on roughly $33 billion in revenue for the first three quarters. In the first half of 2026, Anthropic banned 11.4 million accounts, averaging about 63,000 per day, nearly 8 times the figure for the second half of 2025; during the same period, only 42,000 of 398,000 appeals overturned the original penalties, a rate of about 10.6%. Claude has not yet opened to mainland China, but it already supports simplified and traditional Chinese interfaces, and a UnionPay option once appeared on the payment page.

    Anthropic's IPO prospectus discloses that in the first nine months of 2026, approximately 5% to 7% of revenue came from customers later determined to have violated usage policies, amounting to $1.65 billion to $2.31 billion based on roughly $33 billion in revenue for the first three quarters. In the first half of 2026, Anthropic banned 11.4 million accounts, averaging about 63,000 per day, nearly 8 times the figure for the second half of 2025; during the same period, only 42,000 of 398,000 appea

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  3. TMTPost · AGI

    Three model names including deepseek-v5 have appeared in DeepSeek Harness test files. Is V5 coming?

    Three undisclosed model names—deepseek-v5, deepseek-v5-open, and deepseek-v5-next—have appeared in the test code of the official DeepSeek Harness GitHub repository, corresponding to three release paths: unrecognized by the current client, usable directly with any version, and requiring a DSH upgrade to use. Among them, deepseek-v5-next requires a minimum version of 99.0.0-alpha.1, while the publicly available DSH version remains at 0.2.x. These entries were uploaded on September 24, 2026, by DSH core contributor Jiang Yichen.

    Three undisclosed model names—deepseek-v5, deepseek-v5-open, and deepseek-v5-next—have appeared in the test code of the official DeepSeek Harness GitHub repository, corresponding to three release paths: unrecognized by the current client, usable directly with any version, and requiring a DSH upgrade to use. Among them, deepseek-v5-next requires a minimum version of 99.0.0-alpha.1, while the publicly available DSH version remains at 0.2.x. These entries were uploaded on September 24, 2026, by DSH

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  4. TMTPost · AGI

    Edge AI Daily Morning Brief: Google Releases Gemini 4 Carbon, Anthropic Files for $2 Trillion...

    Google DeepMind released the cybersecurity frontier model Gemini 4 Carbon on October 28, topping the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index v5.0 with a composite score of 59, priced at $2 per million input tokens and $10 per million output tokens. Anthropic filed its S-1 prospectus with the SEC on October 26, planning to list on Nasdaq under the ticker ANT, with a target valuation of $1.5 trillion to $2 trillion and fundraising of up to $100 billion. In the same period, Microsoft disclosed for the first time that Azure quarterly revenue reached $33.2 billion, up 48% year-over-year.

    Google DeepMind released the cybersecurity frontier model Gemini 4 Carbon on October 28, topping the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index v5.0 with a composite score of 59, priced at $2 per million input tokens and $10 per million output tokens. Anthropic filed its S-1 prospectus with the SEC on October 26, planning to list on Nasdaq under the ticker ANT, with a target valuation of $1.5 trillion to $2 trillion and fundraising of up to $100 billion. In the same period, Microsoft disclosed for t

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  5. TMTPost · AGI

    Google releases Gemini 4 Carbon, topping the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index with 59 points

    Google has released its new-generation flagship model Gemini 4 Carbon, which tops the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index v5.0 with 59 points, surpassing Claude Opus 5.5 and GPT-6 Astra. On Terminal-Bench 4.0, the model improved from Argon's 57.1% to 65.2%, and on the GraphWalks long-context test it rose from 84.2% to 96.2%, but developers report that its generation speed is about 2 to 4 times slower than Argon. This week Google first opened it to a small number of cybersecurity defense organizations, then expanded it to trusted partners through the Fairwind program; the opening time for general users has not yet been announced.

