AI news · 31 October 2026
OpenAI Slashes Fundraising Target by $10 Billion Amid AI Stock Selloff
OpenAI has cut its funding round target by $10 billion to roughly $20 billion and revised its desired valuation down to $1.25 trillion, as a broad tech-stock selloff driven by AI spending fears rattles the sector.
Google, Microsoft, Anthropic and OpenAI Back New AI Crawling Opt-Out Standard
Google, Microsoft, Anthropic and OpenAI announced plans to support a new robots.txt standard that would let website operators block all AI training scrapers with a single entry, replacing the current system that requires a separate line for each provider.
Samsung Executives Meet OpenAI CEO Sam Altman to Discuss AI Strategy
About 50 senior Samsung Group executives gathered with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman at the company's Human Resources Development Center in Yongin, Gyeonggi Province, to discuss how AI could reshape corporate management and unlock new business opportunities.
Google Launches Gemini 4 Carbon, an AI Model Built for Cybersecurity
Google unveiled Gemini 4 Carbon, a specialised AI model that finds software vulnerabilities, tests whether attackers can exploit them, and generates code patches, initially available only to selected cyber defenders.
Apple CEO John Ternus Calls Product His Core Passion, Says AI Is a Tool to Build Better Ones
In a new interview with WIRED's Steven Levy, Apple CEO John Ternus described his deep passion for product as the defining focus of his leadership, and explained that Apple will use AI specifically to build products that improve people's lives.