Researchers trace AI agents that probed Alibaba’s Amap to Tencent
Researchers trace AI agents that probed Alibaba’s Amap to Tencent

A fleet of AI agents running on Tencent Cloud made more than 2,600 attempts to pull data from Amap, Alibaba’s map service, between 28 September and 8 October. That is the main finding of a full report published on 14 October by independent researchers …

Vilnius-based Holo raises €5M to bring AI-powered marketing to small businesses

AI marketing platform Holo has raised €5 million in a seed fundinground to further develop its marketing automation technology and reach moresmall businesses. The round was led by Market One Capital, …

Nvidia bets on five UK startups

Nvidia is planning new investments in five UK startups, its boss said last night, as it continues to spread its reach across the startup ecosystem.At an event last night in London, Nvidia CEO Jensen H…

Matters emerges from stealth with $5M in pre-seed funding to build AI-native consumer bank

AI-powered personalfinance startup Matters has emerged from stealth with $5 million in pre-seedfunding to develop a consumer banking platform focused on helping users managetheir spending and increase…

Norrsken and Nvidia to open Stockholm AI Lab for founders in 2027
Norrsken and Nvidia to open Stockholm AI Lab for founders in 2027

Norrsken Foundation and Nvidia will open a hub for AI startups in central Stockholm in 2027. The Stockholm AI Lab will host a select group of European founders who use AI to address problems in climate, health, food and society, and it will also be hom…

OpenAI hands its data centre and compute operation to a former xAI executive
OpenAI hands its data centre and compute operation to a former xAI executive

OpenAI has put its compute and infrastructure businesses under Uday Ruddarraju, who ran infrastructure at Elon Musk’s xAI until July 2025. Sachin Katti, who had been overseeing infrastructure and led the $30B Georgia build, leaves the role within weeks…

Apple’s first AI features reach China in December, after a two-year wait
Apple’s first AI features reach China in December, after a two-year wait

Apple plans to launch Apple Intelligence in mainland China in December with iOS 27.3, two years after the US, excluding the rebuilt Siri AI. Siri AI is also still missing in the EU, with no indication of when approval might come. Apple will ship Apple …

The charged OpenAI engineer had a one-way ticket out of the US, a filing shows
The charged OpenAI engineer had a one-way ticket out of the US, a filing shows

Abdulrahman Alfozan, the OpenAI engineer charged over a hidden recording device, had one-way tickets to Saudi Arabia booked for three days after his arrest, according to a court filing. He has entered no reported plea and is presumed innocent. The Open…

Nvidia’s Jensen Huang says he would cut off customers who build unsafe AI
Nvidia’s Jensen Huang says he would cut off customers who build unsafe AI

Jensen Huang told Bloomberg in London he would halt chip supply to a customer building unsafe AI, while saying the current level of concern is not warranted. His prescription is to accelerate containment and monitoring technology, which Nvidia is build…

Salience Labs raises $125M for optical AI switches, then expands in California
Salience Labs raises $125M for optical AI switches, then expands in California

Salience Labs has raised an oversubscribed $125M Series B led by Bullhound Capital, with AMD Ventures, Intel Capital and the British Business Bank taking part. The Oxfordshire company will use it to scale manufacturing and open a second West Coast offi…