A Eye on AI - October 5, 2026, 12 PM Eastern

China's AI models narrow performance gap with US to record-low 3% — DeepSeek now matches top-tier rivals.

Trump names Jay Clayton to lead 'Super Intelligence Force' as federal AI rebrands to SI.

Qualcomm pays Huawei for patents in first-of-its-kind cross-licensing deal spanning AI and networking.

A Eye on AI - 12:30 PM

In this episode: Bloomberg Intelligence reports China's AI models have cut the benchmark performance gap with US frontrunners to a record-low 3%, with DeepSeek's V4.1 Flash ranking 6th globally on LiveBench. President Trump names Jay Clayton, Director of National Intelligence, to lead the new 'Super Intelligence Force' and signs an executive order rebranding AI as SI. Qualcomm and Huawei strike a cross-licensing deal that includes Qualcomm's purchase of Huawei US patents in compute, AI, and networking. OpenAI announces it will begin testing visual ads inside ChatGPT image generation in the US later this month. And MIT Technology Review's Insights report says enterprise AI is moving from prediction to autonomous decision-making, while cautioning that AI agents still lack creativity for open-ended research.

Sources:

- firstpost.com: https://www.firstpost.com/opinion/china-compass-the-g2-mirage-sino-american-rivalry-leaves-little-room-for-cooperation-14050558.html

- techtimes.com: https://www.techtimes.com/articles/328507/20261005/trump-reveals-new-czar-lead-super-intelligence-task-force-after-rebranding-ai-policy-us.htm

- finance.biggo.com: https://finance.biggo.com/news/318e8436-59f4-4ff1-8f2d-86f058ce9314

- MIT Technology Review — AI: https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/10/05/1143813/bringing-predictive-analytics-to-the-agentic-ai-era/

- SCMP — Business (Greater China): https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-trends/article/3369748/huawei-qualcomm-strike-multi-year-patent-agreement-across-5g-ai?utm_source=rss_feed

- The Verge AI: https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/1004655/openai-chatgpt-visual-ads