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Nvidia
22 min ago
Jensen Huang resigns as Nvidia CEO amid affairs scandal
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has resigned, effective immediately, after reports of two extramarital affairs, one with a woman US officials suspect is a Chinese spy. CFO Colette Kress becomes interim CEO. Nvidia shares dropped about 14% at Thursday's open, cutting its market cap below $4 trillion.
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Google
1h ago
Google launches Gemini 4 Hydrogen, upgrades Search globally
Google DeepMind has released Gemini 4 Hydrogen, a new model built for fast performance across agentic workflows. It is priced at $1.50 per million input tokens and $7.50 per million output tokens. The model also now powers Google Search worldwide, its largest model upgrade to date.
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Nvidia
Developing · since Thu
Nvidia board reportedly prepares to oust CEO Jensen Huang
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The New York Times reports Huang also had an extramarital relationship with Nvidia VP of healthcare Kimberly Powell, and the Wall Street Journal says the board may meet Wednesday to oust him.
Nvidia's board is reportedly meeting as soon as Wednesday to decide Jensen Huang's future. The move follows revelations of his affairs with an alleged Chinese spy and an Nvidia executive, and Congress has summoned him for a briefing. Nvidia shares fell more than 5% Tuesday.
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AI industry
Developing · since Wed
United Airlines blocks AI agents from booking flights, citing security risks
United Airlines says it will not allow customers to use AI agents to book flights or manage reservations, now citing cybersecurity risks. The move follows earlier reports that the airline was worried about data privacy and potential violations of FAA and DOT rules. CEO Scott Kirby said he does not want to create another middleman.
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Google
4h ago
Samsung Launches Android XR Smart Glasses Featuring Gemini and Local Privacy Protections
Samsung introduced its Android XR smart glasses, which include integrated Gemini features such as real-time translation. The glasses prioritize user safety by utilizing local face redaction. This launch marks a significant entry into the growing smart glasses market alongside Meta.
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Anthropic
Developing · since Tue
Anthropic IPO heads to market amid heavy demand and $1.5T valuation talk
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The IPO process moved into its final stage on 12 November, with the offering heading to pricing and trading after the roadshow drew orders far exceeding shares available.
Anthropic's Nasdaq IPO is set to price after its roadshow drew orders many times the shares available, prompting bankers to weigh a price rise toward a $1.5 trillion or higher valuation. The listing follows an updated S-1 showing founders selling $1.75B of stock, Amazon and Google holding over 25%, and Goldman Sachs projecting $600B+ revenue by 2030.
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DeepSeek
Developing · since Wed
US moves to block remote access to AI chips as DeepSeek investment report emerges
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New reporting says firms tied to Alice Huang invested in DeepSeek to build ties and channel Nvidia's export-banned Blackwell chips into China.
The Commerce Department is finalizing rules to stop Chinese firms remotely accessing advanced US AI chips via data centers. Separately, firms tied to Alice Huang reportedly invested in DeepSeek to supply Nvidia's blacklisted Blackwell chips, after a PLA-linked university obtained H200s despite sanctions.
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Nvidia
Developing · since Mon
Megaspeed founder back in Beijing as chip export fight roils Washington
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Huang is reportedly back in Beijing with security officials aware; Trump approved curbs Nov. 5 and Bessent confronted Lutnick over the Entity List omission, which Commerce denies.
Megaspeed founder Alice Huang has returned to Beijing with the knowledge of security officials, Bloomberg reports. Trump approved curbs on suspected Nvidia chip smugglers Nov. 5, though Commerce Secretary Lutnick has stalled them, and Bessent confronted him over Megaspeed's exclusion from the Entity List.
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Google
6h ago
Google launches Gemini smartglasses starting at $395
Google has debuted its first Gemini-powered smartglasses, built with Samsung, Gentle Monster, and Warby Parker, with prices starting at $395. The launch marks Google's push into AI wearables, with privacy emphasized as a selling point. It signals continued competition to bring AI assistants into everyday hardware.
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Google
3h ago
Gemini allows users to manage and edit its personal memory facts
Google introduced a new Memory summary feature within Gemini. Users can now view and actively control the specific personal information the AI learns from interactions. This update significantly improves user privacy and control over AI personalization.
