[10/28 18:00 UTC] Google unveils Gemini 4 Carbon, a frontier model with state-of-the-art cybe…

AI News Flash for October 28, 2026 at 18:00 UTC. Topics: 1. Google unveils Gemini 4 Carbon, a frontier model with state-of-the-art cyber defense skills, starting with cyber defenders https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/models-and-research/gemini-models/introducing-gemini-4-carbon/ 2. House Democrats ask five AI labs to report incidents within 48 hours, as Singapore proposes an international reporting pilot https://democrats-energycommerce.house.gov/media/press-releases/house-democratic-committee-leaders-request-frontier-ai-companies-report https://www.straitstimes.com/tech/singapore-proposes-ai-incident-reporting-pilot-to-boost-ai-safety 3. UK budget launches a Data Centre Covenant trading priority grid access for local investment and water protection https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/uks-healey-offers-grid-access-incentives-critical-data-centres-2026-10-28/ https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/uk-budget-grid-connection-incentives-for-data-centers-under-new-covenant/ 4. xAI offers to buy Mississippi homes on the condition that owners drop claims over data center noise https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/1020596/xai-mississippi-neighborhood-data-center-lawsuit 5. A scanner posing as 32 AI bots hunted for exposed credentials, reaching 48% of one security vendor's customers in a day https://www.darkreading.com/cyber-risk/attacker-impersonates-ai-bots-scans-credentials