Brazilian bank Itaú launched the conversational interface ia.i and the governance platform IARA, applying its AI First strategy to both customers and employees. The bank is rolling out generative AI in one of Brazil's most heavily regulated industries.
At the AI in Science Summit in Dublin, NVIDIA joined the European Commission’s AI in Science Enablers initiative (part of RAISE), providing European researchers with tools, compute, and training.
The Nordics are building a leading European technology ecosystem with NVIDIA technology, expected to deploy 1 gigawatts of AI cloud compute by the end of 2027.
Block (Square's parent company) is building an AI-powered security system with OpenAI technology. Its security team uses AI to investigate threats faster and can produce patch proposals within minutes, improving security response efficiency.
NVIDIA announced $250 million in compute resources over five years to support UK agent safety research, $50 million per year in accelerated computing for the University of Oxford, UCL, and Imperial College London through the BOLD program, and joined the Earthshot Prize as a founding Global Alliance Partner.
NVIDIA announced new investments in French startups spanning aerospace, finance, public services and research. Mistral released the private-preview open model Mistral Large 4; Bull will produce NVIDIA Vera Rubin NVL72 servers in Europe, planned for 2028; and the Altair-1 satellite carrying a Jetson AGX Orin is now in orbit.
At OCP 2026, AMD CEO Lisa Su highlighted open infrastructure for the future of AI. At the event, AMD emphasized supporting next-generation AI compute buildout with open architectures.
AMD CEO Lisa Su has been awarded the National Medal of Science. The award was revealed in the page title; the body only contains terms and conditions for downloading AMD brand assets and offers no award details.
OpenAI disrupted two AI-driven influence operations that used fake-identity journalists and a think tank to spread geopolitical messaging.
Atlassian and OpenAI are expanding their partnership, connecting frontier models with enterprise knowledge to help teams plan, build, and deliver work.
Several startups incubated by NVIDIA Inception use AI across every stage of breast cancer care: iSono Health’s FDA-cleared ATUSA platform completes an automated 3D ultrasound scan of each breast in about 2 minutes (traditional handheld ultrasound can take up to 45 minutes).
Telecom operators are building their AI strategies on open models; in NVIDIA's latest State of AI in Telecommunications report, 89% of respondents said open-source models and software are important to their AI strategy.
SK hynix Ventures held a launch event where its employees explored technologies and collaboration opportunities with global partners. The unit works to identify promising technologies and create new business opportunities, finding paths for future growth.
SK hynix Ventures outlines its path for identifying promising technologies and creating new business opportunities. In September, the company held SK hynix Ventures Day in Silicon Valley.
Through a decade of venture investing, SK hynix has evolved its corporate VC model from "tech sensing" to "path finding," turning internal R&D, mass production and customer resources into assets startups can leverage.
NVIDIA's Graduate Fellowship Program has opened global applications for the 2027–2028 academic year, targeting PhD students in AI, machine learning, autonomous driving, robotics and related fields, with awards of up to $60,000 per person. Now in its 26th year, the program has awarded over 220 fellowships totaling roughly $8 million since 2002. Applications close October 30, 2026, and recipients must first complete an in-person internship at an NVIDIA research office in summer 2027.
OpenAI announced a partnership with America's SBDC to expand hands-on AI training and localized support for small businesses, alongside the release of a report on how small teams use AI.
Microsoft Research Asia – Singapore (MSRA – Singapore), which opened on July 24, 2025, is Microsoft's first research lab in Southeast Asia.
AMD announced it will acquire World Labs in an all-stock deal worth about $8.2 billion. World Labs, founded by Fei-Fei Li, focuses on spatial intelligence models and robotic learning and simulation technologies. The deal is expected to close by the end of 2026, after which Fei-Fei Li will become AMD's executive vice president and chief scientist, reporting to Lisa Su, with the team continuing its AI model research.
Why it matters: AMD's official announcement fully discloses the deal value, equity structure, Fei-Fei Li's new role and the closing timeline, letting readers understand how the acquisition strengthens its model research capabilities.
OpenAI apologized for an incident involving an Australian government website, saying it will do better. The company outlined strengthened safety measures and support programs to bolster Australia's cyber defenses.
Mistral opened a new center in Munich with research teams focused on Physics AI and industrial AI. Since acquiring Emmi AI in May 2026, more than 30 physics and engineering AI researchers have joined; the company is currently working with BMW on crash simulation, with Siemens Energy on industrial AI, and with TUM on digital twin research for automotive aerodynamics.
