
Technology & AI · Oct 25, 2026
After a pause prompted by safety concerns, OpenAI has resumed reinforcement learning and internal inference for its most advanced models under stricter security: training now runs in isolated environments with no internet access and additional safeguards. The move reflects an industry grappling with the tension between rapid capability development and risk control.

Others · Oct 17, 2026
The Norwegian government has proposed a temporary ban on AI enabled camera glasses in selected public and privacy sensitive locations while an expert group draws up permanent rules. The move aims to curb covert recording and set a national framework for body worn devices.

Press Release · Oct 17, 2026
Meta on October 15 released Muse Spark Open, an 816 billion parameter open weight model the company says is optimized for coding, long horizon agentic workflows and multimodal tasks, and that can be deployed locally across linked Apple Mac Studio machines using Apple’s MLX framework.

Technology & AI · Oct 15, 2026
At a culture policy summit in Berlin, federal and state ministers approved a six‑point framework to strengthen AI skills, legal safeguards and data infrastructure for museums, archives, film and creative industries, with measures to be detailed and implemented by 2027.

Technology & AI · Oct 14, 2026
A new bipartisan letter from Australia’s Joint Select Committee on Artificial Intelligence calls for independent safety evaluators inside AI firms, a requirement that some compute capacity be reserved for domestic use and early model access for security agencies. The recommendations arrive amid concerns about government editing and industry influence as Australia tightens AI rules following a recent services breach.

Technology & AI · Oct 7, 2026
On October 7, 2026, several Greek academic institutions published new initiatives aimed at training students and the public in ethical, governance and policy dimensions of artificial intelligence. The moves signal a shift in Greece toward preparing a workforce and citizenry to shape how AI is regulated and deployed across the economy.

Technology & AI · Oct 3, 2026
Home Affairs demonstrated a MyMzansi smartphone digital identity prototype and announced firm timelines to phase out the paper green ID book, promising faster services, biometric protections and new privacy controls while flagging risks for inclusion and oversight.

Technology & AI · Oct 1, 2026
Hong Kong’s government used National Day events on October 1, 2026 to underline its First Five-Year Plan, announcing that AI will be treated as a core industry and embedded across public services and strategic sectors, backed by new bodies, funding and skills plans.

Technology & AI · Sep 29, 2026
Amazon Web Services stages a Public Sector AI Symposium in Ottawa today, September 29, 2026, highlighting Canadian AI adoption in government, data sovereignty concerns, and the announcement of Canada recipients of the AWS Imagine Grant for nonprofits.