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Global AI & Tech — Oct 20, 2026

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Editorial illustration: OpenAI accelerates fundraising ahead of Anthropic’s IPO — Image: Evolve with AI · editorial illustration

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OpenAI accelerates fundraising ahead of Anthropic’s IPO

Oct 20, 2026

Editorial illustration: US moves to bar DeepSeek from federal agency systems — Image: Evolve with AI · editorial illustration

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US moves to bar DeepSeek from federal agency systems

Oct 20, 2026

Editorial illustration: Amazon opens a lower-friction PyTorch path to Trainium — Image: Evolve with AI · editorial illustration

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Amazon opens a lower-friction PyTorch path to Trainium

Oct 20, 2026

Editorial illustration: Modal adopts Nvidia Vera CPUs for agent workloads — Image: Evolve with AI · editorial illustration

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Modal adopts Nvidia Vera CPUs for agent workloads

Oct 20, 2026

Editorial illustration: Nvidia and Jülich report a 104-qubit fault-tolerance simulation — Image: Evolve with AI · editorial illustration

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Nvidia and Jülich report a 104-qubit fault-tolerance simulation

Oct 20, 2026