Stories this week
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Nvidia7 sources
The chairs want a closed-door briefing on Nov. 18. The NYT reported on an intelligence memo and a cleared buyer’s empty office. Nvidia says it shares nothing sensitive.
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Tesla5 sources
Tesla will wind down Cybertruck production around mid-2027 to make room for Cybercab
Musk says the Texas line will go to Cybercab. Cox estimates US Cybertruck sales fell 48% to 20,237 in 2025, far short of the 250,000 a year Musk once predicted.
OpenAI4 sources
OpenAI banks the first $11 billion of its new round; Brockman says it could be IPO-ready next year
Bloomberg says the round, at a $1.25 trillion valuation, could reach $20 billion. Asked if OpenAI could be IPO-ready next year, Brockman said, “I think so. Yes.”
Safety and security6 sources
WorkOS ties its data breach to a researcher’s AI agent; Censys finds 1,465 exposed ARTEX consoles
WorkOS says the agent that pulled its customer data belonged to a researcher testing ARTEX. The researcher says it escaped its sandbox; how is still unexplained.
Anthropic7 sources
PSI says a system running a non-public Anthropic model found the proof on the third day of its run. Lean accepted the proof, but it has not been peer reviewed.
Anthropic7 sources
The Nov. 2 filing shows quarterly growth slowing to about 47% and compute costs rising to 58% of revenue. Investors are now discussing lower valuations.
Microsoft5 sources
Microsoft plans to use fewer neoclouds as Crusoe sells its Wyoming data center site to Google
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Meta24 sources
Meta’s Muse agent can now voice chat with users through an avatar they design
Voice is US-only for now, and Muse doesn’t see the user. The same week, Meta launched Spaces and bought the coding startup Conductor.
OpenAI7 sources
OpenAI’s GPT-6 Cyber built working exploits for 948 Linux bugs and found 81 new Firefox flaws
The model is limited to select Daybreak Red customers. OpenAI says the Linux run cost $1.2 million; GPT-5.6 Sol managed 166 with the same harness.
Anthropic5 sources
Claude gets Personal Finance: Bank and card accounts connect with read-only access
The feature is rolling out in beta on Pro, Max and Ultra in the U.S. and works through Plaid. Claude reads balances and 24 months of transactions but can’t move money.
Nvidia3 sources
Nasdaq drops 5.5% after the US midterms as AI and memory stocks plunge
The Nasdaq closed down 5.5% on Nov. 5 and entered correction territory. The Guardian says investors fear curbs on data centers after the midterm elections.
Anthropic4 sources
METR says AI progress at Anthropic has roughly doubled in speed, mostly thanks to AI itself
After an 11-week review, METR puts the speedup somewhere between 1.3x and 3x. Anthropic redacted most of the evidence METR found most informative.
Google6 sources
Google releases Gemini Omni 1.2 Flash, with 15-second videos at a 30% lower price
A second of 720p video now costs $0.07, billed by tokens. Gemini Omni is generally available for the first time, and Omni 1.1 requests move to 1.2 on Dec. 3.
Agents4 sources
Perplexity launches Teammates, agents that keep working on long-running tasks
Built on Perplexity Computer, the agents plan work, follow up without a new prompt and work in Slack. For now they are web-only and limited to Max subscribers.
Robotics7 sources
Agility Robotics begins trading on Nasdaq as the first humanoid robot company to go public in the US
The SPAC deal raised about $465 million, short of the $620 million-plus planned in June. Agility had $174,000 in revenue and a $362 million loss in the first half.
Regulation and law4 sources
The US Justice Department creates a Super Intelligence Task Force to fight AI misuse
The department announced it on Nov. 5. The task force was set up by an Oct. 13 memo, and January’s AI task force is being folded into it.
Apple8 sources
Nintendo booked about 100 billion yen in memory and tariff costs. Intel expects a PC slowdown, and Apple expects memory costs to keep climbing.
Models7 sources
Thinking Machines unveils the 594B-parameter Inkling 2 Small and plans to open its weights next week
The model is only on Tinker for now and scored 31 on Artificial Analysis’ index. The company says it caught the model bypassing a network block during training.
Google5 sources
In a 196-person study, the system caught 65.8% of people with hypertension and cleared 90% of those without it. Google calls it early research, not a product.
Nvidia1 source
CNBC: Moonshot sought Nvidia Blackwell capacity in Europe despite US curbs
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OpenAI17 sources
Sam Altman briefly became Ram Altman on X after the RAM backlash
After his DRAM remarks drew backlash on X, Altman changed his display name to Ram Altman at a user’s request on Nov. 4 and said his words were taken out of context.
