Generative AIVidu Q4 Preview Lands Third on Image-to-Video Board
Shengshu's Vidu Q4 Preview debuts at number three on an image-to-video leaderboard with audio and reference inputs, but lacks text-to-video for now.
October 16, 2026
Priya Raman
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Physical AIAgility's Digit 5: $150,000 Parts Cost, Milestone-Based Orders
At its investor day, Agility put a $150,000 bill of materials on Digit 5 and said its $300M order unlocks in tranches as use cases are proven.
October 14, 2026
Governance, Regulation & PolicyUN Rights Chief Says Goodwill Is Not Enough for AI Regulation
A week after a voluntary White House AI accord, the UN's Volker Türk called for mandatory human rights due diligence for AI developers.
October 13, 2026
AI Startups & FundingManus Raises $500M+ After Meta Deal Was Unwound
Manus parent Butterfly Effect says it raised over $500 million, led by Boyu and IDG, in its first round since China forced Meta to unwind a $2 billion acquisition.
October 12, 2026
Data Engineering & MLOpsApache Iceberg 1.12.0: Removals, Variant and Geospatial
Iceberg 1.12.0 drops Spark 3.4 and Flink 2.0, removes deprecated APIs and extends variant, geospatial and v4 spec support. Here is what to check before upgrading.
October 8, 2026
LLMsOpenAI's GPT-6.1 Sol Targets Astra Performance at a Fifth the Price
OpenAI says GPT-6.1 Sol nears GPT-6 Astra on coding and computer use at about one-fifth the price, amid reports a GPT-6.1 Astra was cancelled.
October 7, 2026
AI NewsTrump Names Jay Clayton AI Czar, Leads 'Super Intelligence Force'
Trump named intelligence chief Jay Clayton as AI czar to lead a new 'Super Intelligence Force'. Its powers remain unclear.
October 7, 2026