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A preprint from EPFL researchers, listed on Apple's research site, finds a single minimal coding-agent session matched or beat elaborate machine-learning agent systems in its tests. Pasqal releases skills that let coding agents prepare quantum experiments, and Microsoft makes 30 Dynamics 365 CRM skills generally available, with Autopilot still in private preview.

Anthropic says a team of Claude Science agents helped build the first complete UV map of the sky, about a third of it predicted rather than observed. A preprint finds agent benchmark scores can move because of the grader, not the agent, and Exa previews a search benchmark it designed and runs itself. What each one shows, and what it doesn't.

Two device stories from 8–9 October 2026. Nikkei Asia reports that Apple told some suppliers to cut production of iPhone 18 Pro components after price rises dampened demand; Apple has not commented. And start-up Natura has shown Interface, a $99 smart ring for sending voice requests to AI agents, which cannot be ordered yet.

Four AI-policy items from 8–9 October 2026: an FTC official tells Semafor investigative demands to AI companies are close, Kentucky files an unredacted version of its Character.AI lawsuit, India's IT minister promises an AI consultation paper within 30 days, and the European Commission says it is "looking into" chatbot data reaching ad trackers. Labelled, with what each does not prove.

Apple marketing chief Greg Joswiak has posted "Welcome home. October 13.", and press have been invited to an "Apple Experience" in New York. Apple has named no products. A home hub with a display, a new Apple TV 4K, a refreshed HomePod mini and LG-made accessories are rumoured, not announced.

Custom high-bandwidth memory puts a customer-designed base die under the memory stack, so the AI chip spends less of its own silicon talking to memory. What NVIDIA claims for its NVHBM, what SemiAnalysis estimates, and what is still unproven.

Update, 9 Oct 2026: Bloomberg reports that OpenAI expects to reach or exceed $70bn in annualised revenue by the end of the year, citing people familiar with the matter. That is a projection, not current revenue, and OpenAI declined to comment. The Financial Times reports that OpenAI told investors its annualised revenue was "approaching $50 billion" at the end of September, about $20bn below figures reported last month. What "annualised" means, why OpenAI and Anthropic count differently, and what the report does not prove.

GlobalFoundries has signed a multi-year $2 billion agreement to make silicon interposers for TSMC's CoWoS advanced packaging at its New York plant, with volume production expected to ramp in the first half of 2028. TSMC also reported September revenue of about NT$511.86 billion. What an interposer is and what the numbers say.

Three quantum items from 8 October 2026: the US Department of Energy names eight science problems that a useful quantum computer should tackle, Fujitsu signs a nonbinding MOU to set up a quantum research centre in New Mexico, and Cosmos ships optional post-quantum ML-DSA keys for blockchains built on its software. What each is, and what it is not.

Three big data-centre plans from 8 October 2026: Sesterce's planned "over €10 billion" AI campus at a former paper mill in Jämsä, Finland; a 7 trillion won, 360 MW memorandum of understanding (MOU) in Sejong, South Korea (reported); and ReNew's MOU with the government of Maharashtra for a proposed ₹70,000 crore, 750 MW green data-centre park (reported). All three are plans, not finished deals. Here is what each says and what it leaves open.