AI & Robotics News — Monday, October 5, 2026 | Compute Bulletin

01

Huawei and Qualcomm Strike Multi-Year Patent Agreement Across 5G, AI

SourcesUnite.AISouth China Morning Post

02

Qualcomm and Huawei sign multi-year patent license agreement spanning 5G, compute, AI, and networking technologies

SourcesData Center Dynamics

03

OpenAI to watermark ChatGPT text in the EU, with detector access initially restricted

SourcesDIGITIMESVKTR.comTechCrunchThe LatentThe New StackThe DecoderEngadget

04

Tencent Scores $7 Billion Deal for 100,000 Offshore AI Chips With Oracle

SourcesTom's Hardware

05

Aleph Alpha Releases Kolibri, an open-weight model

SourcesThe Decoder

06

Reka AI's omni-model Rho-1 handles text, images, video, and robot control in a single model

SourcesThe Decoder

07

Excelerate Technology Wins ESA Contract for Robotic Security System at UK Critical Infrastructure Site

SourcesRobotics & Automation News

08

Norway seeks time to draft permanent rules for AI glasses that record bystanders

SourcesArs Technica

09

Anthropic, OpenAI, Google and Meta Execs Set to Testify at NYC Council Hearing on AI Risks

SourcesCNBCUnite.AI

10

South Korea Investigates Possible Use of AI in Bank Hacks

SourcesThe New York TimesBleepingComputer

11

Exploitation of Rejetto HFS Vulnerability Discovered by AI

SourcesSecurityWeek

12

AI mortgage servicing startup Valon Raises $150 Million at $2.3 Billion Valuation

SourcesThe Latent

13

Google receives boost in bid to Buy Spirit Airlines' data for AI training

SourcesBusiness Insider

14

Ghost Raises $11 Million in Seed Round Led by Andreessen Horowitz

SourcesCrypto BriefingTechCrunch

15

Reflection AI debuts Beam, an open-weight AI model to rival Chinese models at lower compute cost

SourcesRuntimeWireTechCrunch

16

Hong Kong outlines 4-step AI 'talent ladder' to offset entry-level job shock

SourcesSouth China Morning Post

17

Z.ai Introduces GLM 5.3 on Amazon Bedrock

SourcesAWS

18

Chinese Hackers Impersonate US Officials for AI Cyber Espionage

SourcesDark Reading

19

Amazon SageMaker Introduces New Agent Skill for Optimized Generative AI Inference in Coding Agents

SourcesAWS

20

Instinct Brings Its AI Agent to Group Chats, Even for Friends Without an Account

SourcesTechCrunch

21

Cohere and PwC Announce Partnership for Secure Enterprise AI

SourcesCohere

22

Teradyne Invests in Bright Machines to Advance AI Infrastructure Manufacturing

SourcesThe Robot ReportRobotics & Automation News

23

Ency Software and Estun Launch Technology Partnership for Integrated Robot Programming

SourcesRobotics & Automation News

24

American investors tour China's robot factories to size up competition

SourcesBusiness Insider

25

OpenAI agents tried to edit pages and compromise Wikimedia Foundation's notes tool

SourcesThe Record