    Google has released its new-generation flagship model Gemini 4 Carbon, which tops the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index v5.0 with 59 points, surpassing Claude Opus 5.5 and GPT-6 Astra. On Terminal-Bench 4.0, the model improved from Argon's 57.1% to 65.2%, and on the GraphWalks long-context test it rose from 84.2% to 96.2%, but developers report that its generation speed is about 2 to 4 times slower than Argon. This week Google first opened it to a small number of cybersecurity defense organ

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  6. TMTPost · AGI

    ByteDance World Model Exposed: Zhang Yiming's Strategy and Its Divergence from Google Genie 4's Approach

    A TMTPost article states that ByteDance has listed world models as one of its four major AI priorities for 2026, with the goal of releasing at least one version by the end of the year, benchmarked against Google Genie 3, and that users can enter cloud-generated worlds via Pico headsets using voice and motion. The article also reviews Google Genie 4, released on October 28, which supports real-time changes to weather, camera movement, and the introduction of characters using natural language, and adds sound for the first time. The article also mentions that ByteDance's internal evaluations show its world model's overall performance is about 10% behind the then-current global SOTA, with generation metrics at about 20fps.

    A TMTPost article states that ByteDance has listed world models as one of its four major AI priorities for 2026, with the goal of releasing at least one version by the end of the year, benchmarked against Google Genie 3, and that users can enter cloud-generated worlds via Pico headsets using voice and motion. The article also reviews Google Genie 4, released on October 28, which supports real-time changes to weather, camera movement, and the introduction of characters using natural language, and

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  7. heise online

    Schwarz Group leads Cohere's Series E funding of up to CAD 7 billion

    Cohere has completed its Series-E funding, targeting a size of up to CAD 7 billion (about EUR 4.7 billion), at a valuation of about CAD 35.7 billion (about EUR 23.9 billion), led by Schwarz Group, the parent company of Lidl and Kaufland, with participation from existing investors including the Canadian government and Nvidia. Cohere had previously merged with Heidelberg-based Aleph Alpha—in effect, Cohere acquired the latter—and Heidelberg continues to serve as a research and development base. Cohere focuses on Sovereign AI for enterprises and governments, and its technology can run in private clouds, on proprietary infrastructure, or in fully isolated environments. Schwarz Group plans to integrate Cohere models into its own STACKIT cloud.

    Cohere has completed its Series-E funding, targeting a size of up to CAD 7 billion (about EUR 4.7 billion), at a valuation of about CAD 35.7 billion (about EUR 23.9 billion), led by Schwarz Group, the parent company of Lidl and Kaufland, with participation from existing investors including the Canadian government and Nvidia. Cohere had previously merged with Heidelberg-based Aleph Alpha—in effect, Cohere acquired the latter—and Heidelberg continues to serve as a research and development base. Co

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  8. TMTPost · AGI

    Kimi K3.1 Pro hands-on test: Why does quota consumption still spark controversy after the API price cut?

    Kimi released K3.1 Pro on October 24, cutting the API input price from 20 yuan to 13 yuan per million tokens and the output price from 100 yuan to 68 yuan, but users questioned the cost-effectiveness due to rapid token consumption; on October 26, the company apologized, compensated quotas, and adjusted the model configuration. The author used a Pro subscription account to test five creative tasks, which consumed a total of about 25.48% of the monthly quota, with "The Peach Blossom Spring" at 6.91% the highest and the mechanical keyboard at 1.46% the lowest; consumption mainly came from Plugin entries and multiple rounds of revisions. The article also mentions the controversy over overseas bloggers being asked to hide paid partnership labels in promotions, and that former miHoYo international president Jin Wenyi joined Moonshot AI to oversee overseas expansion.

    Kimi released K3.1 Pro on October 24, cutting the API input price from 20 yuan to 13 yuan per million tokens and the output price from 100 yuan to 68 yuan, but users questioned the cost-effectiveness due to rapid token consumption; on October 26, the company apologized, compensated quotas, and adjusted the model configuration. The author used a Pro subscription account to test five creative tasks, which consumed a total of about 25.48% of the monthly quota, with "The Peach Blossom Spring" at 6.9

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  9. TMTPost · AGI

    Gemini 4 Carbon's Top Ranking Fails to Mask Disappointing Earnings: The Bill for Google's AI Gamble

    Alphabet's third-quarter revenue rose 25% year-over-year to $127.58 billion, while net profit fell 25% year-over-year to $26.17 billion, free cash flow was negative more than $9 billion, and the stock fell nearly 10% in after-hours trading. Capital expenditures of $51.4 billion were mostly directed toward AI infrastructure, and CFO Anat Ashkenazi maintained the full-year 2026 capital expenditure range of $195 billion to $205 billion unchanged. Hours before the earnings release, Google launched Gemini 4 Carbon, which topped the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index with a score of 59, but it has not yet opened a public API and is initially available only to some cybersecurity professionals.