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OpenAI
57 min ago
Amplitude integrates OpenAI models to accelerate software product shipping
Amplitude has integrated OpenAI models into its proactive product agent, Wave. This agent assists teams in identifying required features and executing necessary code changes. The implementation allows companies to deploy product improvements in as little as two days.
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CoreWeave plans $4B+ investment-grade loan as soon as next week
CoreWeave intends to raise at least $4 billion through an investment-grade loan, potentially priced as soon as next week. The AI cloud computing provider expects yields of 7%–7.5%, roughly half what it pays on its junk bonds, reflecting improving credit access to fund its AI infrastructure buildout.
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Nvidia
15h ago
Nvidia stopped disclosing Singapore revenue after Megaspeed scrutiny
The Wall Street Journal reports Nvidia ceased separately reporting Singapore revenue after the quarter ended July 2025, when the country accounted for 22% of its sales. The change came as scrutiny rose over reseller Megaspeed, which Nvidia placed on a blocklist. The disclosure shift follows US concerns over chips potentially reaching China via Singapore.
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Policy & law
15h ago
Capitol Hill builds bipartisan push for tighter AI chip export controls
Lawmakers across party lines, including China hawks and Big Tech critics, are backing stricter export controls on AI chips. The effort gains momentum as Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang loses standing in Washington following reports of an affair with a suspected Chinese spy. The outcome could further restrict Nvidia's China business.
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xAI
13h ago
Victims seek to hold xAI accountable over Grok sexualized images
A growing group of young victims whose photos were turned into sexualized images using Grok are pursuing legal accountability against xAI, Bloomberg reports. The cases allege xAI enabled users to generate such images. The outcome could shape liability standards for AI image generation tools.
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AI industry
6h ago
LangChain raises $300M at $3B valuation
LangChain, which helps large companies build and deploy their own AI agents, raised $300M led by Alphabet's CapitalG at a $3B valuation, up from $1.25B in 2025. The round underscores growing enterprise investment in agent-development platforms.
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Nvidia
4h ago
DOJ antitrust probes threaten to sweep up Nvidia
Multiple US Justice Department investigations could draw in Nvidia, according to two administration officials. One probe focuses on antitrust grounds, while two others concern deals involving Megaspeed and Supermicro. The reports add to regulatory pressure on Nvidia in the US.
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Policy & law
21h ago
Police watchdog warns facial recognition errors risk wrongful arrests
An official police watchdog report warns that UK officers risk wrongfully arresting people, particularly from ethnic minorities, by treating facial recognition matches as evidence without adequate verification. Inspectors found some officers acted on retrospective search matches without making enough checks, and the technology remains beset by errors and biases.
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The Guardian
Policy & law
10h ago
NHS England deletes claim about 137 trusts benefiting from Palantir AI tools
NHS England retracted a public statement claiming 137 hospital trusts benefit from Palantir's AI platform. The Guardian revealed that 29 of the listed trusts were not actually using the technology. This action corrects a misleading announcement regarding AI implementation across the health service.
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AI industry
11h ago
Foxconn Q3 profit beats estimates on AI server demand
Foxconn reported Q3 revenue up 47% year over year to roughly $95.4 billion, with net income up 34% to about $2.4 billion, exceeding estimates. The company attributed the gains to surging AI spending and demand for the iPhone Duo, and forecast strong sales growth for 2027. The results underscore how AI hardware demand is boosting major suppliers.
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AI industry
10h ago
Pony Ma says Tencent could put half its staff on AI-native businesses
Tencent founder Pony Ma said in his annual speech that he is willing to deploy up to half of the company's roughly 100,000 employees to AI-native businesses, according to Bloomberg. The pledge signals how aggressively one of China's largest tech firms plans to reorient around AI products and services.
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Google
2h ago
Families press Google to remove Gemini from school Chromebooks
Families are campaigning to keep Google's Gemini AI off school-issued Chromebooks, following a teen lawsuit that characterized the chatbot as harmful. The dispute raises questions about how AI assistants are deployed in educational settings and the safeguards required for minors.
