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Oct 28Wed
  1. 404 Media65

    Meta updates its commercial account AI data usage terms, users in the EU and UK can object

    Meta updates its business account terms allowing it to use user content to train AI, causing dissatisfaction among artists and small business owners. EU and UK users can submit objections through the Instagram interface. Meta has postponed the effective date from October 30 to November 20 and removed some allowed uses. Affected users can fill out the reason by clicking the 'Submit Objection' option in the account privacy center.

    Same story · 2 outlets

    How the accounts differ:The Verge states the delay is due to global publisher opposition; 404 Media mentions artist and small business dissatisfaction and the ability for EU and UK users to object.

  2. The Verge · AI

    Texas voters consistently oppose the construction of data centers

    Texas voters strongly oppose the construction of data centers, with 57% of Texans opposing, including 43% Republicans, 75% Democrats, and 54% independents. A coalition of dozens of groups in the state, including the NAACP, known as 'Texas We the People,' opposes the construction of data centers, concerned about water consumption, tax subsidies, and environmental issues brought by new gas plants and wind farms. Governor Abbott faces election pressure for supporting the data centers, while opposition has crossed party lines to form a united front.

  4. ITHome · AI65

    President Trump claims to 'officially ban' the term AI in related documents, renaming it 'SI Super Intelligence'

    President Trump stated that he will soon officially ban the use of the term 'Artificial Intelligence (AI)' in all relevant documents and other occasions, citing the reason that this term is 'inaccurate', and will be replaced with 'Super Intelligence (SI)'. Trump has already signed an executive order on September 29, requiring all executive departments and agencies to use 'Super Intelligence (SI)' instead of 'Artificial Intelligence (AI)', and the U.S. Department of Justice has also instructed its internal staff to use 'Super Intelligence' in most cases.

  5. Ars Technica · AI

    After Trump's re-election, AI will become the new 'super president' of the United States

    After Trump's re-election, AI will become America's new 'super president,' with the U.S. allowing companies to be fully operated by AI to help company owners avoid legal liability for the reckless and harmful actions of AI. James Comer, chairman of the U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, stated that the plan could be misused and suggested proposing federal laws to limit the regulatory power of states. Companies operated by AI can operate in almost every industry except banking.

Oct 27Tue
  1. The Verge · AI

    Data center disputes are polarizing the U.S.

    Data center construction in 2026 has sparked opposition from residents in multiple U.S. locations, becoming a key issue in the congressional and gubernatorial elections. Tech companies are investing heavily in super political action committees to influence the outcome. Some candidates have pledged to pause or limit data center development. In Texas, Democratic and Republican candidates alike emphasize the environmental impact and regulation of data centers. In Florida, the Democratic candidate has promised to ban the construction of ultra-large data centers during their first term, while the Republican candidate seeks to ensure their development through policies while controlling costs. Data center disputes are polarizing the U.S.

  2. 36Kr · AI

    Shanghai Municipal Bureau of Economy and Information Technology issues 'Shanghai Accelerating the Development of Next-Generation Intelligent Manufacturing Action Plan'

    Shanghai Economic and Informationization Commission issued the 'Shanghai Accelerating the Development of Next-Generation Intelligent Manufacturing Action Plan', proposing to achieve full coverage of intelligent factories and AI application coverage for key manufacturing enterprises in the city by 2028, cultivate 500 advanced-level intelligent factories, break through 2000 AI application scenarios, develop 10 vertical large models, launch 300 high-level intelligent agents, reach a density of 600 industrial robots per 10,000 people, promote 8000 humanoid robots into factories, and achieve a scale of over 200 billion yuan for AI-enabled equipment industry and a scale of 100 billion yuan for intelligent manufacturing system integration industry.

  3. 36Kr · AI65

    Shanghai Municipal Bureau of Economy and Information Technology has issued the 'Shanghai Accelerating the Development of Next-Generation Intelligent Manufacturing Action Plan' to support innovation and breakthroughs in humanoid robots and other robots.

    Shanghai Municipal Bureau of Economy and Information Technology issues the 'Shanghai Accelerating the Development of New Generation Intelligent Manufacturing Action Plan', supporting the research, development, and promotion of new intelligent manufacturing equipment, promoting the deep integration of AI technology and equipment to upgrade them into intelligent equipment entities; supporting the innovation and breakthrough of humanoid robots, collaborative robots, high-precision heavy-load robots, etc., accelerating the iteration and upgrading of industrial mother machines such as AI-powered ultra-precision grinders and large five-axis machine tools.

  5. ITHome · AI65

    Haier is constructing the National Artificial Intelligence Application Pilot Base (Home Appliances Direction) in Qingdao.

    Haier's National Artificial Intelligence Application Pilot Base (Home Appliances Direction), which is being constructed, will be launched in Qingdao on October 27, 2026. It aims to promote cross-brand interconnection, build five major capabilities including product pilot testing, scenario pilot testing, industrial pilot testing, large-scale promotion, standards and safety, and solve the challenges of AI implementation. The base will hire experts and sign up ecological partners, launching the 'AI+ Consumption' collaborative development matrix.