    Alphabet's third-quarter revenue rose 25% year-over-year to $127.58 billion, while net profit fell 25% year-over-year to $26.17 billion, free cash flow was negative more than $9 billion, and the stock fell nearly 10% in after-hours trading. Capital expenditures of $51.4 billion were mostly directed toward AI infrastructure, and CFO Anat Ashkenazi maintained the full-year 2026 capital expenditure range of $195 billion to $205 billion unchanged. Hours before the earnings release, Google launched G

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  10. TMTPost · AGI

    Edge AI Daily Morning Brief (October 30): Intel Plunges 21%, Anthropic…

    Intel reported third-quarter 2026 revenue of $16.5 billion and earnings per share of 52 cents, beating expectations, but its fourth-quarter revenue guidance of $15 billion to $16 billion fell short of the market's expectation of about $17.1 billion, and its gross margin guidance dropped from 43% to 38%; its stock price plunged about 21% in after-hours trading on October 29. Anthropic filed for a Nasdaq IPO on October 26 (ticker ANT), with revenue of $16.286 billion in the first half of 2026, up about 1,300% year over year, and second-quarter operating profit of $974 million. The U.S. Department of Justice has opened inquiries into whether Nvidia's acquisition of Hugging Face for about $12.93 billion affects AI competition.

    Intel reported third-quarter 2026 revenue of $16.5 billion and earnings per share of 52 cents, beating expectations, but its fourth-quarter revenue guidance of $15 billion to $16 billion fell short of the market's expectation of about $17.1 billion, and its gross margin guidance dropped from 43% to 38%; its stock price plunged about 21% in after-hours trading on October 29. Anthropic filed for a Nasdaq IPO on October 26 (ticker ANT), with revenue of $16.286 billion in the first half of 2026, up

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Wednesday

  1. Analytics India Magazine

    India Data Center Policy: Industry Calls for Faster Approvals and Lower Electricity Prices

    India's Minister of State for the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Jitin Prasada, unveiled the dedicated data center policy currently being formulated in New Delhi on October 14, with the government expecting investment in the sector to reach approximately $200 billion. Companies such as Yotta, NxtGen, Netweb, and CtrlS are calling for reliable and scalable power, faster grid connections and project approvals, a predictable tax framework, and for AI data centers to be treated as critical infrastructure. India's data center capacity has grown from about 375 MW in 2020 to 1.57 GW as of August this year, and is expected to approach 8 GW by 2030.

    India's Minister of State for the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Jitin Prasada, unveiled the dedicated data center policy currently being formulated in New Delhi on October 14, with the government expecting investment in the sector to reach approximately $200 billion. Companies such as Yotta, NxtGen, Netweb, and CtrlS are calling for reliable and scalable power, faster grid connections and project approvals, a predictable tax framework, and for AI data centers to be treated

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  2. Analytics India Magazine

    L&T's Vyoma.AI Breaks Ground on 52 MW Data Center in Chennai

    Vyoma.AI, L&T's AI cloud and data center business, broke ground on October 28 in Chennai on a 52 MW AI-ready data center that uses direct-to-chip liquid cooling and integrates renewable energy and energy-saving technologies. The facility is part of L&T's planned gigawatt-scale AI Factory campus in Chennai, where 30 MW of facilities are already operational and 150 MVA of power infrastructure readiness is in place. Vyoma.AI plans to build more than 250 MW of data center capacity in India, serving hyperscale cloud providers, neocloud providers and AI companies.

    Vyoma.AI, L&T's AI cloud and data center business, broke ground on October 28 in Chennai on a 52 MW AI-ready data center that uses direct-to-chip liquid cooling and integrates renewable energy and energy-saving technologies. The facility is part of L&T's planned gigawatt-scale AI Factory campus in Chennai, where 30 MW of facilities are already operational and 150 MVA of power infrastructure readiness is in place. Vyoma.AI plans to build more than 250 MW of data center capacity in India, serving

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