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Fortune 35
Norway’s sovereign wealth fund CEO Nicolai Tangen said the fund is more nervous after record first-half gains. The fund reported an all-time high gain of 1.4 trillion kroner ($150 billion) for the first half of the year. He pointed to AI valuations, geopolitics, and concentration risk as reasons to be more cautious, which signals tighter attention to portfolio dangers going forward.
ChinaTalk 2 months ago 28
The Chinese quantum sector has rapidly expanded as Party planning documents and study-session guidance from 2026 are being converted into commercialization programs and tools across industry, labs, and local governments. The article cites over 40 H1 2026 investment rounds and a growing push for quantum hardware and funds. As a result, mechanisms like scenario building, jiebang guashuai challenge lists, and concept-verification and pilot-testing centers are being scaled to move quantum products from research into production applications.
Fortune 21
Gulf countries and telecom firms are building new fibre and subsea cable routes to gain more control over data connectivity as AI plans expand. Ooredoo’s Fibre in the Gulf (FIG) system is set for completion in late 2027 as a $500 million project spanning almost 2,000 kilometers. These build-outs aim to reduce reliance on Red Sea/Suez and related chokepoints, while highlighting operational risks like cable-laying limits around the Strait of Hormuz.
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18 October 2026
The day’s biggest thread wasn’t better models—it was better fences. U.S. banks and brokerages are increasingly blocking outside AI agents from logging into customer accounts and moving money, with Charles Schwab reporting agents are stopped “in the tens and twenties each week.” Schwab’s workaround is telling: outside agents may view balances and run analyses, but transaction access is tightened via Schwab’s own MCP servers, pushing transfers back toward in-house assistants or human approval. That sits alongside new legal pressure too—at least eight states sued OpenAI, alleging ChatGPT helps “cyberhacking agents” and harms children while deceiving adults, with OpenAI saying it will keep improving child safety and reviewing misaligned models.
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