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In Texas’ Senate Race, Paxton and Talarico Converge on Key Battleground

In Tarrant County, a fight over polling places has energized Democrats as Republicans seek to defend their grip on a longtime stronghold.

Attack Ad Featuring Candidate’s Mother Turns Ohio Governor’s Race Even Uglier

A Republican ad features Amy Acton’s estranged mother calling her daughter a liar. The two have not spoken since Dr. Acton’s mother backed her husband after his arrest on rape charges.

If Democrats Win Congress, Could the G.O.P. Refuse to Seat Them?

A changing of the congressional guard in January could leave room for meddling, though most legal scholars doubt it would happen.

Two men re-arrested on suspicion of assisting Iran intelligence after RAF Fairford incident

The head of UK Counter Terrorism Policing said they consider Iranian state involvement "highly likely".

Zelensky says US intelligence sharing 'works now' after talks with Trump envoy in Oslo

Ukraine had accused the US of withholding key intelligence - a claim rejected as "scandalous" by Washington.

Government failings allowed Covid 'to spread like wildfire' in care homes, inquiry finds

The sixth report from Covid inquiry criticises the lack of PPE and the way patients were discharged from hospital.

Some on-air claims about Dominion Voting Systems were false, Fox News acknowledges in statement after deal is announced

Dominion still has pending lawsuits against election deniers such as Rudy Giuliani and Sidney Powell

Here are the 20 specific Fox broadcasts and tweets Dominion says were defamatory

• Fox-Dominion trial delay 'is not unusual,' judge says • Fox News' defamation battle isn't stopping Trump's election lies

AI Frontier – Discoveries and Community

Article URL: https://ai-frontier.co.uk/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5

What if we donated our spare AI subscriptions to math?

Article URL: https://blog.kolen.dev/math/math-at-home

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Foundry-protocol – A framework for orchestrating complex tasks with AI agents

Article URL: https://github.com/AlphaIAt/foundry-protocol

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Accelerating the search for antimicrobial peptides with Google Antigravity

Accelerating the search for novel antimicrobial peptides using Google Antigravity for Science.

Google DeepMind and Singapore Government collaborate to build fine-tuned AI model for scam detection

Learn how Google DeepMind and GovTech Singapore uses lightweight on-device Gemma models to intercept conversational scams in private chats with zero cloud data egress.

Developing Gemini 4 Argon responsibly and safely

GardenBench: A lightweight, daily evaluation of LLM capabilities

arXiv:2610.23866v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: We introduce GardenBench, a benchmark with 11 test suites that evaluate the capabilities of Large Language Models (LLMs) across a range of tasks. By sy

Doing Less with More: A First-Principles Exploration of the Suitability of Agentic Computing over Alternative Architectural Choices

arXiv:2610.23921v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: There is growing interest in automating business activities with Agentic Artificial Intelligence (AI) due to latter's seeming ease of use. Never has it

A Controlled LLM Workflow for Evidence-Grounded Diagnosis of Risk Score Differences

arXiv:2610.23962v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: We propose a controlled Large Language Model (LLM) workflow for explaining risk score differences using similar historical transactions. The workflow c

Web Agent Agentic Reinforcement Learning Decision Model Under Multi-Cost and Failure Risk

arXiv:2610.23857v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Intelligent agent interactions in real-world web environments are commonly constrained by request budgets, time delays, anti-crawling restrictions, and

PolyGraph: Plan-Buffered CUDA Graphs for Adaptive Speculative Decoding

arXiv:2610.23861v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Adaptive speculative decoding changes the active batch size B and draft length d from one decode step to the next, whereas a CUDA Graph replays a fixed

Forecasting Patient Trajectories from the Electronic Health Records with Action-Conditioned World Models

arXiv:2610.23862v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: We introduce a predictive world model for electronic health records (EHR) that represents patient histories as action conditioned latent trajectories.

