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AI news for Friday, October 30, 2026

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Research

MIT affiliates named 2026 Schmidt Sciences AI2050 Fellows

Five MIT faculty members and two additional alumni are honored with fellowships to advance research on beneficial…

Reported by MIT News · 2 min read

Research

Q&A: Hey AI, who should I vote for this year?

MIT professors Adam Berinsky and Chara Podimata discuss a new project to track how AI…

Reported by MIT News · 2 min read

Research

Things That Go Beep in the Night: Agentic AI Joins the Search for Extraterrestrial Signals

While science fiction lore tells us that humans will meet…

Reported by NVIDIA · 2 min read

Research

Speeding up planning decisions with AI

Google DeepMind and UK government work together to reduce planning assessment times

Reported by Google DeepMind · 2 min read

Research

From synthetic enterprise data evaluations to real Microsoft Copilot AI confidence

Evaluating Microsoft Copilot at enterprise scale requires test data that captures the full complexity…

Reported by Microsoft Research · 2 min read

Models

Making it easier for websites to express AI training preferences

OpenAI will honor a shared robots.txt signal to help website operators communicate their AI training…

Reported by OpenAI

Policy

Community safety report and new protections for teens

OpenAI is strengthening violence prevention in ChatGPT with expanded safeguards, earlier interventions, and a new commitment to…

Reported by OpenAI

Models

Fair use benefits everyone

OpenAI shares excerpts from court briefs by creators, academics, accessibility advocates, and legal experts, among others, on how fair use supports…

Reported by OpenAI