OpenAI is expanding its support for the Lenfest Institute's AI Collaborative and Fellowship Program, providing $5 million in funding plus up to $5 million in software credits and engineering support.
AMD announced a definitive agreement to acquire World Labs in an all-stock deal valued at approximately $8.2 billion, expected to close by the end of 2026, subject to regulatory approval and other customary closing conditions. Founded by Fei-Fei Li and headquartered in San Francisco, World Labs develops spatial intelligence models that generate, reconstruct, and simulate interactive 3D environments from text, image, and video inputs, as well as robot learning and simulation technology.
Why it matters: AMD's official announcement gives the deal amount, equity form, and timeline, helping readers understand its direction of integrating AI hardware with model research.
Proaction uses Codex, GPT-Live-1, and GPT-6 Astra to build and operate a modern fleet management business, dramatically boosting efficiency. With these tools, Proaction's sales grew 60% and it saved 75+ hours.
Lowe’s uses OpenAI models to power Mylow and Mylow Companion, which have answered over 25 million questions. The tools help customers and employees move home improvement projects forward.
Wayfair is using OpenAI models to improve e-commerce customer support and product catalog accuracy, automating ticket triage and enriching millions of product attributes at scale.
OpenAI announced it is extending Daybreak program access to the Ukrainian government to support cyber defense of civilian infrastructure.
NVIDIA held AI Day Singapore on September 22-23 at the Raffles City Convention Centre, where it and its partners showcased AI advancements across the Southeast Asia region.
Airbnb is expanding its engineering teams' access to GPT-6 Astra and OpenAI frontier models. The models will help engineering teams fix bugs, design systems, and speed up delivery.
OpenAI and Grab launched GO Forward with AI, a regional program in Southeast Asia to help 30,000 partners acquire practical AI skills.
Jun Kim, creator and maintainer of oMLX, has joined Hugging Face. oMLX will shift from a side project to one with full-time maintenance and funding, while remaining Apache 2.0 open source and led by Jun. One team focus is simplifying the pipeline from transformers model definitions to reference MLX implementations, so new transformers models run on MLX faster.
NVIDIA launched the DSX Ready certification program to qualify partner products that meet the requirements of NVIDIA DSX AI factory reference designs, with the first phase covering two categories: battery energy storage systems (BESS) and coolant distribution units (CDU).
Egypt held an AI ecosystem event at the Grand Egyptian Museum with NVIDIA executives attending; NVIDIA Deep Learning Institute learners in Egypt grew more than tenfold in a year, and Hassan Allam Utilities and A15 plan to invest about $400 million in a new data center.
Higgsfield AI used GPT-6 Astra to launch new video features within a day. The combination makes it easier for small businesses to produce video ads and bring new creative tools to market faster.
OpenAI is partnering with an independent Advisory Group on Mathematics and Artificial Intelligence to guide the review and communication of emerging AI results. Details are limited: the group aims to help examine and convey relevant research progress, but its membership and working mechanisms have not yet been announced.
NVIDIA highlighted five companies integrating AI into clean energy projects at New York Climate Week. ThinkLabs AI uses digital twins to cut Southern California Edison's grid interconnection assessment time from 30-45 days to two minutes.
OpenAI and AARP will offer free hands-on ChatGPT workshops for 1,000 older adults in 10 US cities, helping them safely learn practical AI skills.
Emerald AI, Google, and NVIDIA announced the launch of the AI Energy Management Alliance (AEMA) to advance data centers that dynamically adjust power consumption based on grid conditions. The alliance is committed to technology neutrality and measuring by performance, will unify technical requirements and performance metrics, and offer faster grid interconnection for participants making verifiable flexibility commitments. AEMA brings together members across the supply chain—AI platforms, data center operators, utilities, and grid operators—to advance US AI infrastructure.
Perplexity now trusts GPT-6 Astra to run end-to-end systems, including writing communications, modifying software, and monitoring production systems. Compared with earlier models, Perplexity's rate of human review has dropped significantly.
Mistral and Cloudera announced a partnership to integrate Mistral models into the Cloudera hybrid data platform, letting enterprises run inference in private cloud, public cloud, on-premises, and fully air-gapped environments. Enterprises can also train custom models on their own proprietary data in controlled environments while retaining ownership of the data and the resulting intelligence. Aimed at sovereign AI needs, the partnership covers 30 EB of customer-managed data on the Cloudera platform.