  6. The Verge · AI

    Anthropic admits that AI development relies on methane, and its IPO filing discloses energy dependency issues.

    Anthropic admitted in its S-1 filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that its AI data center construction is increasingly reliant on natural gas, facing risks of rising fuel costs and supply chain limitations. The company's planned data centers rely on on-site natural gas turbines for power, while the U.S. plans to increase its fossil fuel generation capacity by a decade to meet data center demand. Anthropic noted that global warming will increase the company's operational costs, while it expects large-scale enterprises and cloud service providers to intensify competition for natural gas and pipeline capacity, driving up prices. Anthropic acknowledges that AI development depends on methane, and its initial public offering filing reveals energy dependency issues.

  7. The Decoder65

    Reddit's r/opensource Subreddit Bans All AI Related Projects, Sparks Controversy and Gives Rise to an Opposing Subreddit

    Reddit's r/opensource sub-forum banned all projects using, based on, or designed for AI, sparking controversy and giving rise to the opposing r/TrueOpenSource sub-forum that does not exclude AI. The sub-forum requires projects to be at least one year old, actively maintained, and contributed to by multiple people, and rejects non-English content but allows exceptions such as automatically generated subtitles. Critics argue that the rules are too broad and vague, pointing out that the Linux kernel now includes AI-generated code.

Oct 26Mon
  1. ITHome · AI65

    Tesla is pushing forward with the delivery of Cybercab autonomous taxis under NHTSA regulatory pressure

    Tesla prepares for large-scale delivery of Cybercab autonomous taxis, having started small-scale deployment in Austin, Texas, but the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is reviewing its certification method for its steering-wheel-less vehicles. Lars Morawie, Tesla's vice president of vehicle engineering, said the plan is to deliver Cybercab by the end of this year, while Elon Ashok, head of AI, believes regulatory restrictions need to be overcome. The NHTSA has suggested modifying regulations, but during the legislative vacuum, it remains unclear how Cybercab can meet regulatory requirements.

  2. ITHome · AI38

    Shanghai issues a satellite internet industry innovation plan, focusing on key technologies such as satellite phone direct connection.

    Shanghai's Economic and Information Technology Commission and six other departments issue the 'Shanghai Satellite Internet Industry Innovation Development Action Plan (2027-2030)', focusing on breakthroughs in satellite phone direct connection, space-based computing power, and integrated space-ground-atmosphere and communication-sensing computing intelligence fusion technology. Striving to achieve inter-satellite heavy route switching delay less than 5ms, switching success rate greater than 99.9%, and support space-based information reasoning, AI single-star highest computing power over 30POPS and other indicators.

  3. 36Kr · AI35

    DeepSeek and MiniMax have completed AI model overseas registration

    DeepSeek and MiniMax have completed the registration of AI models for overseas markets, successfully navigating the process of open-sourcing large models and overseas licensing compliance; the UK has committed to funding a £100 million AI biosecurity lab, with support from OpenAI and Anthropic.

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Oct 25Sun
  2. 36Kr · AI65

    UK announces the establishment of an AI biosafety laboratory

    The UK government announces the establishment of an AI biosafety laboratory, using cutting-edge AI technology to strengthen monitoring and response to biological threats, and accelerate the development of medical countermeasures such as vaccines and drugs.

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  3. The Verge · AI58

    Pennsylvania will be required to label AI ads

    The Governor of Pennsylvania signed a bill, mandating that all advertisements 'significantly modified or generated' by AI (including images, videos, audio, text) must be labeled, in the same format as the advertisement itself, applicable to television advertisements and restaurant flyers, making it the first state to enforce labeling of AI-advertising content. However, the bill has subjective and vaguely defined loopholes such as 'significantly modified,' 'obviously fictional,' and 'false consumer perception.'

Oct 24Sat
  1. ITHome · AI65

    The Swedish government office has banned direct access to ChatGPT and Claude on office computers.

    The Swedish government office will ban employees from directly accessing ChatGPT and Claude starting next week, requiring them to use approved AI services like Microsoft Copilot instead, as using unlicensed AI services may pose a risk to information security. The Swedish Tax Agency and the National Agency for Governmental Agencies have also taken similar blocking measures.

  2. ITHome · AI62

    UK to invest £600 million to address potential AI risks, also plans to build AI biosecurity labs

    The UK government has invested about 600 million pounds to address AI risks, with 100 million pounds to build an AI biosecurity laboratory to identify biological threats. OpenAI and Anthropic will provide AI model usage quotas worth up to 200 million pounds, with Google DeepMind and others also participating in support. The AI Safety Institute has received an additional 120 million pounds in funding, with additional funds allocated for cybersecurity, robotics, and chip design.

