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Nvidia is reported to be the unnamed tenant behind Hut 8's one-gigawatt Beacon Point lease, Britain's Sovereign AI Fund joins Fractile's reported $6.5 billion round, SemiAnalysis's new GDPx benchmark has Claude Opus 5.5 leading at just 12 percent, and OpenAI lines up a policy push for after Tuesday's midterms. In this episode: 1. Nvidia Reportedly Takes Vast Texas Data-Centre Lease to Underwrite AI Expansion - Dubai Times — Dubaitimes https://dubaitimes.com/vnnreb-nvidia-reportedly-takes-vast-texas-data-centre-lease-to-underwrite-ai-expansion 2. UK taxpayers buy into the AI chip boom as the Sovereign ... — Dealroom https://dealroom.co/news/168114-uk-taxpayers-buy-into-the-ai-chip-boom-as-the-sovereign-ai-fund-joins-fr/ 3. SemiAnalysis Launches GDPx Benchmark Spanning 11 Agentic Domains — Jonas Reeve, Cognitive AI, AGI AI Research Agent https://www.unite.ai/semianalysis-launches-gdpx-benchmark-spanning-11-agentic-domains/ 4. 2026-11-02 AI Daily: OpenAI plans post-midterm ‘AI compute campuses’ push, Apple Intelligence lands in China with iOS 27.3, DeepSeek open-sources Super-agent prototype, ChatGPT and Codex share one token budget from December | PoYo — PoYo Team https://poyo.ai/hub/2026-11-02-ai-news Follow and rate AI Daily Briefing on Apple Podcasts. Feedback? Email ai-daily-briefing@lanternpodcasts.com

A malicious Claude Code extension reached up to 5,000 Cursor users through Anthropic's own account, and Thrive Holdings struck a $15.3B deal for ADT with OpenAI supplying the engineers. Plus Deepgram buys Pipecat-maker Daily, and Fujifilm quintuples tape production on AI archive demand. In this episode: 1. Anthropic VS code extension on Cursor backdoored for nearly 12 hours — Ars Technica https://arstechnica.com/security/2026/10/anthropic-vs-code-extension-on-cursor-backdoored-for-nearly-12-hours/ 2. OpenAI-backed Thrive Holdings acquires ADT | TechCrunch — TechCrunch https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/29/openai-backed-thrive-holdings-acquires-adt/ 3. Deepgram acquires Pipecat-maker Daily to bolster its voice AI infrastructure | TechCrunch — TechCrunch https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/29/deepgram-acquires-pipecat-maker-daily-to-bolster-its-voice-ai-infrastructure/ 4. Fujifilm to boost tape production 5x as AI fuels archiving demand — Ars Technica - All content https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/10/fujifilm-to-boost-tape-production-5x-as-ai-fuels-archiving-demand/ Follow and rate AI Daily Briefing on Apple Podcasts. Feedback? Email ai-daily-briefing@lanternpodcasts.com

Mistral released open weights for Large 4 and pitched it to security teams, while Canada's government took a stake in Cohere's planned $7 billion round. Alphabet's stock fell after Google said an AI Mode query earns less than a web search, and India's AM Intelligence is reportedly seeking up to $3 billion in debt to buy Nvidia Rubin chips. In this episode: 1. Welcome Le Chonk: Mistral Large 4 on Hugging Face — Hugging Face https://huggingface.co/blog/mistral-large4 2. Ottawa buys stake in Cohere in funding round valuing AI company at $35.7-billion - The Globe and Mail — The Globe and Mail https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/article-ottawa-buys-stake-in-cohere-357-billion-in-new-financing/ 3. Google admits AI search makes less money, but it's fixing that with more ads — Ars Technica https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/10/google-admits-ai-search-makes-less-money-but-its-fixing-that-with-more-ads/ 4. Indian AI firm seeks to raise $3 billion to buy Nvidia chips: report — Priyanka Salve https://www.cnbc.com/2026/10/30/nvidia-india-ai-chips-computing.html Follow and rate AI Daily Briefing on Apple Podcasts. Feedback? Email ai-daily-briefing@lanternpodcasts.com

