PaperByAI Daily AI News — Thursday, October 22, 2026
Bringing you daily curated AI news from reliable sources from around the world.
AI For Everyone
General Motors ·
Say “Hey OnStar” for a more intelligent drive
For 30 years, OnStar has allowed people to stay connected and get help on the road.
Claude Help Center ·
Claude Duet research preview for Pro and Max plans
We just opened a research preview for users on Pro and Max plans: Claude Duet, a new app where Claude works as a proactive agent.
OpenAI ·
ChatGPT Ads expands to 26 new countries as over 100,000 advertisers have used the platform
From local businesses to global brands, more advertisers can now reach people as they explore, compare and decide what to buy in ChatGPT.
AI For Business
Google ·
New Gemini tools for small business owners
Gemini’s new tools — including a dedicated business landing page — help small business owners free up time and focus on what started their companies: their passion.
Microsoft ·
Introducing the customer conversation harness in Microsoft Copilot Studio
This is a purpose-built harness and builder specifically designed to create powerful conversational agents for customer engagement.
Cohere ·
Introducing Rerank 5: precise, efficient enterprise document retrieval
Today, we’re releasing Rerank 5, our most advanced enterprise retrieval models yet, available in Pro and Fast tiers.
NVIDIA ·
NVIDIA Cosmos Opens New Tools to Train, Evaluate and Deploy World Models
New tools joining NVIDIA Cosmos are helping accelerate data pipelines, train, evaluate and optimize world models more efficiently, and improve accuracy at lower cost.
AI & Investment
TechCrunch ·
Legal AI startup Legora raises $550M Series E at $8.8B valuation
Legal AI startup Legora announced Wednesday that it raised a $550 million Series E round, valuing it at $8.8 billion.
Pigment ·
Pigment raises $250M at $2.3B valuation
Pigment, the AI business planning and performance management platform, today announced a $250 million Series E funding round at a $2.3 billion valuation.
OpenAI ·
OpenAI acquires Orchestra Bio
OpenAI has acquired Orchestra Bio, a platform that helps biopharma teams coordinate the complex process of drug development.