[10/27 03:00 UTC] China's industrial profits rise 14.4% in September, the fastest in three mo…

AI News Flash for October 27, 2026 at 03:00 UTC. Topics: 1. China's industrial profits rise 14.4% in September, the fastest in three months, as AI-related manufacturing offsets weak domestic demand https://www.cnbc.com/2026/10/27/china-industrial-profits-september-ai-tech-exports-.html 2. An Osaka Metropolitan University study in Nature Health finds five AI models steer drug recommendations toward a single, often branded product, potentially raising costs about elevenfold https://www.news-medical.net/news/20261026/AI-drug-recommendations-show-bias-toward-costly-branded-products.aspx 3. Open Rights Group report says AI has been embedded across the UK Home Office in near-total secrecy, from age assessments to border surveillance; the Home Office says humans make the decisions https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/oct/27/digital-hostile-environment-ai-secretly-embedded-home-office-report 4. One week before the U.S. midterms, AI-generated political ads spark fights in North Carolina, Iowa and Texas, with no deepfake election law in some states https://spectrumlocalnews.com/nc/charlotte/news/2026/10/27/ai-political-ads-increasing--no-n-c--laws-require-disclosure- 5. Singapore will host a new ASEAN Labour Statistics Office as the bloc launches a network to track how AI, green jobs and platform work reshape employment https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/asean-labour-statistics-jobs-skills-data-ai-exposure-green-transition-platform-work-6493506