    Same story · 2 outlets
  4. Ars Technica · AI65

    US government's vague ban on foreign-made robots triggers Intel's exemption application

    US chip giant Intel, confused by the US government's ban on foreign-made robots, has applied for and been granted exemption to ensure its continued use of specific robotic vehicles in its US chip factories. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) issued an order on October 22, allowing Intel to continue using these foreign-made robots in its US semiconductor manufacturing facilities for one year.

Oct 23Fri
  1. The Verge · AI

    Meta delays AI licensing terms execution

    Same story · 2 outlets

    How the accounts differ:The Verge states the delay is due to global publisher opposition; 404 Media mentions artist and small business dissatisfaction and the ability for EU and UK users to object.

  2. NVIDIA Blog

    Kazakhstan expands its computing power to support its AI future

    Kazakhstan is shifting its AI ecosystem from infrastructure plans to deployment, covering the entire AI layer from infrastructure to models to applications. During NVIDIA founder Huang Renxun's visit to Astana, the Minister of AI and Digital Development in Kazakhstan discussed with Huang Renxun the plan for the country to become an AI nation, establishing energy and computing infrastructure to support local AI and applying it to the economy.

  3. ITHome · AI

    DeepSeek and MiniMax have completed open-source and overseas licensing.

    DeepSeek and MiniMax have successfully fulfilled registration procedures, completing open-source and overseas licensing. Most artificial intelligence technologies can still be freely exported, and overseas localized deployment falls under the scope of technology export management.

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  4. 36Kr · AI65

    DeepSeek and MiniMax have completed open-source and overseas authorization use

    DeepSeek and MiniMax, two leading companies, have successfully completed the registration procedures, fulfilling open-source and overseas authorization use. The revised 'China Prohibited and Restricted Export Technology Catalog' by the Ministry of Commerce involves 23 AI-related technologies, raising questions from the outside about a policy shift. This open-source and authorization use indicate that the core of the 'Catalog' is to define boundaries rather than simply restricting the export of AI technologies.

    Same story · 2 outlets
  6. The Verge · AI65

    Meta's AI may still scrape news websites, legal experts say

    Meta has adjusted its commercial terms to remove language suggesting it can freely train AI models on news websites, but legal experts say these changes are not enough to address their concerns. Meta's new commercial terms allow the use of website content associated with business accounts to 'develop, research,' and 'train' Meta's products, raising legal experts' concerns that Meta may use this clause to scrape the entire content of websites. The revised terms still allow Meta to use scraped content to 'develop any 'commercial product'' , legal experts believe this may still be used to train AI models.

Oct 22Thu
Oct 21Wed
  1. Recode China AI

    China's proposed AI export controls will not stop Open-Weight models

    The draft export control regulations issued by China's Ministry of Commerce and Ministry of Science and Technology for the first time cover advanced large AI models, AI agents, and large-scale computing clusters, with a total of 40 banned and restricted technologies, including models trained using China's legal 'core data'.

    Same story · 2 outlets

    How the accounts differ:Recode China AI states the ban covers 40 items, while Hacker News specifies 23 items as AI-related.

  2. ChinaTalk

    China's Ministry of Commerce and Ministry of Science and Technology propose adding more AI technologies to the export control list

    China's Ministry of Commerce and Ministry of Science and Technology propose adding more AI technologies to the export control list, including cutting-edge models, AI chip design, memory chips, and clusters. Some are banned for export, while others require licenses, and all new items must undergo pre-export registration before the list takes effect. This move aims to protect intellectual property and national security but may impact the global openness and competitiveness of China's AI industry.

  4. The Decoder69

    The U.S. has banned the use of AI technology from Chinese laboratory Deepseek by federal civilian agencies.

    The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has banned the use of AI technology from Chinese laboratory Deepseek by federal civilian agencies, requiring the removal of existing products and prohibiting the purchase of new products, covering its affiliated companies and third-party services, but no specific timeline or specific security concerns have been set. The ban is based on the 2018 U.S. Federal Acquisition Supply Chain Security Act, but it does not explicitly state the related security issues or the time when agencies need to complete the removal.

  5. Ars Technica · AI60

    Meta has removed the word 'training' from its business terms to address AI opposition.

    Meta removed the term 'training' from its business terms to address opposition from the AI community, as global news media organizations call on regulators to intervene and prevent its terms from taking effect. The CEO of the UK News Media Association called Meta 'shameless land grabbers', while the European Publishers' Council has requested intervention from the European Commission. The chair of the US News/Media Alliance described its terms as 'shocking and potentially illegal'.

  6. TechCrunch · AI65

    New York City Mayor Mamdani criticized the federal government's lack of oversight on AI and called for public action.

    New York City Mayor Mamdani criticized the federal government's lack of AI regulation at an AI discussion forum, calling on the public to resist the threats of AI to employment, children, and dignity and to take back control. He has ordered a ban on the use of AI in primary and secondary schools and has demanded that real estate platforms disclose AI-generated property images. Mamdani pointed out that rapid technological promotion is not inevitable and that AI companies should be held accountable, criticizing the current framework that views AI as an unquestionable, developer-regulated weapon.