Gemini 4 Carbon takes first place on Artificial Analysis's rebuilt v5 index, where the open-weights gap widens to 12 points. Microsoft and Alphabet report AI-driven quarters, and New York signs a kids' chatbot law with age checks and model-destruction penalties. In this episode: 1. Google's Gemini 4 Carbon looks like a diamond in the rough — Thomas Claburn https://www.theregister.com/ai-and-ml/2026/10/29/googles-gemini-4-carbon-looks-like-a-diamond-in-the-rough/5306149 2. Artificial Analysis v5 and the benchmarker's dilemma — Interconnects https://www.interconnects.ai/p/artificial-analysis-v5-and-the-benchmarkers 3. Microsoft recorded $10 billion in revenue from OpenAI — AI News & Artificial Intelligence | TechCrunch https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/28/microsoft-recorded-10-billion-in-revenue-from-openai/ 4. Governor Hochul Signs Nation-Leading Legislation to Protect Kids From AI Chatbots and to Ensure Baby Monitor Safety | Governor Kathy Hochul | New York State — New York State https://www.governor.ny.gov/news/governor-hochul-signs-nation-leading-legislation-protect-kids-ai-chatbots-and-ensure-baby Follow and rate AI Daily Briefing on Apple Podcasts. Feedback? Email ai-daily-briefing@lanternpodcasts.com

OpenAI's new mid-tier Terra model goes after agent workloads on price, Oracle adds Google TPUs and Vera Rubin capacity, AMD joins Nvidia in buying into Meta's stock sale, and Anthropic publishes its own refutation of the Exponential Time Hypothesis. In this episode: 1. Introducing GPT-6.1 Terra | OpenAI — OpenAI https://openai.com/index/introducing-gpt-6-1-terra 2. Nvidia and Oracle expand Vera Rubin cloud infrastructure, pitching better utilization as enterprises report idle GPUs | VentureBeat — Carl Franzen https://venturebeat.com/infrastructure/nvidia-and-oracle-expand-vera-rubin-cloud-infrastructure-pitching-better-utilization-as-enterprises-report-idle-gpus 3. AMD to Invest $1 Billion in Meta, Which Could Get 160 Million AMD Shares — Stock Titan https://www.stocktitan.net/articles/amd-invests-1-billion-meta-stock-sale-2026 4. AI News Briefing — October 28: OpenAI and Anthropic models disprove the Exponential Time Hypothesis, Google unveils Genie 4 | Ai — Ai https://news-insight-ai.web.app/en/news/20261028_ai-news-daily Follow and rate AI Daily Briefing on Apple Podcasts. Feedback? Email ai-daily-briefing@lanternpodcasts.com

Anthropic made its IPO filing public on Monday, with investors now valuing it near $1.5 trillion, while Meta upsized its stock sale to $37.5 billion with Nvidia taking $3 billion. Plus OpenAI's three new proof claims and Naver's $9 billion Brookfield compute deal. In this episode: 1. Anthropic opens books on AI's explosive growth and ... — MANYA SAINI, ECHO WANG, Reuters https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/money/companies/1007239/anthropic-opens-books-on-ai-s-explosive-growth-and-staggering-costs/story/ 2. Nvidia to invest $3 bln in Meta share offering as part of bigger AI partnership By Investing.com — Ambar Warrick https://www.investing.com/news/stock-market-news/nvidia-to-invest-3-bln-in-meta-share-offering-as-part-of-bigger-ai-partnership-4974236 3. OpenAI announces three big science discoveries and a new way to work with academics — AI | The Verge https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/1019143/openai-eth-kaseya-science-math-physics 4. Naver signs $9 billion AI infrastructure deal with Brookfield, meets Nvidia investment condition — Digital Today https://www.digitaltoday.co.kr/en/view/120186/naver-brookfield-9-billion-ai-infrastructure-deal-nvidia-investment-condition-met Follow and rate AI Daily Briefing on Apple Podcasts. Feedback? Email ai-daily-briefing@lanternpodcasts.com

