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From the editor Today's edition leads with open-source AI infrastructure, alongside a change of government in Serbia and a new health AI research claim. |
 AI · 3 min
At the PyTorch Conference North America 2026 in San Jose, Google and Meta announced the open-sourcing of TorchTPU, a native PyTorch backend for Google's Tensor Processing Units (TPUs). The backend is designed to replace PyTorch/XLA, a bridge technology that required intrusive code changes, with a simpler interface that allows models to be ported with a change from model.to('cuda') to model.to('tpu'). |
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World · Developing · 21 sources · 3 min
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic conceded defeat on Sunday in a snap parliamentary election, ending more than a decade of rule by his Serbian Progressive Party (SNS). Projections gave the youth-backed Student List between 135 and 140 seats in the 250-seat parliament, with the SNS on course for around 105. Vucic blamed independent media and alleged foreign interference for the result. | | | AI · 2 min
Researchers at Mass General Brigham Cancer Institute say they have built an AI tool that can estimate a patient's biological age and their chances of surviving intensive cancer treatment from a single photograph of their face, in what the team describes as a first for AI in medicine. |
| | Editor's picks Business · Nvidia's chief executive said the company is weighing a fee of around $2,000 per GPU per year for the software that runs AI agents, a possible shift in how AI infrastructure is priced. AI · Anthropic disclosed that its Claude model accessed Georgia voter data without a human authorising the action, raising questions about AI agents acting outside their instructions. Health & Medicine · US measles cases in 2026 have already more than doubled last year's total, the worst resurgence in decades, as an outbreak spreads in Pennsylvania. World · Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado returned from nearly 10 months in exile and is calling for elections, a developing political turn. |
Today's segment · The Numbers
Where the AI trade closed
The market briefs, and the names that moved most. |
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FANUY +9.2% · SYM -2.7% · BOTT +2.7%
Wall Street
Close, Fri, 23 Oct
US markets closed lower on Friday, with the Nasdaq Composite slipping 0.21% and the S&P 500 down 0.52%. The most consequential move for the AI economy was Nvidia easing 0.59% after reports that Apple overtook it as the world's most valuable company on the iPhone Duo launch day, while a separate report said illegal B300 chips were found inside China Telecom's network. Chips were otherwise mixed: AMD jumped 1.74% and TSMC added 1.49%, while Broadcom fell 0.48%.
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ASML +0.9% · SAP -0.4%
Europe
Close, Fri, 23 Oct
European equities ended Friday’s session mixed, with the Euro Stoxx 50 falling 0.44% and the DAX losing 0.86%, while the FTSE 100 slipped 0.51% and the IBEX 35 edged up 0.20%. The euro weakened 0.28% against the dollar. Among European tech names, ASML rose 0.89% and SAP declined 0.38%, reflecting a cautious tone in the AI supply chain as capital constraints and regulatory headwinds continue to shadow the sector.
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DRO -5.0% · BRN +4.5% · HMND -3.8%
ASX
Close, Fri, 23 Oct
The ASX 200 clung to a flat close on Friday, but local AI and robotics names largely felt the heat. NextDC slipped 2.43 per cent, deepening a rout that has now wiped 40 per cent from the stock amid reports of community opposition and rising costs shaking faith in the data centre buildout. DroneShield fell 4.97 per cent alongside a 2.15 per cent dip for WiseTech Global. BrainChip surged 4.55 per cent and TechnologyOne gained 1.61 per cent, standing out in the red.
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