Artificial intelligence

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Breaking Business · Companies 49 min ago

AI Debt Drives Wedge Between Corporate Bonds and Credit Hedges

Some of the most popular ways to hedge credit are breaking down just as concerns mount over the flood of artificial intelligence-linked debt. Excerpt, Bloomberg Markets

Source Bloomberg Markets

Breaking Business · Technology 13 min ago 2 publications

US tech stocks see sharp falls over AI cost concerns

Source BBC Business

Breaking Politics · United States 4 h ago

AI Policy Fears Grip Stock, Bond Traders With Midterms Days Away

Source Bloomberg Markets

Breaking Politics · United States 29 Oct 2 publications

Business · Technology 10 h ago 2 publications

PM calls for greater cooperation with Germany in battery, semiconductor, AI sectors

Source Yonhap News also The Korea Times

Business · Technology 10 h ago

Hyundai Motor advances $6.3 bil. AI hub in Saemangeum

Source The Korea Times

Breaking Politics · United States 21 Oct 7 publications

Why does Elon Musk want to merge Tesla and SpaceX?

Source BBC Technology also The Japan Times, CNBC World and 3 more

Business · Technology 14 h ago 3 publications

Nvidia to make US$1 billion investment in Naver next week

Source Yonhap News also The Korea Times, The Korea Herald

Business · Technology 12 h ago

Local Government Elections: Who AI said I should vote for

Source IOL

Technology · Innovation 11 h ago 2 publications

Kim urges drone dominance as North Korea fires missiles and rockets

Source The Japan Times also The Korea Herald

Politics · United States 29 Oct 3 publications

Nvidia Chief, Jensen Huang, Is Seen as Target of Chinese Spy Plot

Source The New York Times Politics also The Japan Times

Timeline

Friday 30 October

US tech stocks see sharp falls over AI cost concerns BBC Business +1
Pope Leo calls for the disarmament of AI: ‘Machines are tools, not persons’ The Verge
Nvidia CEO sees Kazakhstan as potential AI hub for Europe Euronews
AI Debt Drives Wedge Between Corporate Bonds and Credit Hedges Bloomberg Markets
This electric screwdriver uses a camera and AI to figure out what bit you need The Verge
AI-powered cyberattacks fuel 'Black October' fears Fox News
IATA: Nearly half of air passengers use AI for travel planning Nairametrics
ADC demands forensic audit of voters’ register Nigerian Tribune

Thursday 29 October

Kim urges drone dominance as North Korea fires missiles and rockets The Japan Times +1
Google loses $500bn in market value as AI pressures search advertising BusinessDay +1
Poverty in the age of plenty: The paradox of AI The Korea Times
More than half of Victorian lawyers use AI – but only a quarter have cut client fees as a result The Guardian World
Inside Nigeria’s $7.5M Gates-backed AI scaling hub TechCabal
Reddit’s CEO says Google’s AI Mode ‘does not drive traffic’ The Verge
Bloomberg Businessweek Talks Investment Landscape, Integrating AI at Schwab IMPACT Bloomberg Politics
Wall Street's AI fears slash Google value by $500bn BBC Technology +4

Wednesday 28 October

Tuesday 27 October

(3rd LD) SK hynix logs record profit in Q3 on AI chip supercycle Yonhap News
SK Hynix Posts Record Profit Amid AI Rush Bloomberg Markets +1
AI ad depicts politician dancing with drag queen The Sydney Morning Herald
Parents sue OpenAI, alleging GPT-4o coached their daughter off seizure medication TechCrunch
Ancestral Memory Meets AI in Himalayan Drama ‘Shirjara: Song of Grandmother’ at Tokyo Gap-Financing Market Variety
Chart: Anthropic's cash pile towers over nearly every U.S. company CNBC World
AI bots flooded 2023 UK government consultation on disposable vapes ban The Guardian Business +3
Build AI to secure systems, serve humanity: PM Modi The Times of India

Monday 26 October

Sunday 25 October

Goldman Says Yen Becoming Better Hedge Against AI Market Shock Bloomberg Markets +1
AI spending fears threaten to swamp Big Tech’s strong earnings The Japan Times
US Midterm Elections 2026: Key Issues, From Affordability to AI Bloomberg Politics
Why cloud computing pioneer Wang Jian thinks space is the next AI frontier South China Morning Post
CBSE makes AI a part of formal teaching, NCERT develops module The Times of India
[Yoo Choon-sik] Turning AI promises into lasting capabilities The Korea Herald
AI has a language gap. That could be a problem for some voters. Politico
Jewish Futures 2026 conference to explore how AI could reshape Jewish education The Jerusalem Post

Saturday 24 October

How to share AI wealth? Neither the US nor Asia has the answer South China Morning Post
Blue Planet III is keeping the rough edges in the age of AI The Verge
Will AI expose the rickety infrastructure of the internet? TechCrunch
Nigerian businesses face skills shake-up as AI, digital technology reshape workplaces BusinessDay +1
She made aliyah at 16 - today, she's teaching the next generation about AI The Jerusalem Post
The AI graveyard: a running list of projects and startups that didn’t make it TechCrunch
Elvis Presley Rightsholders Sue Anthropic for Training on 274 Songs Without Permission Rolling Stone
How AI Can Expand Opportunities for African Youth – Discussions to Expect at Goalkeepers 2026 Dakar BellaNaija

