Monday, October 26, 2026

AI news

The AI stories that matter today — for people and for the economy. Picked every midnight from 22 newsrooms and communities.

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Top storyEconomyHacker NewsOct 25, 4:41 AM

America has lost 200k of jobs in media, film and the arts. How much is AI?

Read at Hacker News ↗💬 Discussion

EconomyHacker NewsOct 25, 7:03 AM

Cerebras Deploys Trillion-Parameter AI Models

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EconomyThe EconomistOct 25, 11:14 PM

China increasingly depends on copying American AI

Model distillation infuriates America, but may end up holding China back

Read at The Economist ↗

EconomyFinancial TimesOct 25, 4:30 PM

Why students in a midterm battleground fear AI will ruin their future

Young people are increasingly anxious — and angry — about the Big Tech revolution and what it means for their job prospects

Read at Financial Times ↗

EconomyTechCrunchOct 25, 10:27 PM

AI delivers ‘zero financial payoff’ to most companies, Apollo economist says

"Despite massive investments and widespread hype around artificial intelligence, the technology has delivered zero financial payoff to corporate America outside of tech."

Read at TechCrunch ↗

EconomyMintOct 25, 2:57 PM

Tech Layoffs 2026: Job cuts near 2 lakh globally as big tech like Microsoft, Google, Oracle, Meta & more pivot to AI

Tech companies are utilising job cuts to demonstrate a commitment to margin expansion, pushing stock prices higher even as they announce internal restructuring.

Read at Mint ↗