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The new role leads a strategy built on carrier partnerships, facilities and joined-up placement Howden has appointed Elliot Richardson (pictured) in the newly created role of group chief commercial officer, putting him in charge of a new commercial strategy to make fuller use of the broking, reinsurance, underwriting and employee benefits businesses the group has built.

Anthropic researchers said small AI models might be able to self-replicate on cheap devices such as smart ovens or lawn mowers. Forget AI slop. We might soon have "AI worms" and AI "slime mold. "In this latest instalment of AI nightmare fuel, Anthropic's researchers have discovered that small rogue AI models might — as soon as the end of 2026 — start worming their way into home devices like smart ovens, smart refrigerators, automatic vacuum cleaners, and lawn mowers. These internet-connected devices typically have "minimal security measures in place," allowing small models to feed off of their computing power and self-replicate, Anthropic's AI capabilities research team wrote in a report on Monday. This could take the form of "a slow, distributed 'digital slime mold,' living on relatively insecure compute," the researchers wrote. The team studied the behavior of small Chinese models, such as Z.ai's GLM-5.2 and Alibaba's Qwen, as well as others like Google DeepMind's Gemma4-26B-A4B. They gave a prompt to the Gemma model while running inference on 15 cheap off-brand Android TV boxes, each costing $55, and found it worked. Worms aren't new in the software world.

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Why the CEO of Eight Sleep thinks you need to focus on more than just sleep He helped build Meta’s smart-glasses technology. Now he wants to take on Big Tech’s grip on personal AI

IMF director warns AI could leave young workers without a way up the career ladder Kristalina Georgieva told a panel that said while AI investment is helping sustain global growth, it doesn’t necessarily mean better career prospects for young people.

Deal supports Nokia’s strategy to focus capital where the company can differentiate and create long-term value. Planned transaction will provide ECE with greater independence and agility, helping it respond more quickly to customer needs and accelerate the digitalization and transformation of industrial operations ECE is a strong business with differentiated technology, a talented team, a global footprint and an established customer base that includes many Fortune 500 enterprises across various industries. We see significant opportunities for ECE to build on its leading position in private 5G and industrial edge as a standalone business, expand its portfolio into emerging areas such as AI-powered industrial automation, and help customers accelerate the digitalization and automation of their operations.

- Strengthening Its Global Network to Accelerate the North American Expansion of IP and Support for Multinational Brands - ADK Holdings Inc. (Headquarters: Minato-ku, Tokyo; Representative Director and President: Toshiya Oyama) has entered into a Master Agreement for a three-year strategic business partnership with Stagwell Inc. (Headquarters: New York, USA; Chairman & CEO: Mark Penn; hereinafter "Stagwell" (NASDAQ:STGW)). This partnership aims to maximize the value delivered to clients in both the Japanese and global markets by leveraging the complementary capabilities and global networks of the two companies. By combining the comprehensive capabilities and trust that the four core ADK Group companies (ADK Holdings, ADK Marketing Solutions, ADK Creative One, and ADK Emotions) have cultivated in the Japanese market over many years with Stagwell's marketing service capabilities powered by world-class technology and its global network, the two companies will fully launch a comprehensive support framework to solve clients' marketing challenges in Japan and around the world.

Georgian College celebrated graduates of its Automotive Business programs at the Automotive Business School of Canada's (ABSC) convocation on Oct. 8 at the Georgian Theatre, Barrie Campus. From left: Kevin Weaver, President and CEO of Georgian College; Bev Goodman, President and CEO of Ford Motor Company of Canada, Limited; and Carolyn McGoey Garvey, Chair of Georgian College's Board of Governors, celebrate Goodman receiving a Georgian College Board of Governors' Honorary Bachelor of Business Administration (Automotive Management) during the Automotive Business School of Canada's convocation on Oct. 8.

Markham and Mississauga are the first of a new ‘store within a store,’ catering to small to medium businesses.