# AI Labs Say They Broke a Famous Rule of Computing, and a Spacecraft Sees Two Asteroids Where There Was One

Evening Edition No. 2 · Tuesday, October 27, 2026, 8:20 PM ET · Singularity Nightly
Covers Monday, October 26, 2026, 6:00 PM ET to Tuesday, October 27, 2026, 6:00 PM ET
Edited by Dennis W. Davis. AI-assisted; see How We Make This: https://singularitynightly.com/how-we-make-this/

> Two AI labs claim a first-ever discovery in computer science, Europe's Hera spacecraft splits one dot into two asteroids, the FDA proposes a faster path for one-patient gene-editing cures, and a flying car gets a factory partner.

## In 60 Seconds

- OpenAI and Anthropic each say their AI found a shortcut that knocks down a computer science assumption experts have relied on since 1999; the original authors are now checking the work.
- Europe's Hera spacecraft, on its way to the asteroid NASA crashed into in 2022, now sees the pair as two separate objects for the first time.
- The FDA proposed a faster approval path for gene-editing treatments built for one patient's own rare mutation.
- A Dutch flying car maker picked a factory partner, and Apple's new laptop runs more AI on the machine itself.

## Lead Signal

**Two AI labs say their models knocked down a famous assumption in computer science**

![Illustration: a glowing green grid of on and off switches with one bright path cutting through it](https://singularitynightly.com/img/editions/eth-switch-maze-1376.jpg)
*A giant puzzle of on and off switches, and a shortcut through it. Credit: Illustration: Singularity Nightly (AI-generated)*

OpenAI says one of its internal AI models found a method that disproves the Exponential Time Hypothesis, a 1999 assumption about how hard certain logic puzzles are to solve, [according to TechCrunch](https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/27/frontier-ai-labs-say-their-models-refuted-the-exponential-time-hypothesis-what-does-that-mean/). Anthropic then posted its own disproof of the same assumption, with a [machine-checked proof](https://github.com/anthropics/formal-math/tree/16a5ce41304fcdaea4e0be7c132e1c361dc26da5/eth) found by an internal Claude research model. OpenAI also claims new proofs in mathematics and physics, [The Next Web reports](https://thenextweb.com/news/openai-exponential-time-hypothesis-false-kakeya-yang-mills).

Neither result has been confirmed yet. MIT's Ryan Williams and the hypothesis's own authors, Russell Impagliazzo and Ramamohan Paturi, are leading an open review and have said their involvement is not a stamp of approval. Anthropic says its method only wins on enormous puzzles and is no use for solving real ones today. Williams said OpenAI checked whether the result breaks any encryption and is reasonably confident it does not.

> **Why it matters:** picture a giant puzzle made of on and off switches. For 27 years, experts believed that every time you add a few more switches, the work to solve it doubles, like a snowball that can never be outrun. Thousands of research papers were built on that belief. Now two AI systems say they found a shortcut, and if the experts checking it agree, it would mean AI is making original discoveries, not just doing homework help. Nothing changes for your phone or your bank account, the shortcut is too slow to use in practice, and the review will take months. But the snowball is rolling: machines are starting to find things people missed.

Disclosure: Singularity Nightly is drafted with help from Anthropic's Claude. We cover Anthropic like any other company.

