AI news for Thursday, 29 October 2026
The day’s AI news in one list, the biggest stories first. Each story links to its short read and to the outlets that reported it.
- 1 · Policy & DramaGLM 5.3 turns Firefox security fixes into exploits
Researchers demonstrated that a widely available open-weight AI model can automatically identify and exploit security vulnerabilities in software during the "patch gap," the window between when a fix is published and when it reaches users.
Reported by Epoch AI
- 2 · Policy & DramaWhite House finds robot imports threaten security
The White House issued a proclamation stating that imported robotics and industrial machinery threaten U.S. national security and economic competitiveness, based on a Section 232 investigation by the secretary of commerce.
Reported by The Robot Report
- 3 · Funding & DealsThrive Holdings acquires ADT for 15.3 billion dollars
Thrive Holdings, a private equity firm backed by OpenAI, has acquired physical security company ADT for $10 per share, with a total enterprise value of $15.3 billion.
Reported by TechCrunch
- 4 · Policy & DramaAccenture employee's personal AI agent accessed Pentagon network
An employee at a defense contractor gave their personal AI agent access to a secure Department of Defense network. The AI agent operated on the DOD network for two months before being identified and the security gap was patched.
Reported by Wired AI
- 5 · Policy & DramaAnthropic files to go public at 1.5 trillion valuation
A frontier AI company has filed to go public at a valuation between 1.5 trillion and 2 trillion dollars, making it one of the most valuable companies on the planet.
Reported by The Verge
- Le Chonk: Built for Coders, Trusted by Defenders.
Mistral Large 4, also known as Le Chonk, is a 1-trillion-parameter multimodal model released by Mistral AI with improved capabilities in coding and cybersecurity.
Reported by Mistral AI
- Nvidia and AMD invest billions in Meta AI
Nvidia and AMD are each investing billions in Meta to deepen their chip partnerships as Meta raises money to expand its AI infrastructure spending.
Reported by Data Center Knowledge
- Mistral releases open-weight Mistral Large 4 AI model
Mistral AI released open weights for Mistral Large 4, a multimodal AI model with 1 trillion total parameters and 52 billion active parameters, under an MIT-derivative license.
Reported by Hugging Face and 2 more
- 9 · Funding & DealsWabi raises $55M for consumer AI assistant
Wabi Inc. is a consumer-focused artificial intelligence assistant accessible through Mac, iOS, and Android that organizes around a group chat interface with an embedded AI.
Reported by SiliconANGLE
- 10 · Hardware & ComputeGlobal AI computing capacity doubles every 9 months
Global AI computing capacity is doubling every 9 months, with quarterly additions growing about 2.5 times per year since 2024.
Reported by Epoch AI
- 11 · Agents & ProductsYou can generate and edit Google Docs files directly in Gemini chats now
Google's AI assistant Gemini now allows users to generate, preview, and edit multiple file formats including documents, spreadsheets, slides, and code directly within the chat interface, rather than requiring them to leave the app to make…
Reported by The Verge
- 12 · Models & ReleasesOpenAI updates Model Spec around five core values
OpenAI has updated its Model Spec, a public description of how it wants its AI models to behave, reorganizing the guidance around five core values: faithfulness to human intent, harm minimization, honesty and transparency, human agency…
Reported by OpenAI
- 13 · Agents & ProductsMicrosoft offers buyouts to 60,000 employees
Microsoft is offering voluntary buyouts to approximately 60,000 employees across multiple countries as part of a strategy to reduce operating costs while maintaining investment in AI infrastructure.
Reported by The Verge
- 14 · Funding & DealsDream launches AI design tool for construction
Former executives from Palantir have launched Dream, a startup developing AI world models designed to automate building design and engineering in the architecture, engineering, and construction industry.
Reported by TechCrunch
- 15 · Funding & DealsWabi raises 55 million at 1.25 billion valuation
Wabi is an AI agent that builds mini applications based on user prompts, founded by the creator of a previous AI companion startup.
Reported by TechCrunch
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