Andy Jassy says AWS capacity is largely booked through 2027 as CNBC reports neocloud stocks and credit sliding under Nvidia's backstops. Plus Artificial Analysis puts Kimi K3.1 Pro fourth overall, and Nanbeige ships an open 33B agent model. In this episode: 1. Amazon AWS cloud capacity sold out through 2027, Andy Jassy says amid AI boom | Mint — Mint https://www.livemint.com/ai/amazon-aws-cloud-capacity-sold-out-through-2027-andy-jassy-says-amid-ai-boom-11792897912618.html 2. Nvidia's role as AI financier faces first big test as neoclouds ... — Kif Leswing, Isabel O'Brien https://www.cnbc.com/2026/10/24/nvidias-role-as-ai-financier-faces-first-big-test-as-neoclouds-take-market-hit.html 3. Kimi K3.1 Pro Places 4th On Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, Ahead Of GPT-6 Astra, Gemini 4 Argon — OfficeChai https://officechai.com/ai/kimi-k3-1-pro-places-4th-on-artificial-analysis-intelligence-index-ahead-of-gpt-6-astra-gemini-4-argon/ 4. Nanbeige/Nanbeige4.3-33B — Hugging Face https://huggingface.co/Nanbeige/Nanbeige4.3-33B Follow and rate AI Daily Briefing on Apple Podcasts. Feedback? Email ai-daily-briefing@lanternpodcasts.com

OpenAI is reportedly closing an up-to-$30 billion round at a $1.25 trillion pre-money valuation, led by UAE investors and Coatue, while efficiency neolab Flapping Airplanes raises $1 billion. Microsoft Research details how human-directed AI agents helped prove the KLS conjecture, and Recursive ships Flint, a 40B open coding model that runs on a laptop. In this episode: 1. OpenAI nears funding round at $1.25T valuation led by UAE investors — Kate Rooney, Ashley Capoot https://www.cnbc.com/2026/10/22/openai-funding-round-uae-investors.html 2. AI startup Flapping Airplanes hits $6B valuation in just one ... — Jayujyoti Mullick https://americanbazaaronline.com/2026/10/22/ai-startup-flapping-airplanes-hits-6b-valuation-in-just-one-year-490550/ 3. Solving a 31-year-old grand challenge in mathematics – the KLS conjecture - Microsoft Research — Alyssa Hughes https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/blog/solving-a-31-year-old-grand-challenge-in-mathematics-the-kls-conjecture/ 4. open-weight — Topic | TPS — TPS https://tpsreport.news/topic/open-weight Follow and rate AI Daily Briefing on Apple Podcasts. Feedback? Email ai-daily-briefing@lanternpodcasts.com

OpenAI's frontier models and Codex are coming to Google Cloud's Model Garden, payable from existing Google spend commitments, while Meta's Q3 report introduced a non-voting share class to fund AI. Plus Anthropic's always-on Claude Duet agent and Nvidia's multibillion-dollar bets on its packaging, testing and substrate suppliers. In this episode: 1. OpenAI models are coming to Google Cloud | OpenAI — OpenAI https://openai.com/index/openai-models-google-cloud 2. Meta to create a new class of shares to fund AI push — AI | The Verge https://www.theverge.com/tech/1015799/meta-shares-class-ai-q3-2026-earnings 3. Anthropic takes on Grok Bot, Meta's Muse, and OpenAI's Dots with its always-on agent "Claude Duet" — Maximilian Schreiner https://the-decoder.com/anthropic-takes-on-grok-bot-metas-muse-and-openais-dots-with-its-always-on-agent-claude-duet/ 4. NVIDIA backs six chip suppliers in $279B push to break AI ... — Dealroom https://dealroom.co/news/164902-nvidia-backs-six-chip-suppliers-in-279b-push-to-break-ai-capacity-bottle/ Follow and rate AI Daily Briefing on Apple Podcasts. Feedback? Email ai-daily-briefing@lanternpodcasts.com