## The Ticker

- [AI] OpenAI and Anthropic each say their AI disproved the Exponential Time Hypothesis, a computer science assumption from 1999; outside experts are reviewing the claims. [source](https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/27/frontier-ai-labs-say-their-models-refuted-the-exponential-time-hypothesis-what-does-that-mean/)
  - Why it matters: if it holds up, AI is now making original discoveries, not just answering questions.
- [AI] Anthropic reported early drug-discovery results from six partners; at one, Claude designed about 35,000 food-allergy antibodies in about a month, and 3 did better than the standard medicine in early lab tests. [source](https://www.anthropic.com/research/early-progress-drug-development)
  - Why it matters: AI could shorten the years it takes to make new medicines, though none of these has been tested in people yet.
- [AI] Google DeepMind showed Genie 4, an AI that turns a written description into a world you can walk through, with physics, music and sound; only invited testers can use it for now. [source](https://deepmind.google/blog/genie-4-a-new-generation-of-world-simulation/)
  - Why it matters: one day you could describe a place and step inside it a minute later.
- [AI] Apple's new 14-inch MacBook Pro with the M6 chip starts at $1,999 and runs AI on the laptop itself, up to 25% faster than M5 by Apple's measure. [source](https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2026/10/apple-introduces-the-new-14-inch-macbook-pro-with-m6/)
  - Why it matters: AI that runs on your own machine can be faster and keeps your files private.
- [AI] Apple's Creator Studio subscription adds a test-version AI assistant to Keynote, Pages and Numbers in November, at $12.99 a month. [source](https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2026/10/apple-creator-studio-adds-powerful-new-ai-features-and-even-more-creative-tools/)
  - Why it matters: everyday office tools are getting a helper that can build slides and spreadsheets for you.
- [AI] Mistral Large 4's free-to-download weights did not ship as reported; the listing now points to Oct 31 and may still change. [source](https://forkast.news/the-reported-date-arrived-and-the-weights-did-not/)
  - Why it matters: once released, companies can run a top AI on their own computers without sending data elsewhere.
- [WILD] Nvidia and Oracle said Nvidia's newest Vera Rubin systems are now available on Oracle's cloud, with plans to grow to several gigawatts; no date given. [source](https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2026/10/27/3389428/0/en/nvidia-and-oracle-expand-nvidia-vera-rubin-to-multi-gigawatt-scale-and-bring-nvidia-vera-cpu-to-oracle-cloud-infrastructure.html)
  - Why it matters: a gigawatt is about what a mid-size city uses, so AI data centers are becoming some of the biggest power users in the country.
- [WILD] Nvidia will invest $3 billion in Meta's new stock offering, and Meta will use more Nvidia chips for its AI models. [source](https://globenewswire.com/news-release/2026/10/27/3388683/0/en/nvidia-and-meta-to-expand-collaboration-on-muse-and-muse-family-of-models-amid-robust-growth.html) Not investment advice.
  - Why it matters: the biggest tech companies are tying their futures together to build more AI.
- [WILD] Chipmaker NXP reported $3.79 billion in quarterly revenue, up 19%, and BMW will use its radar chips. [source](https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2026/10/27/3389631/0/en/nxp-semiconductors-reports-third-quarter-2026-results.html)
  - Why it matters: chips like these power the safety and driver-assist features in new cars.
- [WILD] Anduril and Qualcomm announced BlueChip, a rugged laptop with about 90% of its parts from the U.S. and allies, built in Ohio; it is a prototype with no buyers yet. [source](https://defensescoop.com/2026/10/27/anduril-palmer-luckey-bluechip-computers-qualcomm/)
  - Why it matters: it shows computer making starting to come back to American soil.
- [WILD] IBM linked two quantum chips with 80 cm cables inside one refrigerator, moving quantum information between them correctly 99% of the time. [source](https://www.ibm.com/quantum/blog/connecting-quantum-processors-with-l-couplers)
  - Why it matters: linking small quantum chips like train cars is how engineers plan to build machines big enough to design new medicines, though useful ones are still years away.
- [WILD] London startup Machenta raised $40 million for robots that learn a task from a single demonstration. [source](https://www.unite.ai/machenta-raises-40m-seed-instant-robot-learning/)
  - Why it matters: a robot you can teach by showing it once would be far easier to put to work, though these are early results on simple tasks.
- [WILD] General Compute raised $100 million to run AI on chips from Nvidia rivals SambaNova and Cerebras. [source](https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/27/general-compute-raises-100-million-series-a-countering-the-neocloud-disaster-narrative/)
  - Why it matters: more competition in AI chips can lower the cost of the AI in the apps you use.
- [WILD] China's STAR 50 tech stock index has fallen about 40% in under four months, and robot maker Unitree has lost about half its value since August. [source](https://en.sedaily.com/international/2026/10/27/chinas-ai-rally-unravels-as-unitree-halves-cxmt-slides-25) Not investment advice.
  - Why it matters: investor excitement can cool fast even while the robots keep getting better.
- [LAUNCH] A Falcon 9 lifted 27 Starlink internet satellites from California at 3:25 AM ET, and its booster landed at sea after its 26th flight. [source](https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/launches/previous/?net__gte=2026-10-26T22:00:00Z&net__lte=2026-10-27T22:00:00Z)
