Meta claims a 14-month shift from rebuilding its foundation to pushing the frontier

1. 07:26
   Alexandr Wang · X

   Alexandr Wang Thanks Meta Superintelligence Labs for Reaching a Model-Building Milestone

   Alexandr Wang thanked Meta Superintelligence Labs’ research teams after a week of launches, including Muse Wonder [full] and Muse Spark open. He said MSL and TBD began a little more than a year ago with the goal of producing a frontier model within a year or so, despite the ambition of that target given where Llama 4 landed. Wang said the teams have also built a scalable system for continuing to advance models at the frontier.

1. 18:39
   雷锋网

   DeepSeek will refund users after a service outage, with some receiving over 3,000 yuan

   DeepSeek apologized for an API outage on October 15 and said it would return users’ API spending from October 8–14 as account credits. Users shared refunds ranging from a few cents to more than 3,000 yuan, depending on their usage. The company did not explain the outage’s cause; the report says the platform had experienced at least 18 widespread service disruptions so far this year.

1. 22:00
   TechCrunch · AI

   TechCrunch Disrupt 2026: Final Day Features AI Sessions and Startup Battlefield

   The final day of TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 brings sessions on AI innovation, startup growth, fundraising and emerging technologies, alongside Startup Battlefield events and networking at Moscone West in San Francisco. More than 10,000 founders, investors and technology leaders are gathering, and the Expo Hall features 320+ exhibiting startups. Day 3 also includes the Startup Battlefield 2026 final and the announcement of its winner.

2. 18:40
   雷锋网

   151 Apps, Including WeChat and Taobao, Reject Doubao Phone Assistant GUI Automation

   Doubao Phone Assistant says it will gradually open third-party app GUI automation after the 30-day public comment period for its Screen Automation Protocol ends, but only for apps that have not refused. Its published refusal list names 151 apps, including WeChat, DeepSeek, Taobao, Kuaishou, and Meituan. Users can still install, log into, and operate those apps manually on the listed phones.

3. 18:08
   Latent Space

   Modal raises $750M Series D at $15.75B valuation, crosses $1B annualized run rate

   Modal crossed $1B in annualized run rate and raised a $750M Series D led by Accel at a $15.75B valuation, according to the company announcement cited by Latent Space. Usage grew more than 15x year over year. Modal’s Erik says Sandboxes alone reached a $300M run rate, with close to 3 billion sandboxes launched and support for a million concurrent sandboxes across uses including background agents and reinforcement learning.

4. 15:22
   量子位

   How Antai MBA Is Training Future Business Leaders for the AI Era

   Shanghai Jiao Tong University Antai College of Economics and Management is reshaping its MBA education to prepare business leaders who can combine technical understanding with business judgment and responsibility. Its “Five Links” talent framework connects AI, science and technology innovation, industry, global perspectives, and Shanghai Jiao Tong University resources. The college also plans to co-create 1,000 AI projects with companies over the next decade and has announced curriculum and training changes for the 2027 cohort.

5. 09:01
   TechCrunch · AI

   Ricursive Intelligence Is Developing AI to Design More Efficient Chips

   Ricursive Intelligence is developing AI that designs chips, learns from each iteration, and improves later designs to automate and accelerate chip design. At TechCrunch Disrupt, founders Anna Goldie and Azalia Mirhoseini said AI can find unconventional layouts and optimize entire chips; they cited a “donut-shaped” arrangement produced by their earlier system, AlphaChip. Goldie said demand for compute could grow at least 10,000x in the next five years.

1. 18:41
   量子位

   Shanghai’s Global Developer Pioneer Summit Highlights 10 Embodied AI Events

   The 2026 Global Developer Pioneer Summit and International Embodied AI Skills Competition will run October 23–25 in Shanghai’s Pudong district, featuring 10 highlights focused on real-world robot training and applications. The program includes 9 competition tracks with 23 events, more than 1,000 competing teams, and over 100 open source communities. Organizers say the event will showcase robot systems, components, industry models, and application scenarios.

2. 04:34
   宝玉 · XPicks

   Google Play adds private installation of AI Studio apps without developer registration

   Google announced that users can wirelessly install Android apps created in Google AI Studio on their own devices through Google Play using a regular Google account, without developer registration. The feature begins rolling out today to users 18 and older in selected markets, including the US; apps remain private, with sharing for close friends and family planned over the coming months. Baoyu also reports updates to Ask Play app comparisons, Play in Gemini, and game discovery through Game Finder and Gamer DNA.

3. 01:00
   TechCrunch · AI

   Google Play adds private Android apps built with Google AI Studio

   Google announced that users can build personal Android apps with Google AI Studio and run them privately through Google Play using a standard Google account. The apps remain accessible only to their creators, must comply with existing Play policies, and will initially be available to U.S. users age 18 and up. Google says sharing with trusted friends will follow in the months ahead, with a path to public publication after trust and safety reviews.

1. 17:00
   MIT Technology Review · AIPicks

   AI labs are buying data from dead startups to train their models

   AI labs are buying defunct startups’ code and workplace archives through companies such as SimpleClosure and Sunset to train models and build environments where AI agents practice tasks. SimpleClosure’s Asset Hub has handled over 150 deals, while Google bought Spirit Airlines’ decades of data for $10 million this past August. The market raises questions about employee privacy, consent, and pricing, and no company has released tests comparing training results from real-world archives with alternatives.

2. 13:00
   NVIDIA Blog

   NVIDIA Announces Planned Investments in Four French Startups

   NVIDIA announced planned investments in Doctolib, Entalpic, Genesis AI and Pigment, which are working across healthcare, materials discovery, physical AI and business planning. The announcement adds to NVIDIA’s previous investments in French technology companies Alice&Bob, Gradium and Scintil Photonics. Across Europe, NVIDIA has committed nearly $10 billion to the technology ecosystem.

3. 01:32
   AI at Meta · X

   From rebuilding our foundation to pushing the frontier in 14 months 🚀

   From rebuilding our foundation to pushing the frontier in 14 months 🚀

1. 23:00
   NVIDIA BlogPicks

   NVIDIA Opens Vera Rubin Rack Designs and Expands AI Factory Infrastructure at OCP

   NVIDIA contributed Vera Rubin rack and compute tray designs to OCP through its open MGX architecture and launched open source components for DSX AI Factory. MGX 1.2 supports rack deployments up to 250kW and adds standardized power, cooling and interconnect interfaces. NVIDIA and partners also announced facility and grid resilience specifications, Meta’s adoption of Spectrum-6 switches, plans for USFP optical modules with Cisco, and Falcon Transport support on future ConnectX-10 SuperNICs and BlueField DPUs with Google.

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