AI news on October 25, 2026

1. 0113:25 UTC

   r/opensource subreddit rules exclude projects connected to AI

   2 outlets · first: The Verge Regulation

   Machine summary The same post requires submissions to be at least one year old, actively maintained, and supported by multiple contributors, and it tells people who do not speak English to find a different community. A moderator commenting as Wolvereness wrote that there is room for selective enforcement, citing AI-based accessibility features such as automatic captioning as a possible exception.

   1. In writing, the moderators stated that they are no longer able to handle incoming requests for maintainers or contributors.
   2. The post told people who do not speak English to find a different community, stating the moderators cannot distinguish AI-written from AI-translated text, The Verge reported.
   3. A moderator identified as Wolvereness wrote in the comments that there is nuance and room for selective enforcement, citing accessibility features such as automatic captioning as a possible exception.
   4. Commenters argued the Linux kernel now contains AI-generated code, potentially bringing dependent projects within the ban, and the rules spurred creation of a rival subreddit, r/trueopensource, The Verge reported.

   Reported by The Verge and reddit.com.

   • The Verge
   • LLMs
   • open source
   • r/trueopensource
   • r/opensource
   • Linux kernel

2. 0214:26 UTC

   Moroccan SMEs move from free AI trials to embedded paid tools

   2 outlets · first: Morocco World News AI models

   Machine summary The account lists department-level deployments including an AI writing assistant, a customer service chatbot, automated prospecting, an AI meeting assistant, image generation, and data analysis or workflow automation platforms. The article states the second phase brings a new layer of digital fragmentation rather than consolidated tooling.

   1. The article states AI tools typically join company stacks that already include separate applications for websites, ecommerce, CRM, accounting, email marketing, social media, analytics, cloud storage and internal messaging.
   2. Monthly per-tool AI subscriptions cited in the article run $20, $30 or $50, which the piece says usually do not require a formal investment decision.
   3. The article describes two adoption phases: informal employee experimentation with free generative tools, then AI features embedded in existing software alongside specialized AI products.
   4. Department-level examples given include an AI writing assistant for content teams, a customer service chatbot, automated prospecting for sales, an AI meeting assistant for management, image generation, and data analysis or workflow automation platforms.

   Reported by Morocco World News.

   • AI meeting assistant
   • AI writing assistant

3. 0307:44 UTC

   Kospi about 41% below June peak as AI-linked shares sell off

   2 outlets · first: Bloomberg Funding

   Machine summary NDTV Profit described AI fatigue in Korea and Investing.com India referenced an AI stock selloff, while an Economic Times headline put the index about 41% below its June peak.

   1. An Economic Times headline states the Kospi has fallen roughly 41% from its June peak
   2. NDTV Profit described the move as AI fatigue hitting Korea; Investing.com India referenced an AI stock selloff
   3. The reports give the size of the target reduction but not the previous or revised index level
   4. No scheduled date, policy step or named strategist quote for the revision appears in the material provided

   Reported by Bloomberg and Google News.

   • NDTV Profit
   • Investing.com India

4. 0412:51 UTC

   monday.com launches voice AI agents it says can close deals

   2 outlets · first: en.globes.co.il Product launch

   Machine summary Earlier in the year the company said its platform would evolve from work management to a system that executes work through AI agents, with a corresponding change to its pricing model. At the same time as it pushed the product, the company laid off 20% of its staff, roughly 620 workers.

   1. The stock has climbed 81.1% since its low in April 2026, according to the report
   2. Market capitalisation stood at about $4.5 billion, versus a peak of more than $19 billion in 2021 (Globes)
   3. monday.com said it will lay off 20% of its staff, about 620 people, in a plan to trim management layers and concentrate on AI-based products.

   Reported by en.globes.co.il and Globes - Israel Business News.

   • Monday.com

5. 0511:51 UTC

   NEAR executives tie user-owned AI to cross-chain trading revenue

   2 outlets · first: Stocktwits Funding

   Machine summary NEAR co-founder Illia Polosukhin was also cited on NEAR AI's aims in the report. The same interviews covered NEAR One CTO Anton Astafiev's comments on cryptography preparedness.

   1. NEAR One CTO Anton Astafiev said on The Rollup podcast published Saturday that NEAR is "better positioned than many earlier blockchains, especially Bitcoin" for a break in today's cryptography
   2. Astafiev credited NEAR's account design, which he said can "add more signing schemes any time," while other chains would face "a massive, massive transition and maybe years of work" to switch
   3. Astafiev said the team is already planning for "Black Swan kind of events in cryptography" but that preparation is "not going to be easy" and would be "a significant amount of work"
   4. Astafiev said he was "arguing with the way" Ethereum researcher Justin Drake delivered recent quantum computing warnings, while not opposing the message
   5. Aurora Labs and Defuse Labs CEO Alex Shevchenko said user-owned AI "should be free" and described NEAR Intents, the network's cross-chain trading service, as "exactly the money-making machine" to fund it

   Reported by Stocktwits and Asianet Newsable.

   • Bitcoin
   • Ethereum
   • NEAR AI
   • The Rollup
   • Aurora Labs
   • NEAR Intents

6. 0612:30 UTC

   XDA finds AI coding tools drive retro game PC port wave

   2 outlets · first: xda-developers.com AI models

   Machine summary XDA's Patrick O'Rourke wrote that AI-powered coding assistants such as Anthropic's Claude Code have helped produce a surge of PC ports of modern and retro games, with many projects he describes as low-effort and frequently abandoned or forked. In the same column he rated the AI-assisted LASRecomp recompilation of the Link's Awakening Switch remake as lackluster and ZeldaWWHDRecomp, a Wind Waker port, as far more solid, while pointing to human-made decompilation-based ports including Ship of Harkinian, 2ship2harkinian and Dusklight as still holding up.

   1. O'Rourke describes the r/decomps subreddit as carrying a continuous stream of AI-assisted retro game recompilations, and says projects are frequently abandoned and forked.
   2. He called LASRecomp, a static recompilation of the Switch remake of The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening, lackluster in performance.
   3. He described ZeldaWWHDRecomp, a port of Zelda: The Wind Waker, as far more solid than LASRecomp.

   Reported by XDA and xda-developers.com.

   • Anthropic
   • Claude Code
   • Dusklight
   • Ship of Harkinian
   • LASRecomp
   • r/decomps

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