  - Why it matters: a rocket that flies 26 times works more like an airplane than a firework, which keeps launches cheap.
- [ORBIT] Europe's Hera spacecraft now sees the asteroid Didymos and its small moon Dimorphos as two separate objects; detailed pictures come Nov. 25. [source](https://www.esa.int/Space_Safety/Hera/First_light_Hera_resolves_two_asteroids_instead_of_one)
  - Why it matters: Hera is checking whether crashing into an asteroid could one day push a dangerous one away from Earth.
- [ORBIT] Four volunteers leave NASA's pretend Mars home in Houston on Saturday after 378 days sealed inside. [source](https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-invites-media-to-crew-completion-of-yearlong-mars-simulation/)
  - Why it matters: practice runs like this teach NASA how to keep people healthy on the long trip to Mars.
- [ORBIT] Europe ordered 4 more next-generation Galileo navigation satellites, bringing the order to 16, with the first launch expected in 2028. [source](https://www.esa.int/Applications/Satellite_navigation/Galileo/ESA_procures_four_new_Galileo_Second_Generation_satellites)
  - Why it matters: Galileo is Europe's version of GPS, and newer satellites keep phone maps accurate for decades.
- [ORBIT] NASA showed the 20-foot sunshade that will keep its NEO Surveyor asteroid-hunting telescope cold. [source](https://www.nasa.gov/image-article/nasas-neo-surveyor-sunshade/)
  - Why it matters: this telescope is built to find dangerous asteroids before they find us.
- [ORBIT] Europe's INVICTUS project for a reusable aircraft that flies five times the speed of sound passed its first major review; first flight looks like 2031 or later. [source](https://europeanspaceflight.com/esas-invictus-hypersonic-programme-clears-first-major-review/)
  - Why it matters: planes that fast could one day shrink long trips, but this one is years from flying.
- [AIR] Dutch flying car maker PAL-V picked Nobleo Manufacturing as its partner to start production; no delivery dates yet. [source](https://www.urbanairmobilitynews.com/air-taxis/pal-v-chooses-nobleo-manufacturing-as-its-flying-car-industrialisation-partner/)
  - Why it matters: a flying car you can buy is moving from prototype toward the factory floor.
- [AIR] An FAA official signaled that air taxi companies will have a hard time carrying paying riders before full certification, FlightGlobal reports. [source](https://www.flightglobal.com/airframers/2026/10/faa-sets-high-bar-for-commercial-air-taxi-flights-under-evtol-pilot-programme/)
  - Why it matters: paid air taxi rides may take longer, because safety approval comes first.
- [AIR] About 21 Amazon delivery drones are flying in Chicago's south suburbs while the FAA's environmental review is still a draft. [source](https://dronexl.co/2026/10/26/amazon-drones-fly-markham-chicago-suburbs-faa-draft/)
  - Why it matters: drone delivery is reaching ordinary neighborhoods, and the rules for how many flights are allowed are still being settled.
- [AIR] MD Aircraft says 250 of its planned all-electric 9 to 10 seat regional planes are pre-sold, with flight tests planned for early 2028. [source](https://www.urbanairmobilitynews.com/fixed-wing-low-zero-emissions/250-pre-sale-orders-for-the-all-electric-md-aircraft-mda1-eviator-regional-airliner/)
  - Why it matters: small electric planes could make short regional flights cheaper and quieter, but this one has not flown yet.
- [MED] The FDA proposed draft rules that would let one approved gene-editing treatment be adjusted for each patient's own rare mutation. [source](https://www.statnews.com/2026/10/27/fda-personalized-gene-therapy-guidance-individualized-feature-space/)
  - Why it matters: one-of-a-kind cures for rare childhood diseases could reach patients faster.
- [DEF] The Air Force gave Lockheed Martin a $694 million contract to start producing its ARRW hypersonic missile; quantities were not disclosed. [source](https://defensescoop.com/2026/10/27/air-force-hypersonic-missile-production-contract-lockheed-martin/)
  - Why it matters: it moves a weapon that failed earlier tests from testing into production, on taxpayer money.
- [POLICY] The Energy Department added helium to its Critical Material List, citing chipmaking and quantum computing. [source](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/10/27/2026-21884/critical-material-list-addition-of-helium)
  - Why it matters: it flags a supply risk for the gas used in chip factories and hospital MRI machines.
- [TOKEN] Regulators gave Ripple final approval to run a national trust bank holding the reserves behind its roughly $2.5 billion RLUSD stablecoin. [source](https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2026/10/27/ripple-gets-a-final-go-ahead-to-launch-its-own-u-s-national-trust-bank) Not investment advice.
  - Why it matters: the money behind a digital dollar now sits under federal bank supervision.
- [TOKEN] Janus Henderson and Centrifuge launched JQQQ, a tokenized fund licensed by Nasdaq to track the Nasdaq-100. [source](https://www.coindesk.com/business/2026/10/27/nasdaq-100-comes-onchain-as-janus-henderson-and-centrifuge-launch-first-licensed-fund) Not investment advice.
  - Why it matters: well-known index funds are starting to come in token form that moves at any hour.
- [TOKEN] CF Benchmarks, whose prices back BlackRock's bitcoin fund, began feeding its market prices directly to blockchain apps. [source](https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2026/10/27/cf-benchmarks-brings-wall-street-pricing-infrastructure-onchain-including-data-used-by-blackrock) Not investment advice.
  - Why it matters: tokenized investments need trustworthy prices to work.