A reported draft IPO prospectus puts Anthropic's first-half 2026 revenue at $16.3 billion against a net loss above $80 billion, as Nscale reportedly lines up Anthropic compute deals after losing Microsoft. Plus llm-d 1.0 and DeepSeek's DeepInfer, Meta's single-GPU Muse Glimmer 30B, and Modal's move to Nvidia Vera CPUs. In this episode: 1. DeepSeek Ships DeepInfer, Anthropic's $80.7B Loss Lands, and Mistral's Voxtral 3 Listens — Trillioniar Blog — Abdul Hadi https://blogs.thetrillioniar.me/blog/ai-news-October-21-deepinfer-anthropic-ipo-voxtral3-torchtpu 2. llm-d 1.0, an open source stack for distributed inference | Google Cloud Blog — Google Cloud Blog https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/ai-infrastructure/llm-d-1-0-an-open-source-stack-for-distributed-inference 3. Meta Releases Muse Glimmer 30B: An Apache 2.0 On-Device Agentic Model Running on a Single Consumer GPU — AICoder — AICoder https://aicoder.com/news/news-1792507910994-l59cy 4. Modal taps Nvidia Vera CPUs after firm's internal tests show 2x throughput over Intel and AMD chips — Yahoo Tech https://tech.yahoo.com/computing/articles/modal-taps-nvidia-vera-cpus-115000358.html Follow and rate AI Daily Briefing on Apple Podcasts. Feedback? Email ai-daily-briefing@lanternpodcasts.com

Meta's 816B Muse Spark Open and Reflection's 501B Beam both landed as open weights on Hugging Face last week, with very different memory bills. Microsoft walked away from Nscale's Loughton data center as its grid connection slips to the 2030s, and Anthropic is pitching a federal safety bill that would let only Commerce halt a model release. In this episode: 1. Welcome Muse Spark Open: open-weight frontier multimodal mixture-of-experts model from Meta — Pedro Cuenca, ben burtenshaw, Guarin Flück, Quentin Gallouédec, Alvaro Bartolome https://huggingface.co/blog/meta-muse-spark-open 2. Welcome Beam: a 501B open model you can own, customize, and scale — ben burtenshaw, Pedro Cuenca https://huggingface.co/blog/reflection-beam 3. Microsoft Reportedly Exits Nscale's Loughton AI Data Center Deal in the UK as Grid Connection Lags — Xenospectrum https://xenospectrum.com/en/microsoft-nscale-loughton-grid-delay/ 4. Anthropic’s proposed AI safety bill only kicks in if 50 deaths or $1 billion in damages are on the line — Jowi Morales https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/anthropic-proposed-ai-safety-bill-112500288.html Follow and rate AI Daily Briefing on Apple Podcasts. Feedback? Email ai-daily-briefing@lanternpodcasts.com

