S&P Global and IBM Launch Agentic AI to Revolutionize Supply Chains

S&P Global and IBM have announced a partnership to integrate IBM’s watsonx Orchestrate agentic AI framework into S&P Global’s offerings, starting with supply chain management. This collaboration aims to provide businesses with AI-powered tools to address global supply chain challenges by enhancing visibility and insights into vendor selection. S&P Global will develop new AI agents for IBM’s watsonx Orchestrate Agent Catalog, utilizing its proprietary data and analytics to help accelerate decision-making. The partnership is a key part of S&P Global’s strategy to use trusted AI agents to transform its enterprise services. Beyond the initial supply chain focus, S&P Global intends to integrate IBM’s AI technology into other risk intelligence services.

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Google Gemini Achieves 93% Accuracy in Classifying Cosmic Events

A collaborative study by the University of Oxford and Google Cloud has demonstrated that the Google Gemini large language model can classify transient astronomical events with approximately 93% accuracy. Published in Nature Astronomy, the research shows Gemini’s ability to distinguish genuine cosmic phenomena like supernovae from false signals caused by satellite interference or cosmic rays. Remarkably, the AI model achieved this high accuracy using minimal training data, requiring only 15 example images and clear text instructions. This breakthrough illustrates how advanced, general-purpose AI can enhance scientific research, allowing astronomers to more effectively analyze vast data from modern surveys and focus on exploring the universe.

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WeRide Expands Autonomous Robotaxi and Robobus Services in the UAE

Chinese autonomous driving company WeRide has initiated pilot services for its Robotaxi GXR and Robobus in Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates. This marks the company’s third market deployment within the UAE. The trial integrates WeRide’s self-driving cars and shuttles into the city’s public transportation network. This initiative is part of the Ras Al Khaimah Transport Authority’s smart mobility strategy, establishing WeRide as the exclusive autonomous vehicle partner for the city’s future mobility plans.

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Google Releases Gemini 2.5 Computer Use Model for Building AI Agents

Google has announced the release of the Gemini 2.5 Computer Use model, now accessible to developers through the Gemini API. This specialized model, built upon the capabilities of Gemini 2.5 Pro, is designed to enable the creation of AI agents that can interact with user interfaces on websites and mobile applications. According to Google, the model demonstrates superior performance and lower latency on various web and mobile control benchmarks compared to other leading alternatives. Developers can now access the Gemini 2.5 Computer Use model in public preview via Google AI Studio and Vertex AI to begin building and testing new applications.

Spacelift Unveils ‘Intent’ for Codeless, Natural Language Cloud Provisioning

Spacelift has introduced ‘Spacelift Intent,’ a new open-source and agentic deployment model that allows for provisioning cloud infrastructure using natural language commands, eliminating the need to write or maintain HCL. This new tool gives DevOps and platform teams a choice between traditional Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) and GitOps for mission-critical workloads, and the faster ‘intents’ for tasks requiring more speed and agility, such as prototypes and tests. Spacelift Intent aims to accelerate infrastructure provisioning times by offering a ‘vibe coding’ experience, where developers can describe their needs in simple language and let AI handle the configuration. The new offering is available in an early access commercial version and as an open-source project on GitHub.

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Kubernetes v1.35 Reaches Production Readiness Freeze Milestone

The release cycle for Kubernetes version 1.35 is underway, with the Production Readiness Freeze scheduled for this week. According to the official release calendar, this milestone is set for Thursday, October 9th, 2025 (Anywhere on Earth), which corresponds to Friday, October 10th, 2025, at 12:00 UTC. This freeze is a critical step in the release process, ensuring that all features planned for the release are stable and ready for production environments. The final release of Kubernetes v1.35 is anticipated on Wednesday, December 17th, 2025.

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Quantum Computing Breakthroughs: Nobel Prize, Processor Award, and New Research

In the world of quantum computing, recent developments include the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics being awarded for foundational work in the field, QuantWare’s Contralto-A processor winning an award for quantum error correction, and an Oklahoma State University physicist receiving a grant to advance quantum simulation.

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Apache DevLake and Grails Graduate to Top-Level Projects at ASF

The Apache Software Foundation (ASF) has announced the graduation of Apache DevLake and Apache Grails to Top-Level Projects (TLPs). Apache DevLake is an open-source development data platform that helps engineering teams analyze and visualize data from their DevOps tools to gain actionable insights. Apache Grails is a web application framework based on Groovy and built on top of Spring Boot for the Java Virtual Machine (JVM). Achieving TLP status signifies that these projects have demonstrated mature and resilient communities, adhering to the ASF’s principles of open and collaborative development.

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