Month: October 2026
AMD’s $8.2 billion World Labs deal
AMD agreed on 28 September to buy World Labs, the spatial intelligence startup co-founded by Fei-Fei Li, for about $8.2 billion in AMD stock. Taken on its own, it reads as a chipmaker buying talent and a head start in physical AI, and that is how most of the coverage has framed it. Taken alongside
Anthropic planning the largest IPO
Anthropic is planning what could be the largest initial public offering in history. But if AI continues on its current trajectory, humans may not be around much longer to enjoy it.To pull off a successful offering that values it at $2 trillion, Anthropic, whose name means “human-centered,” will need plenty of mortal investors to help
Google DeepMind watermarks AI-generated protein
In what can be called a major breakthrough for synthetic biology and AI-powered biosecurity, Google DeepMind, Google’s AI lab, has developed a new method to watermark AI-designed proteins, establishing a permanent proof of origin directly inside biological code. Published in the journal Nature, the proof-of-concept technology, which is named SynthID Bio, solves a long-standing technical
Synopsys, OpenAI strike deal to develop AI model for chip design work
Synopsys, a maker of software used in designing computing chips, said on Wednesday that it has struck a deal to share revenue with OpenAI as the two develop an AI model for the chip business. GPT-Synopsys, as the model will be called, will be specifically trained and tuned to take on chip design tasks, which
Canadian astronaut Joshua Kutryk set to take off for six-month stay on space station
Canada’s next space traveller is fast approaching his scheduled departure – but the weather may have other ideas. On Wednesday afternoon, officials at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida said there was a 55 per cent chance of favourable conditions for the launch of a four-person crew heading to the International Space Station for half