[10/24 09:00] SpaceX's $40 billion off-balance-sheet debt deal for AI chips is snarled by turmoil in AI credit markets / With student suicides at a record high, Japan's health ministry will test the use of AI in social media counseling

AI News Flash for October 24, 2026 at 09:00 UTC.

Topics: 1. SpaceX's $40 billion off-balance-sheet debt deal for AI chips is snarled by turmoil in AI credit markets https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-10-23/spacex-40-billion-off-balance-sheet-debt-snarled-by-ai-turmoil 2. With student suicides at a record high, Japan's health ministry will test the use of AI in social media counseling https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/f8a5d0258341f797e344f74cc9d1397086a87a9b 3. Block unveils Dessa, a full-duplex voice AI model trained only on human conversation audio, with no text https://indianexpress.com/article/technology/artificial-intelligence/jack-dorsey-voice-ai-dessa-block-inc-10934777/ 4. An AI-assisted academic paper on pirate library Z-Library cites references that don't appear to exist, and the publisher is investigating https://torrentfreak.com/ai-assisted-paper-on-z-library-cites-a-torrentfreak-article-that-doesnt-exist/ 5. The head of India's National Stock Exchange says it is reviewing its entire network as AI-driven cyber threats rise https://www.business-standard.com/markets/news/nse-ai-cybersecurity-network-vulnerabilities-ashishkumar-chauhan-126102400408_1.html