As AI safety concerns mount, three pioneers make the case for staying open

At Ai4, three of the world's most respected AI experts — Geoffrey Hinton, Fei-Fei Li, and Andrew Ng — debated regulation, open source access, and how America can compete as China advances in Asia.

Data center demand drives 66% surge in natural gas power plant costs

Natural gas power plant costs have nearly doubled in two years and take 23% longer to build as data center electricity demand skyrockets.

Converge Bio raises $25M, backed by Bessemer and execs from Meta, OpenAI, Wiz

AI drug discovery startup Converge Bio raised $25 million in a Series A led by Bessemer Venture Partners, with additional backing from executives at Meta, OpenAI, and Wiz.

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A New Rocco Smart Fridge Just Dropped. So Did the Prices (2026)

Save $100 on the new Essential or $200 on the original, and give your holiday drinks a place of their own.

French Government Calls Emergency Meetings With Platforms Over Protests

TikTok and other sites were told to curb protest footage and AI-altered images, while online retailers like Vinted and eBay reportedly signed an agreement stop looted goods from flooding resale sites.

Hatch Sleep Clock Review: A Contactless Sleep Tracker (2026)

I’m obsessed with sleep data, but I don’t love wearing a smartwatch to bed. Can the Hatch Sleep Clock give me the best of both worlds at an affordable price?

具透 Plus：Firefox 被「中途喝止」的界面现代化改造；Pixel 不再为 VoLTE 发愁

FirefoxNova：被「中途喝止」的界面现代化改造@PlatyHsu:9月29日，Mozilla随Firefox157推出了代号为Nova的全新设计。这是继2021年Proton改版以来，Fire ...查看全文

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TDS REVIEW｜vivo Buds Clip 耳夹式无线耳机体验

在 TWS 5 系列获得我们不错评价之后，Buds Clip 能否延续他们「来得晚但完成度更高」的特点呢？查看全文

从「空间扩展」到「等比放大」：我如何为 MacBook Pro 搭建双屏桌面

原厂屏幕之外最省心的搭档。查看全文

科技爱好者周刊（第 415 期）：3D 版《看不见的城市》

这里记录每周值得分享的科技内容，周五发布。

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科技爱好者周刊（第 414 期）：Jev 决策模型有什么用

这里记录每周值得分享的科技内容，周五发布。

本杂志开源，欢迎投稿。另有

科技爱好者周刊（第 413 期）：再见了，React Native

这里记录每周值得分享的科技内容，周五发布。（[通知] 下周五开始的中秋和十一假期，周刊休息。）

本杂志开源，欢迎投稿。另有

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Netflix posts third-quarter earnings beat, but shares fall on advertising and revenue guidance

Wall Street and investors will be looking for Netflix to provide additional details about the company's strategy following recent organizational changes

Boeing wins FAA approval for 737 Max 10 after years of delays as Duffy says certification process should be faster

The 737 Max 10, the largest model in the family, was set to start flying in 2020, but increased scrutiny and other safety issues delayed its certification.

United Airlines slashes 2026 profit outlook on fuel prices, but travelers keep booking despite higher fares

United Airlines cut its profit outlook for the year as fuel prices continued to climb.

Western Alliance Bancorporation (WAL) Q3 2026 Earnings Call Transcript

Inogen: Cheap Enough To Take A Chance On

SpaceX: AI Growth Explodes To 800%+

Super Micro Computer Surges On Blowout Preliminary Revenue; Dell, HPE Also Jump

Super Micro Computer soared late Tuesday after the AI server reported booming preliminary sales for the latest quarter. Rivals Dell Technologies and Hewlett-Packard Enterprise also jumped. Super Mi

Dow Jones Futures Rise; SpaceX Crushes Views, Eyes Tesla Merger; Supermicro Reports Blowout Sales

The Dow and S&P 500 reclaimed their 50-day line. SpaceX crushed earnings views and is mulling a Tesla merger. Meta looms.

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Intuitive Surgical Tumbles After Robotic Surgery Behemoth Narrows 2026 Outlook

Intuitive Surgical stock tumbled late Tuesday after the company narrowed its guidance for 2026 da Vinci procedure growth.

