Slack made the Slack Code API generally available on all Slack plans on October 28, 2026, opening the code-channel system it launched in August 2026 to any developer’s agent. In a post on Slack’s developer blog, the company said more than 150 customers and partners had asked for access to build code-channel experiences for their…
Plato has raised $16 million in Series A funding to build simulated workplaces where AI models can practice using software, navigating business decisions, and completing complex jobs before they operate in live systems. Nava Ventures led the round, with participation from Gradient Ventures, Transpose Platform, and Mustafa Suleyman, CEO of Microsoft AI. The financing brings…
The Alzheimer’s Drug Discovery Foundation (ADDF) announced on October 28, 2026 that Eli Lilly and Company has licensed SpeechDx, a longitudinal speech-and-biomarker dataset built by the foundation’s Diagnostics Accelerator, and will use the resource to study whether speech can serve as a tool for Alzheimer’s research. Lilly is the third organization to license the dataset,…
RapidCanvas has acquired Entytle, bringing an industrial aftermarket intelligence business into its managed AI platform as manufacturers look for ways to turn decades of equipment data into more consistent parts and service revenue. The deal includes Entytle’s technology, customers, and employees; financial terms were not disclosed. The October 28 announcement pairs RapidCanvas’s agentic platform and…
South Korea’s Financial Services Commission disclosed a new round of hacking incidents across the country’s financial industry on October 28, 2026, convening an emergency inspection meeting over a breach at virtual asset exchange Bithumb and confirming additional customer information leakage at Daishin Securities. The emergency meeting was chaired by Digital Finance Policy Director-General Yu Yeong-jun…
Muck Rack’s October 2026 What Is AI Reading? report finds that journalism’s share of AI citations has fallen from about 27% in May to 22%, even as earned and third-party sources continue to account for roughly 84% of citations. The fourth edition draws on more than 40 million AI responses and 207 million citations across…
Adam Markowitz is CEO and co-founder of Drata, where he is expanding the company’s work in continuous compliance and trust into AI agent governance. Before co-founding Drata in 2020, he founded Portfolium alongside Troy Markowitz and Daniel Marashlian. His experience navigating security questionnaires, audits, and compliance reviews helped shape Drata’s approach to automating how organizations…
GitHub made Copilot Fusion, its multi-model routing and orchestration system, generally available on October 28, 2026, unveiling it at GitHub Universe 2026 alongside the new GitHub Copilot app, Copilot projects, and a deeper Copilot code review tier. The announcements arrived in a Universe 2026 keynote post from Jay Parikh, Executive Vice President of CoreAI at…
For centuries, infrastructure has evolved alongside technology. New materials and engineering techniques enabled taller buildings, longer bridges, and larger cities. Computing and digital technologies later transformed how infrastructure was designed, monitored, and operated. Now, the pace of change is accelerating, and challenges are arriving simultaneously. Climate change is increasing pressure on water, energy, and other…
We have become remarkably good at building AI that can answer questions. Ask when an application is due, which documents are required, or how a process works, and it can provide a useful response in seconds. But when the stakes involve someone’s education, financial future, or sense of belonging, an answer is only the beginning….