[10/28 21:00] U.S. Justice Department is asking how Nvidia's Hugging Face purchase would affect AI competition, Reuters reports / Alphabet and Microsoft report earnings: cloud booms, but Alphabet's spending outruns its cash and its shares fall

AI News Flash for October 28, 2026 at 21:00 UTC.

Topics: 1. U.S. Justice Department is asking how Nvidia's Hugging Face purchase would affect AI competition, Reuters reports https://www.cnbc.com/2026/10/28/doj-questions-nvidias-12point9-billion-hugging-face-deal.html 2. Alphabet and Microsoft report earnings: cloud booms, but Alphabet's spending outruns its cash and its shares fall https://www.geekwire.com/2026/microsoft-azure-revenue-surges-48-to-33-2b-beating-expectations-as-cloud-and-ai-demand-grows/ 3. A Ukrainian unit says an AI-guided ground robot drove 93 percent of a combat supply run on its own https://www.businessinsider.com/ukraine-uses-ai-guided-ground-robot-for-supply-mission-2026-10 4. Dartmouth's provost resigns after a review finds he used AI in his writing without disclosing it https://www.bostonglobe.com/2026/10/28/metro/dartmouth-ai-santiago-schnell/ 5. Florida's attorney general sues the operator of an AI nudify platform https://flvoicenews.com/ag-uthmeier-announces-100-felony-counts-against-kissimmee-man-lawsuit-against-ai-company-over-child-abuse-images/