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Open source inference engines cut AI-SQL and agent costs, benchmarks show

Two open source inference projects published benchmarks on 30 September claiming large cuts in the cost of running AI workloads, as a separate pricing index put the median output token at $6 per million.

Disinformation's New Machine: AI Agents, Encrypted Havens, and a Web That Rewards Nothing

On 30 September, Tailscale published details of how Meta's new Muse agent joins a user's private network. The same day, Agent Haven, an end-to-end encrypted messaging service for AI agents, went live. Neither is a disinformation story, and that is exactly the problem for the people who track it.

Open weights close the gap: new leaderboards, new hardware, and a chip deal

On 1 October, the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index as republished by The Open Weights put Zhipu AI's GLM-5.3 at the top of its 20-model open-weight table with a score of 44.8, ahead of Moonshot AI's Kimi K3 at 43.6, as fresh releases keep arriving.

Data everywhere, answers nowhere: what the week's database news says about sports analytics

Quail Claims 1B Tokens a Minute on One GPU as Inference Cost Debate Sharpens

Data centres hide water and power figures, Microsoft forecasts grid risk, US investment lags

The sports data stack is quietly being rebuilt: what the last 72 hours actually show

GM's LMR battery upgrade heads to Tennessee as US EV share sits at 5.9%

Roscosmos revives PTK NP as space startups raise $251M and plan AI autonomy

Open weights, closed arguments: the open model race hardens as regulators move

Data Centres Hide Water and Power Use as Grid Electrification Push Accelerates

Geely's Megawatt Battery, Sodium Ion Startups and the EV Battery Week in Review

EU faces Aarhus complaint over data centre energy secrecy as AI demand grows

Europe's night trains keep expanding, but the newest rail story is about who is watching you

Meta's Muse agent can join your Tailscale network, and the security trade-offs are yours

Geely's Megawatt Battery Warranty Bump Lands as Data Centres Stay Silent on Power

Data centres, military records and Palantir: the week in data infrastructure

GM upgrades Tennessee plant for LMR EV batteries as electric truck sales hit record

Inference cost moves to the centre of the AI stack as new engines ship

Humanoid robot factories: data, not joints, is the bottleneck