PaperliAI Daily AI News — Thursday, October 15, 2026
Bringing you daily curated AI news from reliable sources from around the world.
AI For Everyone
xAI ·
Introducing Grok Voice 3.0
“Grok Voice 3.0 is available today in the Voice Agent API at $0.08 / min ($4.80 / hr), the same price as Grok Voice 2.0.”
Anthropic ·
Preparing for the 2026 US midterms
“Later this month, Claude will start drawing official voting information from Democracy Works into its responses on Claude.ai for users in the US.”
Cambridge University Press & Assessment ·
Cambridge AI Summit one week to go
The inaugural Cambridge AI in Education Summit launches on Thursday, 15 October.
AI For Business
GitHub ·
HydraFusion updates and new Max option
“HydraFusion orchestrates multiple models to produce a single response, bringing together their strengths so you don’t have to choose an individual model.”
Google India ·
From lab to impact: Advancing AI for real-world progress in India
“We are now expanding access to our Agricultural Understanding models, making them available in public preview.”
IBM ·
IBM and Siemens Collaborate on Research to Advance Nanostack Architecture
“These innovations power substantial leaps in energy efficiency, performance, and SRAM scaling.”
Rice University ·
Rice launches transformational AI initiative with faculty hiring, new programs and facilities
“An additional 40 faculty will bring the total number of AI-focused faculty hired this decade to 75.”
AI & Investment
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Cohere ·
Cohere to acquire AISLE to advance cyber-resilient sovereign AI
“Today Cohere announced a proposed agreement to acquire AISLE, the company building autonomous systems to discover and remediate previously unknown vulnerabilities in critical software.”
British Business Bank ·
British Business Bank commits £180m across six AI and deeptech VC funds
“The British Business Bank has committed £180m across six venture capital and growth equity funds.”
Salience Labs ·
Salience Labs Secures $125 Million in Series B Funding to Scale Photonic Networking Chips for AI Datacenter Infrastructure
“Salience Labs… announced the successful completion of an oversubscribed $125 million Series B funding round.”