October 2026

Google DeepMind has announced Genie 4, a world model that generates interactive, three-dimensional environments with realistic visuals, sound and dialogue in real time.  The model is currently available as a research preview to trusted testers across creative industries, journalism, education, gaming and engineering. Google DeepMind plans to expand access to Google AI Ultra subscribers through […]

The crack of a bat accompanied by a roar from the crowd can capture a baseball fan’s attention, even if they miss seeing the home run. Humans may be visual creatures, but we also perceive the world around us by listening to it.  To improve artificial perception, MIT Professor Paris Smaragdis SM ’97, PhD ’01

Scientists at McGill University have discovered a surprising new ability of immune cells that could change how we understand long-term immunity. Researchers found that T cells can actually sense how stiff their surrounding tissues are, using these physical signals to help determine whether they develop into long-lasting memory cells that protect against future infections.

The asteroid that killed the dinosaurs may have set the stage for ants to conquer the planet, with a surprising boost from “jumping genes” hidden in their DNA. Scientists discovered that bursts of activity from these mobile genetic elements coincided with the rise of major ant groups and may have helped sharpen their extraordinary ability

A major new study reveals that autistic children’s brains process faces differently, and those differences may begin earlier than scientists previously thought. Researchers found that brain signals associated with recognizing faces become more specialized as neurotypical children grow older, but show much less change in autistic children. The discovery could help explain why some autistic

At its Oracle AI World conference in Las Vegas, Oracle announced plans to expand its AI computing infrastructure, adding NVIDIA’s latest GPUs, Google’s TPUs, and Cerebras’ inference technology to its cloud platform. Oracle plans to scale its NVIDIA Vera Rubin infrastructure to multi-gigawatt capacity. Oracle now offers its Vera Rubin NVL72 systems and Vera CPUs

Oracle has partnered with OpenAI to integrate its AI models, ChatGPT and Codex, into Oracle’s enterprise applications, databases, and cloud infrastructure, introducing products for business operations, application development, and cybersecurity. Announced at Oracle AI World in Las Vegas on October 27, the collaboration includes four offerings: Oracle AI Workspace, Oracle AI Security Mesh, Oracle App

Following a relatively lacklustre stretch, the Indian stock market is set to launch its largest initial public offering (IPO) to date. Reliance Industries’ digital and telecom arm, Jio Platforms, will debut on the stock market on October 28 as a separately listed company. Investors have oversubscribed its ₹30,213-crore offering by 22.19 times. As per IPO

Google LLC today previewed Genie 4, an artificial intelligence model that can generate realistic three-dimensional environments. The algorithm is the latest addition to a series of world models that the company launched in 2024. Compared with its predecessor, Genie 4 is better at rendering fluid movements and other complex details. Furthermore, it can generate accompanying

Mirage C/Getty Images One of the earliest uses of generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools like ChatGPT and Claude was producing source code – computer language instructions that make up software such as word processors, your internet browser, and everything else. Code is structured, which makes it easier for AI tools to generate. So could they