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Ars Technica
Policy & law
2h ago
White House weighs Lutnick's fate after Nvidia spy scandal
Senior White House officials are reportedly discussing whether Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick should be pushed out. The deliberations follow the Nvidia spy scandal, though details of his alleged role were not given. The move would signal fallout at a key commerce post overseeing tech export policy.
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Google
1h ago
Google Antigravity adds Orchestrator for switching models mid-session
Google rolled out Gemini 4 Hydrogen in its Antigravity coding tool alongside a new Orchestrator option that dynamically switches between models, such as Carbon and Hydrogen, within a single session. The feature is available to AI Ultra subscribers, letting users get model flexibility without restarting their work.
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OpenAI
21h ago
OpenAI commits $2m to AI and children's safety research
OpenAI is committing $2 million to fund research on AI's effects on children's safety. The initiative will support shared tools for measuring risks and opportunities that AI presents for young people. It signals growing lab investment in safety research beyond model development.
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OpenAI
9h ago
Russian pranksters pose as Ukrainian officials to trick OpenAI executives
Russian pranksters fooled three OpenAI national security and policy executives into a video call by impersonating Ukrainian officials. Details of the conversation were reported by The Intercept, and OpenAI says it acted internally after the incident. The episode highlights ongoing social engineering risks for major AI companies.
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AI industry
4h ago
AI chatbots steer shoppers toward fake retail sites, study finds
A study by IP protection firm Podqi found that ChatGPT, Gemini, and Perplexity sometimes recommend fake or risky retail websites when asked shopping questions. The findings suggest shoppers relying on AI assistants for product research could be directed to imposter storefronts, raising safety and trust concerns.
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Google
3h ago
Google DeepMind workers escalate unionization fight to UK government
Google DeepMind staff have turned to the UK government for help in their bid to unionize after initial talks with company management stalled. Workers are attempting to bypass management to escalate the dispute, highlighting growing labor tensions at a leading AI lab.
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Wired
Policy & law
14h ago
Australia issues guide on AI adoption as firms cut jobs
Australia's workplace relations minister Amanda Rishworth launched a best-practice guide on AI adoption, warning employers that entry-level roles will be automated first. With Qantas and Canva restructuring amid AI changes, outcomes could range from shorter hours and higher wages to burnout and more workplace surveillance.
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The Guardian
AI industry
2h ago
Hugging Face unveils LLMON markup language in Granite 4.1 models
Hugging Face announced LLMON, an LLM-native markup language, now supported in Granite 4.1 3B and 8B models. It gives large language models a native format for structured output. The release makes the feature available in small open models.
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Policy & law
8h ago
AI-driven growth lifts UK economy to fastest pace in over two years
The UK economy has grown at its fastest rate in more than two years, with the Guardian attributing the unexpected strength partly to AI. Chancellor John Healey has defended the outlook despite warnings that a global tech slowdown and higher energy bills could test that resilience this winter.
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The Guardian
AI industry
6h ago
Norwest raises $4B fund to expand AI investments
Norwest Venture Partners has closed a $4 billion fund, its largest ever, with a focus on expanding its AI investment activity. The raise signals continued strong investor appetite for AI startups.
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OpenAI
11h ago
Holiday Extras rethinks its stack with OpenAI's Codex
OpenAI published a case study on Thursday describing how travel firm Holiday Extras uses Codex to build better apps and lift booking conversion. The company says it is turning internal customer expertise into new development possibilities. The piece highlights enterprise adoption of Codex beyond coding assistance.
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AI industry
11h ago
Lumbra raises $25M Series A for secure AI agent orchestration
Lumbra, a startup building technology to orchestrate AI agents in highly secure computing environments for the intelligence community, raised a $25 million Series A. The funding highlights growing investment in AI tools tailored to national security work, where deployment requires strict controls.
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Google
11h ago
Google scraps sensitive records from Spirit Airlines data sale
The union representing former Spirit Airlines flight attendants negotiated with Google to remove sensitive employee records from a $10 million data sale. The deal lets affected workers opt out of having their personal information included, highlighting growing scrutiny of how companies handle worker data.
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Wired
AI industry
8h ago
Munich defense AI startup SE3 raises $30M Series A led by Accel
SE3, a Munich-based startup building spatial intelligence software that fuses drone and sensor feeds into a queryable 3D battlefield map, raised a $30 million Series A led by Accel. The funding underscores growing investor interest in AI for military unmanned systems.