Google's Gemini 4 Argon reaches the API and paid tiers at an introductory price that expires November 30, while Microsoft plans multi-gigawatt Maia deployments starting in 2027. Plus: Anthropic's reported $6.3 billion Osaka data center talks with NTT Data, and why experts now say OpenAI's Navier-Stokes proof isn't what OpenAI said it was. In this episode: 1. Gemini 4 Argon begins rolling out in Gemini app and Antigravity, but only if you pay — Ars Technica https://arstechnica.com/ai/2026/10/gemini-4-argon-begins-rolling-out-in-gemini-app-and-antigravity-but-only-if-you-pay/ 2. Microsoft plans gigawatts of homegrown AI chips that could reduce Nvidia reliance | The Latent — Kyle Baird https://thelatent.co/compute/microsoft-plans-gigawatts-of-homegrown-ai-chips-that-could-reduce-nvidia-reliance 3. Anthropic Bets Big on Japan With $6.3 Billion Osaka AI Data Center — John Marshall https://www.webpronews.com/anthropic-bets-big-on-japan-with-6-3-billion-osaka-ai-data-center/ 4. OpenAI's blockbuster Navier-Stokes proof isn't what we thought it was | Scientific American — Joseph Howlett https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/openais-blockbuster-navier-stokes-proof-isnt-what-we-thought-it-was/ Follow and rate AI Daily Briefing on Apple Podcasts. Feedback? Email ai-daily-briefing@lanternpodcasts.com

Meta's Muse Wonder Full scores 56 on Artificial Analysis' Intelligence Index, trailing Claude Opus 5.5 among the models compared, though only the smaller model reaches the API. Nvidia also joins an open data center spec, Manus raises $500 million, and Epic Games goes AI-first. In this episode: Top stories: 1. Meta's new Muse Wonder and Muse Wonder Full models achieve frontier performance, but only the weaker one is available via API | VentureBeat — VentureBeat https://venturebeat.com/technology/metas-new-muse-wonder-and-muse-wonder-full-models-achieve-frontier-performance-but-only-the-weaker-one-is-available-via-api 2. Nvidia, AMD, Google, Meta Set Data Center Spec v0.7 — Tech Insider https://tech-insider.org/nvidia-amd-google-meta-data-center-spec-v0-7-2026/ 3. Manus Raises $500 Million After Beijing Blocked Meta’s Deal — Depth Grid https://www.depthgrid.in/2026/10/manus-raises-500-million-after-meta-deal-blocked-2026.html.html 4. Epic Games reportedly pivoting to "AI first" game development model — Ars Technica https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2026/10/report-epic-games-goes-all-in-on-ai-for-disney-collaboration/ Follow and rate AI Daily Briefing on Apple Podcasts. Feedback? Email ai-daily-briefing@lanternpodcasts.com

Britain's AI Security Institute is testing pre-release OpenAI, Anthropic and Google DeepMind models again after Washington reversed a 17-day block. CoreWeave is also planning a 240MW campus in India, a16z is leading TypeSafe's $870M round, and California and New York are tightening their AI rules. In this episode: Top stories: 1. US reverses course, restores UK access to frontier AI models for testing — Crypto Briefing https://cryptobriefing.com/us-restores-uk-access-ai-model-testing/ 2. Why is CoreWeave Investing in India With a 240MW Campus? | Data Centre Magazine — Data Centre Magazine https://datacentremagazine.com/news/why-is-coreweave-investing-in-india-with-a-240-mw-campus 3. TypeSafe AI Raises $870M Series A for Machine-Native AI | DevCuration — DevCuration https://devcuration.com/articles/typesafe-ai-raises-870m-series-a-machine-native-ai 4. Five Things California Employers Need to Know About the "No Robo Bosses Act" (SB 947) | California Employment Law Report — California Employment Law Report https://www.californiaemploymentlawreport.com/2026/10/five-things-california-employers-need-to-know-about-the-no-robo-bosses-act-sb-947/ 5. New York RAISE Act: Frameworks, 72-Hour Reports and DIGIT — NY Presswire https://www.nypresswire.com/story/new-york-raise-act Follow and rate AI Daily Briefing on Apple Podcasts. Feedback? Email ai-daily-briefing@lanternpodcasts.com

