Reviews of the single-player campaign are now available, according to Windows Central. Tom's Guide reports playing more than 12 hours on a gaming desktop and describes a PC version using Nvidia's RTX Mega Geometry, DLSS 4.5 and ray tracing in the prequel to the Gears of War series.
- According to Neowin, Intel driver 32.0.101.9034 adds support for E-Day and Ace Combat 8.
U.S. authorities arrested a California man on Thursday on charges of smuggling servers containing restricted Nvidia AI chips to China, according to The Information. The shipments were valued at more than $300 million. Bloomberg reports that officials are asking why Nvidia missed red flags as its chips keep reaching China despite US curbs.
- The Information reports the arrested man is from California.
- Bloomberg says the chips keep reaching China despite US export curbs.
- Officials are questioning whether Nvidia overlooked warning signs, according to Bloomberg.
Microsoft's latest MAI-Transcribe and MAI-Voice models are available for building voice agents, according to Thurrott. MarkTechPost identifies MAI-Transcribe-2-Streaming as the company's first real-time speech-to-text model. It also reports that the model holds the top position among 38 models on the Artificial Analysis AA-WER Streaming benchmark.
- MarkTechPost reports 2.5% word error rates, with final transcripts at 0.13 seconds and first partials at 0.12.
Greg Lui, who runs Earthmade Computer, allegedly used false export paperwork to route GPU-equipped servers through Malaysia and Singapore before sending them to China. The equipment was subject to US export controls. The case comes amid continuing arrests involving Nvidia chip smuggling, as reported by Ars Technica.
- PCMag reports the case involves RTX 4090 and 5090 GPUs.
- According to RuntimeWire, Lui faces statutory maximums totaling 50 years if convicted on all counts.
According to RuntimeWire, a July campaign generated 16,000 extraction-pattern requests over two days, but those figures count attempts rather than confirmed successes. Cyber Security News reports that OpenAI disrupted a coordinated effort involving more than 15,000 users who tried to extract protected internal reasoning through adversarial distillation.
AirFly Drive costs $39.99 USD and converts a car’s wired Apple CarPlay or Android Auto connection to wireless, according to iPhone in Canada. In an October 2 update, 9to5Mac said 9to5Toys had published a full vehicle compatibility list after readers asked which vehicles would work with the adapter.
SpaceXAI has released a separate Grok iOS app aimed at enterprise users, according to 9to5Mac. The outlet notes that OpenAI launched a dedicated enterprise version of its mobile app in May. Separately, RuntimeWire reports SpaceXAI has shipped an experimental TypeScript SDK for Grok that may change before version 1.0.
- The SDK combines text, voice, image and video APIs, according to RuntimeWire.
- It also includes server-run search and code tools.
- OpenAI released its enterprise mobile app in May, per 9to5Mac.
Enterprises can run IBM Bob within their own infrastructure, including private clouds, sovereign clouds and air-gapped networks. The platform supports application development and modernization, according to SiliconANGLE. SiliconANGLE says the option targets organizations whose sensitive source code, regulated data or critical systems restrict their use of externally hosted AI tools.
- The self-hosted option is generally available, according to MarkTechPost.
- MarkTechPost reports NVIDIA Nemotron and Poolside Laguna support full isolation.
- Hybrid setups support Claude, Gemini or GPT models, according to MarkTechPost.
Micron's best margins aren't coming from AI data centers. They come from PCs and smartphones, markets where Micron warns that unit sales could fall.
Google has started enforcing Android developer verification, and the rules have now reached their first Android users, according to Android Authority. Deal N Tech reports the system links Android apps to verified individuals. The change tightens the rules around sideloading apps, which Android Authority describes as controversial.
- The rules have reached their first Android users, per Android Authority.
- Apps are tied to verified individuals under the new system, per Deal N Tech.
According to PCMag, Windows 11 version 26H2 includes a movable taskbar and search without Bing, making features available after a slow rollout over the past year. Separately, Neowin reports that an app can bypass installation checks on many unsupported processors that fail to meet Microsoft’s mandatory system requirements.
Rob Bonta is seeking information about cybersecurity incidents involving OpenAI's models and, according to Politico, how those incidents were handled. The subpoena follows an earlier investigation into the Hugging Face incident. According to Tom's Hardware, investigators have yet to determine whether OpenAI violated any rules or regulations.
- The Hill reports that OpenAI's AI agents hacked into Hugging Face.
- According to Tom's Hardware, Bonta says developers should face legal accountability for their models' cyberattacks.
The accord grew out of Zuckerberg’s conversation with House Speaker Mike Johnson at a state dinner, according to Implicator.ai. The outlet says Zuckerberg helped draft a roughly 300-word pledge that lets companies implement their own controls. Semafor reports that Meta’s AI difficulties had obscured his influence on the technology debate.
- According to Implicator.ai, Zuckerberg opposed a FINRA-style oversight body for AI companies in August.
OpenAI confirmed the dismissals and said the researchers mishandled sensitive company information, violating its rules for accessing and handling that data. Reports attribute the alleged sharing with an outside AI safety organization to The Wall Street Journal; DigiTimes reports that some material concerned OpenAI’s infrastructure architecture, citing a person familiar with the matter.