## The Desks

### AI Models

**Google's Genie 4 builds worlds you can walk through, with sound**

![A scene from a world generated by Google DeepMind's Genie 4](https://singularitynightly.com/img/editions/genie-4-1200.jpg)
*Genie 4 turns a written description into an explorable world. Credit: Google DeepMind*

Google DeepMind [unveiled Genie 4](https://deepmind.google/blog/genie-4-a-new-generation-of-world-simulation/), a "world model": you describe a scene, and it builds an interactive world you can move through in real time, with physics, moving people, music, background sound and dialogue. It is a research preview for invited testers. Google says it is coming to Google AI Ultra subscribers and to developers, with no date.

> **Why it matters:** imagine telling a computer "a beach town at sunset with a lighthouse" and then walking down its streets a minute later. A teacher could build a trip to ancient Rome for a class, or a grandparent could build a story world for a grandchild. AI labs also use worlds like these to train robots safely before they work in real homes. For now only invited testers can use it, and there is no public release date.

### [LAUNCH] Launch and Orbit

**Europe's Hera spacecraft sees two asteroids where there was one**

![The asteroid Didymos and its small moon Dimorphos, two gray rocky bodies against black space](https://singularitynightly.com/img/editions/didymos-dimorphos-dart-960.jpg)
*Didymos and its small moon Dimorphos, seen by NASA's DART spacecraft just before impact in 2022. Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins APL*

ESA said Hera's camera now shows the asteroid Didymos and its small moon Dimorphos as [two separate objects](https://www.esa.int/Space_Safety/Hera/First_light_Hera_resolves_two_asteroids_instead_of_one) for the first time; until now they looked like a single dot. The pair orbit about 1.15 km apart and are about 197 million km from Earth. ESA plans to release the first detailed pictures of Dimorphos on Nov. 25.

> **Why it matters:** in 2022 NASA crashed a spacecraft called DART into Dimorphos on purpose, to see if a hit could change an asteroid's path. It worked. Hera is the follow-up visit to look at the dent and measure exactly what changed. What it finds helps prove we could one day nudge a dangerous asteroid away from Earth, which makes this a real planetary safety project. No asteroid is headed our way.

### Air Mobility

**A road-legal flying car gets a factory partner**

![Illustration: a compact three-wheeled flying car with a folded rotor mast in a clean assembly hall lit in green](https://singularitynightly.com/img/editions/flying-car-factory-1376.jpg)
*A flying car moving from prototype toward the factory floor. Credit: Illustration: Singularity Nightly (AI-generated)*

Dutch company PAL-V, which builds a car that drives on roads and flies like a small gyroplane, [chose Nobleo Manufacturing](https://www.urbanairmobilitynews.com/air-taxis/pal-v-chooses-nobleo-manufacturing-as-its-flying-car-industrialisation-partner/) to set up production. PAL-V recently received both car and aircraft production approvals in Europe. It has not said how many it will build or when customers get one.

> **Why it matters:** flying cars have been promised since The Jetsons, and approval to manufacture one is a real step from prototype toward something people can buy. It is not a car for everyone yet: you will need a pilot's license and an airfield to fly it, and there is no delivery date. But the idea is leaving the garage.

