AI news of 15 October 2026

Volvo will use Nvidia’s tech for hands-free, point-to-point driving

Volvo plans hands-free point-to-point driving by 2030 using Nvidia's autonomous driving technology.

The Chinese-owned, Swedish-designed automaker said Thursday it would use Nvidia's autonomous driving stack to power a new partially automated driving system similar to Tesla's Full Self-Driving (Supervised). Volvo says the new point-to-point system will be Level 2++, meaning it can handle complex urban environments, including traffic lights, stop signs, and unprotected left turns without explicit driver control. In addition to Tesla's FSD, it will also resemble the Nvidia-powered system that Mercedes-Benz recently rolled out for the …

The Verge 10h ago 2 min read

AI in drug discovery

Accelerating the search for antimicrobial peptides with Google Antigravity Opens at the publisher in a new tab

Google Antigravity accelerates discovery of novel antimicrobial peptides for medical research.

Google DeepMind 7h ago

Meta, Apple, language models

Meta and Apple team up to make Muse AI models run better on Macs

Meta and Apple team up to optimize Muse Spark model for running on Mac computers locally.

The Verge 9h ago

Meta, open-weight models

Meta launches an open-weight AI model that runs on Macs Opens at the publisher in a new tab

Meta launches Muse Spark Open, an open-weight model designed to run locally on Apple silicon.

TechCrunch 3h ago

AI regulation

Report: FTC probes Anthropic, OpenAI after Trump dismissed AI fears as “hoax”

FTC may probe Anthropic and OpenAI, potentially imposing fines similar to data breach penalties.

Ars Technica 8h ago

AI safety, transparency

Anthropic is letting METR researchers look under the hood with employee-level access Opens at the publisher in a new tab

Anthropic grants independent researchers employee-level access to assess safety risks without blocking publication.

TechCrunch 4h ago

Zero-knowledge proofs

Proof-based general-purpose computing with Magnetar

Zero-knowledge proof system Magnetar brings quantum-resistant verification to mainstream computing without exposing sensitive data.

Microsoft Research 7h ago

language models

Granite Switch 4.1: Chat, Decisions, and Speech from One Endpoint Opens at the publisher in a new tab

Granite Switch 4.1 announced as unified endpoint offering chat, decision-making and speech capabilities.

Hugging Face 3h ago

Meta, open-weight models

Muse Spark Open is Meta's answer to Qwen, GLM, and Kimi in the open-weight race

Meta releases Muse Spark Open, an 816-parameter open-weight model matching top Chinese models.

The Decoder 5h ago

NVIDIA models, enterprise AI

Open From Data Center to Desktop: NVIDIA Expands Nemotron Family With Highest Efficiency Super VL and Bolt Models

NVIDIA releases Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B and Bolt edge models for always-on enterprise agents.

Nvidia Blog 8h ago

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Volvo will use Nvidia’s tech for hands-free, point-to-point driving

Accelerating the search for antimicrobial peptides with Google Antigravity Opens at the publisher in a new tab

Meta and Apple team up to make Muse AI models run better on Macs

Meta launches an open-weight AI model that runs on Macs Opens at the publisher in a new tab

Report: FTC probes Anthropic, OpenAI after Trump dismissed AI fears as “hoax”

Anthropic is letting METR researchers look under the hood with employee-level access Opens at the publisher in a new tab

Proof-based general-purpose computing with Magnetar

Granite Switch 4.1: Chat, Decisions, and Speech from One Endpoint Opens at the publisher in a new tab

Muse Spark Open is Meta's answer to Qwen, GLM, and Kimi in the open-weight race

Open From Data Center to Desktop: NVIDIA Expands Nemotron Family With Highest Efficiency Super VL and Bolt Models

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