[10/29 18:00] Cohere opens a record round of up to 7 billion Canadian dollars, with Ottawa taking a 1.6 billion stake / OpenAI rewrites its Model Spec around five core values

AI News Flash for October 29, 2026 at 18:00 UTC.

Topics: 1. Cohere opens a record round of up to 7 billion Canadian dollars, with Ottawa taking a 1.6 billion stake https://betakit.com/canada-to-invest-up-to-1-6-billion-in-ai-firm-cohere/ 2. OpenAI rewrites its Model Spec around five core values https://openai.com/index/updated-model-spec/ 3. Finnish police open criminal probe at Google's planned data center site https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/29/finland-criminal-investigation-google-clearing-forest-datacentre 4. Aon CEO warns AI data center insurance risk could threaten financing https://www.cnbc.com/2026/10/29/aon-ai-data-center-insurance-financing.html 5. Doximity study finds popular AI models make dangerous medication dosing errors https://www.healthcaredive.com/news/popular-ai-models-get-medication-doses-wrong-some-dangerously-doximity/873207/