AI news for Thursday, October 22, 2026
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- Shin-Etsu Chemical and Fujifilm seize edge in semiconductor materials AI in Japan
- Enhance app responsiveness with OpenAI Decision API OpenAI (official)
- AI demonstrates diagnostic power in difficult medical cases TechCrunch AI
- AI startups soar to a $600 million valuation in one year AI funding & deals
- External assessment flags flaws in OpenAI's monitoring system Reuters (AI)
- Insurance indicators hit record high as AI investment expands Reuters (AI)
- Uber rolls out ChatGPT Work to all employees Anthropic coverage
- Kao enables research data exploration with generative AI AI in Japan
- DeepSeek raises $15B after U.S. regulation TechCrunch AI
- Google's Gemini adds tools for small businesses Anthropic coverage
- European financial institutions build intelligence with open models NVIDIA
- Cosmos expands world-model training NVIDIA
- Claude Duet unveils always-on agent ITmedia AI+
- Claude Models on Google Cloud (Anthropic managed) Claude