Mistral Large 4, a trillion-parameter open-weight model, scores 38 on Artificial Analysis's independent index, behind four Chinese rivals. Separately, Bitdeer AI locked in a 67 MW Malaysian GB300 campus with no customer signed yet. In this episode: Top stories: 1. Bitdeer AI Adds 67 MW Malaysia Campus in Expansion Push - COMPUTE FORECAST — COMPUTE FORECAST https://www.computeforecast.com/news/bitdeer-ai-capacity-malaysia-67mw/ 2. Mistral Large 4: Pricing, Benchmarks, Open Weights — Capital & Compute https://capitalandcompute.net/blog/mistral-large-4-pricing-benchmarks/ 3. AI coding agents generate more code, but not more software — Ars Technica https://arstechnica.com/ai/2026/10/ai-coding-agents-generate-more-code-but-not-more-software/ 4. NO FAKES Act Status: RIAA Chief Eyes Lame Duck After Cruz — AI Musicpreneur https://www.aimusicpreneur.com/ai-music-industry/riaa-mitch-glazier-no-fakes-act-lame-duck-cruz-objection-2026/ Follow and rate AI Daily Briefing on Apple Podcasts. Feedback? Email ai-daily-briefing@lanternpodcasts.com

Meta's FAIR lab reports that its RoboJEPA robot world model improves predictably with compute. Nous Research raises $90M at a $1.5B valuation for its open-source Hermes agent, and Liquid AI ships open-weight decision models that answer without generating a single token. In this episode: Top stories: 1. RoboJEPA: Scaling Robotic Latent World Models — arXiv https://arxiv.org/html/2610.10515 2. Nvidia, Samsung back $90M round for AI agent startup Nous Research - SiliconANGLE — SiliconANGLE https://siliconangle.com/2026/10/07/nvidia-samsung-back-90m-round-for-ai-agent-startup-nous-research/ 3. Liquid AI Releases Open-Weight d1-3B and d1-omni-600M: Multimodal Decision Models With Zero Output Tokens - MarkTechPost — MarkTechPost https://www.marktechpost.com/2026/10/07/liquid-ai-releases-open-weight-d1-3b-and-d1-omni-600m-multimodal-decision-models-with-zero-output-tokens/ 4. New California Laws Regulate AI Use in Health Care — Reed Smith https://www.reedsmith.com/our-insights/blogs/health-industry-washington-watch/102o4v9/new-california-laws-regulate-ai-use-in-health-care/ Follow and rate AI Daily Briefing on Apple Podcasts. Feedback? Email ai-daily-briefing@lanternpodcasts.com

OpenAI put GPT-6 and Intelligent UI in front of all ChatGPT users, with a system card that flags teen-safety regressions, while Anthropic launched Claude Haiku 5.5 at a tenth of Haiku 4.5's token price for most requests. Plus Broadcom's talks to finance OpenAI's custom chips and Manus's $500 million round after Beijing blocked the Meta deal. In this episode: 1. GPT-6 Sol and GPT-6 Luna: October 2026 update - OpenAI Deployment Safety Hub — OpenAI Deployment Safety Hub https://deploymentsafety.openai.com/gpt-6-october/hallucinations 2. Introducing Claude Haiku 5.5 \ Anthropic — Anthropic https://www.anthropic.com/claude-haiku-5-5 3. Broadcom Seeks Over $50 Billion to Finance OpenAI Custom AI Chips as Apollo and Blackstone Enter Talks | AI Industry Today — AI Industry Today Desk https://aiindustrytoday.com/news/broadcom-seeks-over-50-billion-to-finance-openai-custom-ai-chips-as-apollo-and-blackstone-enter-talks/ 4. Manus raises $500 million in first funding round since Meta breakup — CNBC https://www.cnbc.com/2026/10/08/manus-fund-raise-meta-muse-tencent.html Follow and rate AI Daily Briefing on Apple Podcasts. Feedback? Email ai-daily-briefing@lanternpodcasts.com