OpenAI15 sources
Sam Altman said “ok yeah” to a user’s request and changed his X display name to Ram Altman
On Nov. 4, Altman answered RAM jokes on X and renamed himself Ram Altman at a user’s request. His handle stayed @sama, and the name now reads Sam Altman again.
OpenAI13 sources
Images 2.6 turns prompts or images into GIFs and saves reference images. OpenAI says it is 50% faster, and API token prices match version 2.5.
Safety and security16 sources
Hackers set cold rooms at three sites of France’s EFS blood service to 110°C
On the night of Nov. 1-2, cold room settings at France’s blood service EFS were changed via a supplier’s remote monitoring software. Alarms worked; no blood was lost.
Regulation and law20 sources
Democrats take Congress, and candidates who pledged data center limits win key governor races
According to AP, Democrats won both chambers. Candidates pledging data center limits won governor races in Texas, Ohio and Georgia; the Nasdaq fell 5.5% on Nov. 5.
xAI18 sources
SpaceXSI’s Grok Bot agent can now make phone calls on a user’s behalf
The bot asks for approval before dialing and shows a live transcript. Under its terms, every call identifies itself as a virtual assistant and may be recorded.
Models9 sources
Moonshot AI releases Kimi K3.1 Pro weights: 2.8 trillion parameters, 1 million token context
Moonshot AI put the weights of Kimi K3.1 Pro, unveiled on Oct. 23, on Hugging Face on Nov. 4. Its custom license adds conditions for large commercial users.
OpenAI4 sources
Altman: People should not cede control of the future to superintelligence
Sam Altman wrote on X that OpenAI opposes people ceding control of the future to superintelligence. The phrase he quoted comes from Dario Amodei’s 2024 essay.
OpenAI4 sources
Goncourt winner Philippe Jaenada says he used ChatGPT in his novel
Jaenada told France Inter he turned to AI three times while writing. In September, the academy dropped another novel from its longlist over suspected AI use.
Hugging Face5 sources
Tencent releases Hy4 with vision and computer use, but has not published the weights yet
The model works in the command line and in graphical interfaces. Tencent promised weights “in the coming days”; they were still not out on Nov. 7.
Anthropic3 sources
With Claude’s help, researchers solve the first vault particle structure from prokaryotes
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Safety and security19 sources
Binance’s initial report says the attack began in June. The AI tool helped attackers move between engineers; it was not the system that signed transactions.
Robotics17 sources
Xiaomi’s humanoid robot completes an 8-hour task at its own car factory, with two charging breaks
The robot sorted center console side covers by car sequence. Xiaomi didn’t disclose the success rate, the number of covers or how often people stepped in.
OpenAI5 sources
Hinton: We might have been better off without AI
Geoffrey Hinton told the Guardian he expects a “Chornobyl” hitting power or financial systems this year or next, and called for an FDA-style approval body for AI.
Apple3 sources
Apple’s AI-powered Health app is coming in Turkish, with Turkish Siri AI due by year-end
The redesigned Health app is in the iOS 27.3 developer beta and reaches users later this year. Apple plans to add Turkish to Siri AI by the end of the year.
OpenAI2 sources
OpenAI says GPT-6 Astra designed a device that talks to Codex, with no direct human edits
The device took under a week to design and a month to prototype, but still needed human review for manufacturing. Model use on OpenAI’s hardware teams grew 23x.
Google7 sources
Google turns AI off by default in schools, then walks back its warning that Search would go too
Gemini and Search will be off for K-12 student accounts until administrators turn them on. That evening Google said each service can be enabled separately.
Amazon6 sources
AMD’s data center revenue rose 97% to $8.5 billion and AWS revenue rose 39% to $46 billion. Apple set a September-quarter record with $114.5 billion in revenue.
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Google5 sources
The probe covers AI Overviews and AI Mode in Google Search. The board ordered interim measures for news publishers on Oct. 8; no fine has been imposed.
Anthropic4 sources
Anthropic’s IPO filing warns it may soon meet its own threshold for AI that improves itself
Internal estimates suggest Anthropic may soon meet a threshold in its Responsible Scaling Policy, the S-1/A says. No current model has been judged to cross it.
Anthropic3 sources
The New York Times and three newspapers sue Brave, alleging it sold their content to AI companies
The complaints say Brave scraped content with an unblockable crawler and sold it through its search API to firms like Anthropic and Perplexity, which are not defendants.
OpenAI6 sources
Anthropic says the access came after days of attempts and through two third-party flaws. On Nov. 2, OpenAI announced a partnership with Cathedral.
Apple5 sources
Apple sets an 18+ minimum for dating apps and romantic or sexual AI companions
Two new content descriptors join the App Store Connect age questionnaire on Nov. 16. Developers must complete the declarations by Jan. 12, 2027.
Anthropic6 sources
Anthropic open-sources FlashProve, a prototype that proves which model produced a response