AI news, Friday 16 October 2026

3 stories from AI Pulse, newest first.

Friday 16 October 2026

09:44
EU & global regulation
China proposes adding 40 AI, biotech and solar technologies to export control list
China has proposed adding 40 technologies across artificial intelligence, biomedicine and photovoltaics to its catalogue of technologies prohibited or restricted from export, according to Reuters. The AI technologies named include AI models, intelligent agents and computing clusters. The commerce ministry is seeking public comment until November 15 and called the revision routine and not aimed at any specific country, region or entity.
Reuters (opens in a new tab)
03:28
Cybersecurity
G7 finance leaders agree to hold exercises to guard against AI cyber attacks
G7 finance leaders have agreed to hold tabletop exercises to prepare for AI-enabled cyber attacks, Reuters reports, citing Japan's finance minister. The move shows governments treating AI-driven cyber threats as a financial-stability concern, which may influence expectations placed on banks and other regulated firms.
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01:28
Open source AI
Meta releases Muse Spark Open, a new open-weight AI model
Meta has released Muse Spark Open, an open-weight model, with weights published on October 15. Meta describes it as built for coding and agentic work, including complex software engineering and multi-step reasoning. Developers who want models they can run and adapt themselves may want to evaluate it.
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