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AI industry
6h ago
Oakland city workers vote to strike over AI safeguards
Unionized city workers in Oakland, California, voted 94.1% on 22 October to authorize a strike, citing concerns that AI systems could increase surveillance or unfairly evaluate their performance. They are seeking guarantees against layoffs or discipline by AI. The vote reflects growing labor pushback over how governments deploy AI in the workplace.
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The Guardian
AI industry
4h ago
Phota Labs launches AI tool to automate photo editing
Phota Labs introduced an AI service that turns everyday photos into professional-looking shots automatically. Instead of offering another manual editing tool, it automates the editing process, making polished photos easier for anyone to create.
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TechCrunch
AI industry
4h ago
More game developers now use generative AI at work
GDC's annual industry survey found 40% of game developers use generative AI as part of their job, up from 36% last year. The steady rise shows AI tools are becoming a normal part of game development workflows, despite ongoing debate in the industry.
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The Verge
AI industry
2h ago
Nectar launches AI agent for creator outreach
Nectar has introduced an AI agent that automates influencer marketing for brands. The tool handles creator discovery, manages outreach and partnerships, and tracks campaign results. It signals growing adoption of agentic AI in the marketing industry.
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TechCrunch
AI industry
10h ago
Essay examines AI community's 'handoverism' ideas
Ruxandra Teslo published an essay examining 'handoverism', a view circulating in the AI community that humanity could entrust the direction of its future to AI systems. The piece explores what such handover might look like in practice and argues even optimistic post-AGI visions leave little room for human self-determination.
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AI industry
3h ago
Palantir CEO Alex Karp makes a push to reframe the company as progressive
Palantir CEO Alex Karp publicly attempted to recast the company's political positioning as progressive following last week's elections, which went poorly for the right. The move is seen as an effort by Karp to distance the company from right-leaning tech founders whose political bets soured.
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The Verge
AI industry
8h ago
Zimbabwean author cleared of using AI to write Caine prize story
A month-long investigation by the Caine prize for African writers concluded that Simbarashe Kundizeza's £10,000-winning story The Blue Fighter was human-written. The ruling highlights growing scrutiny of AI authorship in literary prizes and reinforces the value of verifying such accusations before judging.
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The Guardian
AI industry
6h ago
Developer works on running LLMs on small and old devices
A developer shared a GitHub project aimed at making large language models run on small and older devices. The effort targets hardware that typically cannot support modern LLMs. It matters because broader device support could expand access to AI tools.
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AI industry
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Fireworks AI breach exposed Notion AI chat transcripts, second incident in two months
A cyberattack on AI infrastructure provider Fireworks AI gave hackers access to some Notion customers' chat transcripts, along with datasets, incomplete model weights and billing information from other customers. Notion says under 1% of workspaces were affected and has cut ties with Fireworks, which has now suffered two breaches in two months.
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AI industry
Developing · since Wed
SoftBank's $3B turbine losses may cap AI's natural gas plans
SoftBank reserved over 13GW of gas turbines, roughly six Hoover Dams' output, to power AI data centers, then canceled many reservations, taking a $3.7B earnings hit. The losses may now dampen AI's push into natural gas power.
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Developing · since Wed
Radical Numerics unveils offline AI model to detect engineered pathogens
Startup Radical Numerics has launched Omnii Defense, an edge AI model designed to identify natural and AI-engineered pathogens without any internet connection. The offline capability is aimed at biosecurity, where rapid detection matters and connectivity cannot be assumed, and responds to rising concerns about AI-assisted bioweapons.
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Google
Developing · since Wed
Google Labs launches Tabletop, an AI tool for group planning spaces
Google launched Tabletop, a Labs experiment that builds customizable, collaborative hubs for group planning. Users can prompt the AI to generate tools like itineraries, polls and brackets, then share the space like a Google Doc. It is in beta via a waitlist for adults in the US.
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Claimed AI-discovered Maya site was already known
Archaeologists pushed back after Google researcher Pietro Miotti claimed AI agents found an unmapped Maya site in Mexico using NASA lidar data. The Verge reports the site had already been documented in an academic journal last year, undercutting the discovery claim.
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