Checking AI answers at US libraries: Microsoft and PLA plan free training
Microsoft and the US Public Library Association announced a free AI-learning partnership on October 22.
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Funding, acquisitions, earnings and company news from the AI industry.
Switch AI tools, keep your know-how? Agent Skills gets neutral governance
Anthropic announced the donation of Agent Skills to the Agentic AI Foundation on October 22.
Keep your equity: Microsoft and NVIDIA back a physical AI startup lab
Microsoft, NVIDIA and Infineon are backing an equity-free Physical AI Growth Lab.
GPT is coming to Google Cloud. Your cloud commitment can pay for it
Google Cloud is privately previewing GPT-6 Astra, GPT-6.1 Sol and GPT-6 Luna for selected enterprises.
From 1,000 to 30,000-plus: Uber takes ChatGPT Work company-wide
Uber is expanding ChatGPT Work from a 1,000-person pilot to more than 30,000 employees worldwide.
Anthropic commits 5% of its shares to a public benefit fund that grows with the company
Anthropic will commit 5% of its shares to a new Anthropic Public Benefit Fund, subject to stockholder approval.
Samsung's Smart Factory 4.0 brings AI to Korean SMEs, showcased at SmartBiz Expo
SmartBiz Expo 2026, hosted by Korea's Ministry of SMEs and Startups with Samsung Electronics among the organizers, ran October 13–16 at COEX in Seoul.
NVIDIA expands UK bets with startup stakes and $250M for agentic safety research
NVIDIA committed $250 million worth of compute over five years to strengthen agentic AI safety and security research in the UK.