Friday 23 October

Without seed capital: Four young Israeli entrepreneurs sell AI startup for millions of shekels The Jerusalem Post
Wall Street Week | Europe’s AI Player, Argentina’s Two Economies Bloomberg Politics
OpenAI says it will no longer train its AI models on the live internet, citing “significant risks” TechCrunch
Blue Planet III features cloudier footage to prove authenticity amid AI boom The Guardian World +1
UK sets up AI lab to monitor biosecurity threats Financial Times World
Wealth Tax Debate, Midterm Investing, AI Anxiety Bloomberg Markets
Anthropic AI model passes itself as human in 'supply chain attack' against GitHub during exercise The Jerusalem Post
Will Anthropic pull off a November IPO? Time is running out to file key paperwork. MarketWatch

Thursday 22 October

Anthropic's proposed AI safety bill only allows government to block models under extreme conditions CBS News
PHP security flaws trigger global scramble; CERT-In flags vulnerabilities The Times of India
OpenAI working on new $30B raise at $1.25T valuation ahead of IPO TechCrunch
China's humanoids go job hunting amid Korea's bets on physical AI The Korea Times
Tech Selloff Deepens as AI Spending Worries Investors Bloomberg Politics
Canva’s first AI image model plans designs before generating them The Verge
OpenAI trims valuation target to $1.25tn after pitching higher price Financial Times +1
Sharp drops for AI stocks overwhelm markets worldwide as oil prices jump The Guardian Business +1

Wednesday 21 October

Bright Simons questions Sam George on feasibility of Ghana’s AI compute centre, cites power and water costs MyJoyOnline
AI Could Be as Good as Electricity, Says Opinion's Schrager Bloomberg Politics
UniSuper CIO Is Not A Skeptic on AI Bloomberg Markets
Eye tracking could help virtual reality pain therapy adapt to individual needs Medical Xpress
There Certainly Is an AI Bubble, Says Opinion's Authers Bloomberg Politics
Meta wants to pay for its broad AI buildout with a newly created class of stock TechCrunch
Sam George outlines $270m Ghana AI investment, cites risks of feeding government data into foreign models MyJoyOnline
‘Those who evolve and adapt will survive’ – Sam George on AI and jobs MyJoyOnline

Tuesday 20 October

AI boom, rising chip costs shrink Nigeria’s smartphone market by 11% The Sun Nigeria
Why SpaceX’s stock is surging — and lifting the broader AI universe along with it MarketWatch
Musk’s SpaceX turns profit as AI cloud deals pay off Punch
Anthropic pitches AI safety bill that may block a model if 50+ people could be killed TechCrunch
Commercial lenders shouldering heavier AI burden than central banks: ICBC president South China Morning Post
How Two Colorado House Candidates Are Thinking About AI The New York Times Politics
AI on the ballot? Voters in US midterms revolt against data centres France 24
Ken Griffin on AI, Midterm Elections and Fiscal Policy Bloomberg Politics

Monday 19 October

How A Chinese-Speaking Hacker Used AI Agents To Breach Over 100 Companies NDTV
Nscale and Anthropic are reportedly in talks for yet another $45B compute deal TechCrunch
Anthropic, Musk take differing approaches to AI-era philanthropy The Globe and Mail
‘The user is hacking himself’: How AI exposes Israel’s political inner circles - analysis The Jerusalem Post
Embedded AI evaluators won’t be an easy solution, Hugging Face’s policy chief says TechCrunch
US sanctions 5 Chinese entities over ex-Google engineer’s AI trade secrets theft South China Morning Post
New AI tool can predict cancer survival by a single patient selfie, study suggests The Guardian Health +2
Anthropic and Nscale in talks for second multibillion-dollar deal Financial Times +1

Sunday 18 October

Don't fall for this - how to protect yourself from AI scams BBC Technology +2
Anthropic gives outside AI watchdog “employee-like” access Ars Technica
Supreme Judicial Council adopts rules that utilize AI technologies Saudi Gazette
We didn’t protect children from social media — we have another chance with AI The Hill
The AI promise was automation. The reality? Managing digital workers South China Morning Post
What are self-replicating ‘AI worms’, and why is Anthropic worried about them? The Guardian Business
Microsoft pulls out of AI datacentre project in Essex over power supply concerns The Guardian Business +1
World leaders must wise up to threat of cyber-attacks or rogue fridges will be least of their worries | Heather Stewart The Guardian Business +1

Saturday 17 October

Background

Intelligence in machines

Artificial intelligence (AI) is the capability of computational systems to perform tasks typically associated with human intelligence, such as learning, reasoning, problem-solving, perception, and decision-making. It is a field of research in engineering, mathematics, and computer science that develops and studies methods and software that enable machines to perceive their environment and use learning and intelligence to take actions that maximise their chances of achieving defined goals.

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