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Elon Musk says Tesla and SpaceX have set up committees to explore a merger

Elon Musk, who is CEO of both companies and owns billions in stock, said he can't be a part of those merger discussions.

Starlink's subscriber growth missed. Its profits didn't.

SpaceX's Starlink beat earnings estimates while missing its subscriber growth. The company is looking to become a challenger in the mobile arena.

The viral Crock-Pot lunch box is 25% off at Amazon, plus 9 more kitchen deals worth shopping

The viral Crock-Pot lunch box is down to $29.99 at Amazon. Shop the deal, plus 9 more kitchen discounts on appliances and essentials.

Federal Reserve Board announces termination of enforcement actions with Gardner Bancshares, Inc. and Small Business Bank

Federal Reserve Board announces termination of enforcement actions with Gardner Bancshares, Inc. and Small Business Bank

Minutes of the Board's discount rate meetings on August 17, September 9, and September 16, 2026

Minutes of the Board's discount rate meetings on August 17, September 9, and September 16, 2026

Federal Reserve Board releases results of the 2025 Survey of Consumer Finances, which provides the public and policymakers with detailed insights into the economic condition of American families

Federal Reserve Board releases results of the 2025 Survey of Consumer Finances, which provides the public and policymakers with detailed insights into the economic condition of American families

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主题征文 ｜ 让鸿蒙应用，玩出新可能！

AI短剧里的“彩票工厂”不再赚钱

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9700万判决之后，汇源决定“不要这个名字了”

北京汇源因商标侵权被判停止使用“汇源”字号，赔偿9700余万元，终止生产并推出“咱家果源”品牌。

乐事玩转“开袋有奖”，品牌为什么越来越在意消费者的体验感？

100%中奖 万元大奖天天开。

Import AI 477: In which I tell the IMF the Singularity has begun

What do you think?

Import AI 476: Creativity and RSI; worse-than-China open weight models; AI goes to space

Will we give robots the moon?

Import AI 475: Swarm scaling; Google DeepMind watermarks biology; and the AI science economy

Who chooses what AI gets to do?

AI Weekly Issue #540: AI is finding software flaws faster than teams can fix them

This Applied AI edition looks at what organizations actually did with AI over the past two weeks, drawn from our Use-Case Library and from SEC filings. Three things stand out: AI now finds security fl

AI Weekly Issue #539: AI-made midterm ads top $137 million, and 70% carry no AI label

Campaigns and PACs have spent more than $137 million on AI-generated or AI-enhanced midterm ads, and about 70% of them carry no AI label, the New York Times reported. The biggest pro-AI super PAC netw

AI Weekly Issue #537: AI models may soon copy themselves onto smart fridges, Anthropic says

This issue is built from the links the AI experts we follow shared most since our last issue on October 8, minus the stories we already sent you in the Daily Espresso. The most shared: Anthropic's war

Anthropic’s cloud partnerships are getting messy

Anthropic is reportedly struggling to secure enough compute from cloud providers that increasingly view it as a competitor, even as its infrastructure spending balloons ahead of a planned November IPO

SpaceX’s AI business is beating expectations

SpaceX hit profitably in the third-quarter, with net income of $4.4 billion. AI was the engine.

OpenAI acquires startup Orchestra Bio⁠ to beef up its biotech business

OpenAI says it's adding Orchestra's team and technology to work on Rosalind, its AI model for life sciences research, and to its related Rosalind Workbench tool, a harness that aims to help researcher

Accelerating the search for antimicrobial peptides with Google Antigravity

Accelerating the search for novel antimicrobial peptides using Google Antigravity for Science.

Google DeepMind and Singapore Government collaborate to build fine-tuned AI model for scam detection

Learn how Google DeepMind and GovTech Singapore uses lightweight on-device Gemma models to intercept conversational scams in private chats with zero cloud data egress.

Developing Gemini 4 Argon responsibly and safely