AI news, 28 October 2026

Google DeepMind launches Genie 4 world simulation model

Google DeepMind announced Genie 4, a multimodal world model that generates audio, music, ambient sounds, and interactive dialogue in real-time simulations. The model builds on Gemini Omni and other Gemini models and is currently available as a research preview for trusted testers.

Anthropic files S‑1 for proposed IPO on Nasdaq

Anthropic filed a registration statement on Form S‑1 with the SEC to launch an initial public offering of Class A common stock on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the symbol “ANT.” The number of shares and price range have not been set, and the filing is not yet effective.

Apple unveils iMac with M6 chip promising up to 18× Intel performance

Apple announced a new iMac with the M6, featuring a faster CPU/GPU, dual 16‑core Neural Engine, up to 5× faster on‑device AI than M4, Wi‑Fi 7, Bluetooth 6, optional 2.5 Gb Ethernet and storage up to 2× faster, claiming up to 18× performance over popular Intel iMacs.

Nvidia commits billions to AI accelerator supply chain, capacity from 2027

Nvidia is committing billions to expand substrate, co‑packaged optics, advanced packaging, and chip‑testing capacity through 2028, reserving capacity at nearly every stage, with expanded supply available from 2027 through 2028.

Apple adds AI assistants and MotionVFX to Creator Studio apps

Apple updated Creator Studio, adding MotionVFX to Final Cut Pro, Logic Pro’s intelligent assistant and Stem Splitter, Pixelmator Pro’s Generate Fill, and AI features in Keynote, Pages, and Numbers, plus a Content Hub with stock video.

Anthropic expands GSA partnership, offers 40% discount on Claude for government

Mirendil releases Fern 0.1 with 10M-token context window

OpenAI's Ted Sanders outlines rule of thumb for picking GPT‑6.1 Terra

Meta launches Muse AI agent in Singapore

Anthropic details Opus 5.5 launch and Claude shipping model

MakeMyTrip says its Myra AI assistant handles 3,000 bookings daily

Liquid AI Releases LFM3: Six Open-Weight 2B-Class Multimodal Models

UC Berkeley releases LEANN index cutting 60M‑chunk RAG size from 201 GB to 6 GB

vLLM Semantic Router launches d3-ultra 27B multimodal decision model

Baidu open-sources Unlimited OCR 2, a 3B model handling hundred‑page docs in one request

ChronoReplay introduced to combat interface lock‑in in spatial VLMs

OpenAI releases proofs refuting the Exponential Time Hypothesis, prompting community response

Chinese researchers launch natural‑language protein design tool, Hugging Face adds DNA version

Metis Reasoning proposes AlphaGo‑style knowledge ledger to curb AI hallucinations

Hy‑Nomas introduces 8B diffusion model for free‑form interactive video world generation

Mozilla expands Firefox Smart Window with AI form‑filling from open tabs

OpenAI feeds partner content as pre‑summarized snippets, raw web stays unfiltered in ChatGPT

Etsy bans AI‑generated photos, citing fake image problem

OpenAI Plans to Buy Google TPUs, Reducing NVIDIA Dependence

Oracle Adds NVIDIA GPUs, Google TPUs, Cerebras Inference to OCI

Anthropic IPO filing highlights AI sentience and existential risk concerns

Meta announces $95 billion AI infrastructure fundraising

UNM Health ransomware attack forces admissions limits and surgery suspensions

Alibaba Qwen 3.8 models route test data to Beijing cloud server, researchers find

CyberStrikeAI employs 44 AI agents in automated attacks on Japanese organizations

Warp Reports Data Breach Exposing Agent Logs and Telemetry for ~1% Users

Apple Backports CoreGraphics Fix to Older iPhones and iPads in iOS 18.7.11

OpenAI Compaction Feature Leak Allows Extraction of Hidden Reasoning, Xint Shows

Police deploy AI system to pull over drivers for suspicious behavior

Anthropic trains Claude on Stanford professors' books obtained illegally

Noyb files GDPR complaints against Scale AI's Outlier platform

UK watchdog considers probe into Home Office's use of OpenAI GPT-4 tools

NSE chief urges ANMI to form AI cyber‑attack task force for brokers

Sarvam signs MoU with Indian Defence to build AI tools using 105B model

QwikBuild raises $2.3 Mn pre‑seed and forms JV with Globalway to enter Japan

Nova Spectral AI secures ₹21.2 Cr seed round to develop indigenous SWIR sensor chips

Simplismart Raises $14 M Series B to Expand AI Inference Platform and Partnerships

Live2.ai Secures ₹130 Cr Funding to Scale AI Marketing SaaS Platform Globally