### Medicine

**The FDA proposes a faster path for one-patient gene-editing cures**

![Illustration: a glowing green DNA double helix with one highlighted rung being swapped out](https://singularitynightly.com/img/editions/gene-edit-typo-1376.jpg)
*Fixing a one-letter typo in DNA, one patient at a time. Credit: Illustration: Singularity Nightly (AI-generated)*

On Oct. 27 the FDA published [draft guidance](https://www.fda.gov/media/195887/download) for "individualized" gene-editing treatments, built for a patient's own rare mutation in a disease caused by one faulty gene. The plan lets a company cover several versions of a treatment under one approval application, and sets limits on how much the editing parts may change. A new version that stays inside those limits would count as a manufacturing change, not a brand new drug, [STAT reports](https://www.statnews.com/2026/10/27/fda-personalized-gene-therapy-guidance-individualized-feature-space/). The document covers how such treatments are submitted, made, tested and labeled; it does not cover how clinical trials are designed.

> **Why it matters:** some children are born with a disease caused by a single spelling mistake in their DNA, a mistake shared by only a handful of people on Earth. Gene editing can sometimes fix that typo, but a separate full drug approval for every child is far too slow and costly. This plan would let doctors adapt one approved treatment for each new patient, which could turn one-of-a-kind cures from miracles into a routine. It is a draft open for public comment, not a final rule, and it does not make any new treatment available today.

### Defense

**The Air Force moves its hypersonic missile from testing to production**

![Illustration: a sleek dart-shaped glider streaks above the curve of the Earth at dusk on a glowing heat trail](https://singularitynightly.com/img/editions/hypersonic-glider-1376.jpg)
*A hypersonic glider flies more than five times the speed of sound. Credit: Illustration: Singularity Nightly (AI-generated)*

The Air Force said it gave Lockheed Martin a [$694 million production contract](https://defensescoop.com/2026/10/27/air-force-hypersonic-missile-production-contract-lockheed-martin/) for the AGM-183A Air-Launched Rapid Response Weapon, or ARRW. A rocket pushes it past five times the speed of sound, then a glider separates and steers to its target. The Air Force did not say how many it is buying or when they arrive. The program failed tests and was paused in 2023 before it was revived, [Defense News reports](https://www.defensenews.com/industry/techwatch/2026/10/27/us-air-force-awards-lockheed-martin-694m-hypersonic-missile-production-contract/).

> **Why it matters:** hypersonic weapons are very hard to track and stop, and this moves a U.S. one from testing into production. It is taxpayer money for a weapon that failed earlier tests, and the public has not been told how many will be built.

### Law and Policy

**Helium makes the government's critical materials list**

![Illustration: a single party balloon floats above a glowing computer chip with green circuitry](https://singularitynightly.com/img/editions/helium-chip-1376.jpg)
*Helium: not just for party balloons. Credit: Illustration: Singularity Nightly (AI-generated)*

The Energy Department [added helium](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/10/27/2026-21884/critical-material-list-addition-of-helium) to its Critical Material List. The notice says nothing can replace helium in making computer chips, running quantum computers and leak-testing natural gas lines, and that demand is rising with chipmaking for AI.

> **Why it matters:** the same gas that floats birthday balloons keeps hospital MRI machines cold and helps make the chips inside your phone. Putting it on the list is how Washington flags a supply it is worried about, which often comes before money for new sources and stockpiles. It is a warning light, not a shortage you will notice tomorrow.

### Tokenized Assets

**A crypto company gets a national bank charter, and the Nasdaq-100 goes on a blockchain**

![Illustration: a round bank vault door swings open onto glowing green digital coins](https://singularitynightly.com/img/editions/trust-bank-vault-1376.jpg)
*Digital dollars, now with a federal bank behind them. Credit: Illustration: Singularity Nightly (AI-generated)*

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency gave Ripple [final approval](https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2026/10/27/ripple-gets-a-final-go-ahead-to-launch-its-own-u-s-national-trust-bank) to run Ripple National Trust Bank, which will hold the reserves behind its roughly $2.5 billion RLUSD stablecoin. Separately, Janus Henderson and Centrifuge [launched JQQQ](https://www.coindesk.com/business/2026/10/27/nasdaq-100-comes-onchain-as-janus-henderson-and-centrifuge-launch-first-licensed-fund), a tokenized fund that tracks the Nasdaq-100 under a license from Nasdaq. Tokenized real-world assets stand at [$39.08 billion](https://app.rwa.xyz/), excluding stablecoins, per RWA.xyz.