AM Intelligence, the AI cloud from Greenko's founders, placed binding orders for about 20,000 Nvidia Rubin GPUs across India and Malaysia without naming a renter. Meanwhile, AMD ramps HBM4-heavy Helios racks and California's new AI laws reshape compliance for builders. In this episode: Top stories: 1. AM Intelligence orders 20,000 Nvidia Rubin GPUs | Wire — SOTKN https://www.sotkn.com/wire/am-intelligence-orders-20000-nvidia-rubin-gpus-wire/ 2. California Enacts Over Two Dozen Key Privacy and AI Bills into ... — Wilson Sonsini https://www.wsgr.com/en/insights/california-enacts-over-two-dozen-key-privacy-and-ai-bills-into-law-in-2026-legislative-session.html 3. AMD ramps up production of HBM4-based Helios AI systems — Crypto Briefing https://cryptobriefing.com/amd-ramps-hbm4-helios-production/ 4. Temporal buys AI security startup Oso weeks after $550M raise | Dealroom News — Dealroom https://dealroom.co/news/160507-temporal-buys-ai-security-startup-oso-weeks-after-550m-raise/ Follow and rate AI Daily Briefing on Apple Podcasts. Feedback? Email ai-daily-briefing@lanternpodcasts.com

DeepSeek is close to raising at least 80 billion yuan ahead of a planned 2027 IPO, and Reflection announced Beam, a 501-billion-parameter open-weight model with weights promised later this month. Plus, Ars Technica on attacks that pivot between agent protocols, and a $140 billion plan for off-grid AI data centers in Japan. In this episode: 1. DeepSeek set to raise $15 billion in Tencent-backed funding | The Straits Times — The Straits Times https://www.straitstimes.com/business/deepseek-set-to-raise-at-least-15-billion-in-tencent-backed-funding 2. Introducing Beam: Reflection's 501B open-weight model — Reflection — Reflection https://reflection.ai/blog/introducing-beam 3. MCP for agent-to-agent comms may be the riskiest protocol you've never heard of — Ars Technica https://arstechnica.com/security/2026/10/vulnerability-in-agents-from-google-and-others-exposes-structural-flaw-in-mcp/ 4. Japan launches $140B AI infrastructure plan - TechRadar — Efosa Udinmwen https://www.techradar.com/pro/the-keyword-is-speed-to-power-dell-apollo-and-jera-launch-a-usd140b-plan-to-build-up-to-4gw-of-ai-data-centers-across-japan-and-asia Follow and rate AI Daily Briefing on Apple Podcasts. Feedback? Email ai-daily-briefing@lanternpodcasts.com

ARC Prize measured GPT-6 Astra at 62.7% on ARC-AGI-3 under its neutral harness, and Aleph Alpha released Kolibri, a 78B open-weight German-English model under Apache 2.0. Plus Vultr's $1.2 billion AMD Helios order with HPE and GMI Cloud's $668 million raise. In this episode: 1. GPT-6 Astra's ARC-AGI-3 Score More Than Doubles the Prior Best - Startup Fortune — Dave Barr https://startupfortune.com/gpt-6-astras-arc-agi-3-score-more-than-doubles-the-prior-best/ 2. Aleph Alpha's Kolibri open weights: a 78B German MoE and a vendor's own scorecard | Traictory — Vlad Makarov https://traictory.com/news/2026-10-05-aleph-alpha-kolibri-open-weights 3. Vultr Commits $1.2B to the AMD Helios AI Rack by HPE, HPE’s First Order for the 72-GPU MI455X System — Storagereview https://www.storagereview.com/news/vultr-1-2b-amd-helios-ai-rack-by-hpe-first-order 4. GMI Cloud Raises $668M to Expand Global AI Infrastructure and GPU Capacity — Roboticsbusinessnews https://roboticsbusinessnews.com/news/18/3669/gmi-cloud-raises-668m-to-expand-global-ai-infrastructure-and-gpu-capacity.html Follow and rate AI Daily Briefing on Apple Podcasts. Feedback? Email ai-daily-briefing@lanternpodcasts.com