Saturday, 24 October 2026
This dated roundup collects the most interesting AI and technology developments found for Saturday, 24 October 2026.
Industry
Apple Watch Ultra 4 review: longer battery life but still awaiting new features
Biggest Apple smartwatch gets better health tracking and new readiness tools with a battery and chip boost in preparation for controversial audio AI As the Ultra enters its fourth year as Apple’s biggest and beefiest smartwatch it gets the best kind of spec upgrade – longer battery life – while waiting for something potentially more transformative. That’s because several of the key features announced as part of Apple’s new smartwatch lineup for 2026 have yet to be enabled, awaiting updates towards the end of this year. That leaves the £749 (€899/$799/A$1,349) Apple Watch Ultra 4 the top...
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Introducing Kimi K3.1 Pro
Introducing Kimi K3.1 Pro Kimi K3.1 Pro landed on the Kimi API today - it's not yet open weights, but Moonshot promise "Full model weights will be released by Nov 4, 2026". They're also offering a "Highspeed" version that's 2-3x faster, at twice the price (except for input token cache hits, which are priced the same). The US dollar pricing is $2.00/million tokens for input and $10/million for output - the same as GPT-6.1 Sol and half the price of Claude Opus 5.5. Moonshot's own benchmarks show Kimi as approximately level with Opus 5.5 and GPT-6 Astra - beating them on a few benchmarks,...
Read moreMeta launches Muse in Japan, taking its AI agent beyond North America
Gmail and calendar connections are available, while Japanese service partnerships are in development. Meta says users retain control over access and important actions.
Read moreCal Poly introduces $3 million AI supercomputer, with wider campus access next
The NVIDIA-powered system is meant to let students build models, not just use commercial tools. Broader access is expected the following week.
Read moreGoogle introduces isolated cloud computers for AI agents, with rollout still ahead
Agent Compute Engine keeps long-lived credentials outside agents’ workspaces. Google also promises faster pauses and restarts, alongside new traffic and spending controls.
Read moreOpposition deepfake video sparks outrage in Spain ahead of election
Video shows AI likenesses of people linked to Pedro Sánchez’s Socialist party appearing to admit to wrongdoing A political ad from Spain’s main opposition party that used a deepfake video of the prime minister’s wife has sparked outrage and set off a wider debate on AI, as the deeply polarised country gears up for general elections next month. Launched this week across the social media channels of the conservative People’s party (PP), the video used artificial intelligence to manipulate the likenesses of various people linked to Pedro Sánchez’s Socialist party and appeared to show them...
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UK AI minister calls for stronger state AI capability alongside regulation
Kanishka Narayan cites an AI-assisted security check as evidence of the technology’s potential, but gives no details of the vulnerabilities found.
Read morePentagon adds ‘ideological neutrality’ guidance to AI purchasing
Compliance with White House directives is mandatory, but acquisition teams can tailor documentation requirements to each purchase’s context and risk.
Read moreGoogle’s privacy shift ties Gemini-connected data to ad personalization
Google privacy policy now lets connected Gmail, Photos and Drive data help personalize ads for users who opt into Personal Intelligence. The post Google’s privacy shift ties Gemini-connected data to ad personalization appeared first on Superintelligence News - Artificial Intelligence News .
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