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Cognition released FrontierCode 2.0, a private coding benchmark with 132 real open-source repository tasks scored by whether maintainers would merge the changes. Claude Opus 5.5 leads at 46%, while DeepSeek V4.1 Flash is the top open-weights model at 28%.

SAP announced a range of AI innovations for developers at its annual SAP TechEd conference, including upgrades to Joule Studio, Joule Work, and the Business AI platform, the new table model SAP-RPT-2.0 with anomaly detection and multi-table processing, a collaboration with HPE to deploy SAP-RPT on the International Space Station, and free access to Joule Studio for some customers until December 2026.

Citing surging AI demand and tight semiconductor supply chain capacity, TSMC is reportedly considering a 10%–20% price increase for its CoWoS advanced packaging services.

On October 28, Anthropic announced that its life sciences team has established deep research collaborations with six drug discovery institutions, including Bristol Myers Squibb and Generate Biomedicines, and launched an autonomous drug discovery project, with the first focus on a rare childhood muscular dystrophy, where Claude handles most of the scientific and operational work.

On October 27, OpenAI announced that it is opening iCloud Mail and iCloud Calendar plugins to all ChatGPT plan users, covering Free, Go, Plus, and Pro tiers on web, desktop, and iOS. After user authorization, ChatGPT can read iCloud inboxes, manage emails, and create or update events in Apple Calendar based on email information.

On October 27, Google announced that Oracle will become the first major cloud provider to rent TPUs to customers, with Oracle purchasing the chips directly and the end user being a major customer shared by both companies.

Tesla's official owner's manual has replaced “FSD Computer” with “SI Computer” in sections for the Model 3, Model Y, and Cybertruck, directing owners to check “Controls > Software” for the SI Computer to confirm the computer version. The move aligns with Elon Musk's renaming of SpaceXAI to SpaceXSI and Tesla AI to Tesla Super Intelligence, and may have been influenced by a Trump executive order.

SK Hynix reported third-quarter revenue of 104.62 trillion won, up 327.9% year on year, and operating profit of 83.33 trillion won, surging 632.1%, with quarterly revenue exceeding 100 trillion won for the first time. The company expects HBM4 shipments and revenue to surpass HBM3E in the fourth quarter and said memory shortages will persist until 2030.

Tesla executives said in an interview that the company plans to use Optimus humanoid robots to plug and unplug charging cables for Robotaxis, while continuing to develop more automated wireless charging. Tesla currently still relies on staff to manually charge driverless Robotaxis, with wireless charging as the ultimate goal but unlikely to be realized in the near term.

On October 27, LG Uplus and Ecolab Korea signed an MOU in Seoul to jointly develop liquid cooling operation standards for AI data centers, build a comprehensive operation framework covering equipment installation, coolant quality management, and real-time monitoring, and conduct technical verification of the TCS loop. LG Uplus will provide the liquid cooling pilot environment at its Pyeongchon 2 Center, while Ecolab Korea will establish a coolant quality management system.