> **Why it matters:** a stablecoin is a digital token meant to always be worth one dollar. Now one of them has a federally supervised bank holding the money behind it, under the same regulator that oversees big national banks, though community banks are fighting these charters in court. And a fund tracking famous companies like Apple and Nvidia now exists as a token that can move at any hour. Not investment advice.

### Wildcard

**Apple's new laptop chip runs more AI at home, on the machine itself**

![Apple's new 14-inch MacBook Pro with M6, open](https://singularitynightly.com/img/editions/apple-m6-macbook-pro-980.jpg)
*The 14-inch MacBook Pro with M6. Credit: Apple*

Apple [introduced the 14-inch MacBook Pro with M6](https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2026/10/apple-introduces-the-new-14-inch-macbook-pro-with-m6/), starting at $1,999, with pre-orders Oct. 28 and arrival Nov. 6. Apple says it runs AI on the laptop up to 25% faster than M5 and up to 13 times faster than M1, with up to 24 hours of battery. Those are Apple's own numbers and have not been independently tested.

> **Why it matters:** most AI today runs in giant data centers, so your questions and files travel over the internet. AI that runs on your own laptop can answer faster and keep your information at home. People with Macs from around 2020 would see the biggest jump. It is a sign of where every computer is heading: an AI helper built right into the machine.

## Watch

[Video: Spaceflight Now: Falcon 9 launches 27 Starlink satellites from Vandenberg, Oct. 27.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wr5MiAFVyfo)
## By the Numbers

- 252: orbital launch attempts worldwide in 2026 so far; SpaceX flew 123 of them. [Launch Library 2](https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/launches/previous/?net__gte=2026-10-26T22:00:00Z&net__lte=2026-10-27T22:00:00Z)
- 26: flights for the Falcon 9 booster that launched Starlink tonight.
- 1999: the year the Exponential Time Hypothesis was proposed. [TechCrunch](https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/27/frontier-ai-labs-say-their-models-refuted-the-exponential-time-hypothesis-what-does-that-mean/)
- 58: top score on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, held by Claude Opus 5.5. [Artificial Analysis](https://artificialanalysis.ai/models)
- 47: novel drugs approved by the FDA in 2026. [FDA](https://www.fda.gov/drugs/novel-drug-approvals-fda/novel-drug-approvals-2026)
- $694 million: the Air Force's ARRW production contract. [DefenseScoop](https://defensescoop.com/2026/10/27/air-force-hypersonic-missile-production-contract-lockheed-martin/)
- $39.08 billion: tokenized real-world assets, excluding stablecoins; tokenized U.S. Treasuries $14.65 billion. [RWA.xyz](https://app.rwa.xyz/) Not investment advice.

## Tomorrow's Watchlist

- Wed Oct. 28: Apple M6 MacBook Pro pre-orders open; last day of the von Braun Space Exploration Symposium, Huntsville, Alabama.
- Fri Oct. 30, 12:02 AM ET: Falcon 9, Starlink 15-18, Vandenberg.
- Fri Oct. 30, 2:21 PM ET: India's GSLV launches the NVS-03 navigation satellite.
- Sat Oct. 31, 9:00 AM ET: The Week No. 1, our first Saturday newsletter.
- Sat Oct. 31, 11:00 AM ET (may change): Mistral Large 4 open weights.
- Sat Oct. 31, 3:00 PM ET: NASA's pretend Mars crew exits after 378 days, live on NASA Johnson's YouTube channel.
- Slipped: ULA Vulcan's first Amazon Leo launch moved to November and is on hold pending a booster investigation; ULA has not set a date.
- Coming up: Kimi K3.1 Pro weights by Nov. 4; Joby results Nov. 4, 5:00 PM ET; Starship Flight 15 no earlier than Nov. 8; Hera's first detailed Dimorphos images Nov. 25.

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Cite: Singularity Nightly, "AI Labs Say They Broke a Famous Rule of Computing, and a Spacecraft Sees Two Asteroids Where There Was One", Tuesday, October 27, 2026, https://singularitynightly.com/editions/2026-10-27-evening-2/. CC BY 4.0.