Top 10 AI News Today
Updated Every Morning
The AI stories that matter
on 26 October 2026
Every morning at 06:30 Dhaka time we read the AI coverage of TechCrunch, The Verge, MIT Technology Review, Ars Technica, WIRED, OpenAI, Google DeepMind and Google AI, and pick the ten most important stories of the last day. There are at most two per publisher, and the same story from two outlets appears only once. Each headline links to the original article.
Grok releases the first seven minutes of its AI-generated ‘Odyssey’ (TechCrunch, opens in a new tab)
The footage looks okay, as long as you're not seeking artistry, inspiration, or human interest.
AI delivers ‘zero financial payoff’ to most companies, Apollo economist says (TechCrunch, opens in a new tab)
"Despite massive investments and widespread hype around artificial intelligence, the technology has delivered zero financial payoff to corporate America outside of tech."
r/opensource just banned AI, non-English speakers, and more (The Verge, opens in a new tab)
The mods at r/opensource posted new submission rules that, among other things, banned projects that use AI. The post made Saturday evening opens by saying, "If your project uses AI, is made by AI, or is intended for AI, it's not welcome on…
Google’s AI search changes upended online publishing (The Verge, opens in a new tab)
This is The Stepback, a weekly newsletter breaking down one essential story from the tech world. For more about AI's impact on the web, follow Emma Roth. The Stepback arrives in our subscribers' inboxes on Sunday at 8AM ET. Opt in for The…
What the US Movement Against Data Centers Can Learn From Abroad (WIRED, opens in a new tab)
Paris Marx, author of Hyperscale, has been tracking global data center development for years. The US has a lot to learn from what’s happened everywhere from Ireland to New Zealand.
Uber brings ChatGPT Work to all employees with OpenAI (OpenAI, opens in a new tab)
Uber is rolling out ChatGPT Work to more than 30,000 employees, helping teams research, analyze data, create presentations, and complete complex workflows.
Judge rejects Trump’s wild claim EPA can dismiss data center pollution lawsuits (Ars Technica, opens in a new tab)
Trump’s EPA can't unilaterally dismiss SpaceXAI pollution lawsuit, court rules.
The $15 billion ad-powered AI startup your doctor may already be using (Ars Technica, opens in a new tab)
OpenEvidence is booming despite questions about accuracy and ads.
Jensen Huang’s Vision for Europe Runs on Plug-In Data Centers (WIRED, opens in a new tab)
At Nvidia’s GTC in Berlin, Huang unveiled the company’s new plug-in data center—the DSX Pod—as the key to unlocking Europe’s AI infrastructure lag. Oh, and autonomous humanoid robotics.
ChatGPT Ads expands to 26 new countries as over 100,000 advertisers have used the platform (OpenAI, opens in a new tab)
From local businesses to global brands, more advertisers can now reach people as they explore, compare and decide what to buy in ChatGPT.
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