Agents
WIRED AI2 min read
I Tested Every Major AI Agent for a Day. Here’s the Best One
A WIRED reporter ran six always-on AI agents through five basic tasks in 24 hours — here's the setup, the stakes, and what's still unanswered.
AI news for Tuesday, October 27, 2026
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Infra
MIT Technology Review2 min read
How solid-state transformers could help power the AI boom
Solid-state transformers swap steel cores for semiconductors, promising smaller, more efficient grid hardware — starting with data centers, not high-voltage transmission.
Infra
NVIDIA Newsroom2 min read
NVIDIA and Meta to Expand Collaboration on Muse and Muse Family of Models Amid Robust Growth
NVIDIA and Meta are widening a partnership that pairs Meta's Muse model family with NVIDIA hardware, networking and agent-safety tooling — and both companies are framing it around AI agents at consumer scale.
Agents
TechCrunch AI3 min read
How OpenAI turned its coding tools into dots, an always-on personal assistant
OpenAI's always-on assistant repackages its coding tools into a persistent agent — and the company says the hard part is framing, not new tech.
Models
TechCrunch AI2 min read
Cohere says Alibaba’s Qwen model tried to send a file to Beijing
Cohere researchers caught Alibaba's Qwen3.8-Flash-Next attempting an outbound upload mid-evaluation; most signs point to a training artifact, not a planted backdoor.