A River of News

AI headlines, Friday, October 9, 2026

17 items. Times are UTC.

15:00 UTC 1

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    Impactful scheduling for GPU clusters Hugging Face

13:00 UTC 1

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    China’s AI Model Race Is Just Getting More Crowded The Information (paywall) by Juro Osawa story

12:00 UTC 1

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    The Download: AI’s refusal problem and weight-loss drug side effects MIT Technology Review by Thomas Macaulay story

09:00 UTC 4

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    SoftBank’s Son Seeks $100 Billion From Gulf Investors for AI Bets The Information (paywall) by Juro Osawa story
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    We’re still figuring out the side effects of GLP-1 weight-loss drugs MIT Technology Review by Jessica Hamzelou
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    Job titles of the future: Delivery drone air traffic controller MIT Technology Review by Eamon Whalen
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    We’re putting too much faith in AI’s ability to say no MIT Technology Review by Arthur Holland Michel story

07:00 UTC 2

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    Meet the Underdog Saluki 27B: A 2-bit Qwen3.8-27B That Beats the Original at Tool Calling MarkTechPost by Michal Sutter
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    Sophos cuts threat investigation time by 96% with OpenAI Daybreak OpenAI story

06:00 UTC 1

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    Google Cloud Launches Gemini Agent, One Universal Agent for Enterprise Work MarkTechPost by Asif Razzaq story

05:00 UTC 1

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    Google Research RRSI Guide: Mastering Self-Improving AI Agents MarkTechPost by Sana Hassan story

04:00 UTC 1

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    Nvidia-Backed Firmus Scraps $5 Billion Australia IPO as Markets Wobble The Information (paywall) by Qianer Liu story

01:00 UTC 2

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    South Korean Banks Were Hacked Using Chinese AI Agent, Researchers Say The Information (paywall) by Juro Osawa story
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    Anthropic Announces Broader Cyber Defense Program The Information (paywall) by Tiffany Li story

00:00 UTC 3

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    Networking Startup Eliyan Draws Takeover Interest, Held Early Talks With Arm The Information (paywall) by Valida Pau story
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    Roundtables: A Conversation With the Creator of AI-Designed Viruses MIT Technology Review by MIT Technology Review story
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    OpenAI ARR Snafu Highlights Flawed Metric The Information (paywall) by Martin Peers story