AI News Today, 30 October 2026: Mistral's Le Chonk Tops Open Coding Models. Dark GPUs: Idle Chips Held Back by Power. Musk: Saving Money Pointless As AI Cuts Costs. Plus 9 more artificial intelligence stories in this afternoon bulletin.
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IN THIS VIDEO
1. Mistral's Le Chonk Tops Open Coding Models — ZDNet
2. Dark GPUs: Idle Chips Held Back by Power — BS Tech
3. Musk: Saving Money Pointless As AI Cuts Costs — Firstpost Tech
4. Nvidia Clears Megaspeed Chip Deployments — Tech in Asia
5. Microsoft Eyes 170 billion dollars Capex In 2026 — CNBC Tech
6. Chip Smuggling Case Rattles AI Industry — Semafor
7. Smartbird CEO On Pivot From Shoes To AI — Business Insider
8. Trump Opens Talks, Weighs Robot Tariffs — Ars Technica AI
9. Microsoft AI Era Brings Fewer Jobs, Higher Pay — The Verge AI
10. US Banks Curb Third-Party AI Agent Access — ZDNet
11. Nvidia Blog: Faster Tensor Cores For MLIPs — NVIDIA Developer Blog
12. Google Chip Push Lifts Cloud, Hits Cash Flow — ETtech AI
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Sources:
ZDNet — https://www.zdnet.com/innovation/mistral-large-4-weights-release/
BS Tech — https://www.business-standard.com/technology/tech-news/what-are-dark-gpus-data-centres-electricity-shortage-ai-boom-amazon-nvidia-126103000350_1.html
Firstpost Tech — https://www.firstpost.com/tech/elon-musk-says-saving-money-is-pointless-as-ai-could-make-money-irrelevant-in-future-of-abundance-14056486.html
Tech in Asia — https://www.techinasia.com/news/nvidia-megaspeed-dealings-normal-probe-report
CNBC Tech — https://www.cnbc.com/2026/10/29/microsoft-25-billion-debt-offering.html
Semafor — https://www.semafor.com/article/10/29/2026/nvidia-chief-jensen-huang-targeted-in-alleged-spy-plot
Business Insider — https://www.businessinsider.com/smartbird-ceo-sneakers-ai-allbirds-2026-10
Ars Technica AI — https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/10/trump-declares-robot-imports-a-national-security-threat/
The Verge AI — https://www.theverge.com/tech/1022023/microsoft-exit-offer-layoffs-notepad
ZDNet — https://www.zdnet.com/innovation/bank-of-america-customers-no-sharing-passwords-ai-agents/
NVIDIA Developer Blog — https://developer.nvidia.com/blog/unlocking-tensor-core-performance-for-machine-learning-interatomic-potentials/
ETtech AI — https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/googles-nvidia-chip-challenge-boosts-cloud-sales-crimps-cash-flow/articleshow/135317849.cms
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