🔹 PyTorch Foundation Expands Open-Source AI Ecosystem with Nine New Members The PyTorch Foundation announced nine new members on October 20, including Nebius, Nscale, and Shopify.

🔹 Disney Moves to Acquire AI Talent Following Character.AI Bankruptcy Disney has reportedly agreed to offer employment to at least 60 Character.AI employees as part of an arrangement involving the chatbot company's assets.

🔹 ByteDance Establishes Dedicated AI Safety Research Team ByteDance's AI research division, Seed, announced a new Alignment & Preparedness team focused on advanced model safety and autonomous AI agents.