AI Safety Debate: At Dreamforce, Anthropic’s Dario Amodei and Nvidia’s Jensen Huang publicly split on whether frontier AI needs slower development and shared guardrails—sparking fresh market jitters and renewed calls for oversight. Markets & Chips: AI-linked stocks slid worldwide as investors weighed the risk of slower AI spending; semiconductors and AI infrastructure names took hits while Bitcoin bucked the trend. Medical AI in the Real World: Yonsei University researchers report a multimodal AI system that can predict death risk even with missing test data, aiming to make hospital AI more dependable. Education + Industry Tech: CUHK and Votee AI built an AI virtual elderly client to train nursing students in ACT therapy, while Axis Solutions and GEC Gandhinagar launched an industry-supported lab to bridge classroom learning and industrial practice. Energy Transition Hardware: CATL unveiled TECTRANS II, a modular battery platform for commercial vehicles with options like charging or battery swapping, targeting faster development and lower costs. Renewables Compliance Tech: Xpansiv agreed to acquire Formbay, an AI-enabled platform that validates and trades Australia’s rooftop solar and home battery certificates. Public Health & Tech Policy: Ontario’s private online gambling expansion is linked to nearly doubled gambling-related ER visits, especially among males aged 10–44. Assistive Tech for Kids: Fiji launched SPARK Fiji to scale assistive technology and rehab services for school-age children, including vision, hearing, and mobility support.