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Google says it has removed its AI model Gemma from AI Studio; in a letter to Google, Sen. Blackburn said it fabricated sexual misconduct allegations against her — Google says it has removed Gemma from its AI Studio after a U.S. senator accused the AI model of fabricating accusations of sexual misconduct against her.
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Trump says Nvidia's Blackwell chips would not be available to “other people”; Trump suggested in August he might allow sales of a scaled-down version to China — Nvidia's (NVDA.O) advanced Blackwell chip for artificial intelligence would not be available to “other people,” U.S. President Donald Trump said Sunday.| Financial Times: |
Job listings show AI groups like OpenAI, Anthropic, and Cohere have stepped up hiring for forward-deployed engineers to help businesses adopt their AI models — OpenAI, Anthropic and Cohere have stepped up hiring for specialists to help businesses adopt their AI models
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Nexperia's China unit says it has “sufficient inventories” to sustain order fulfillment “through year-end and beyond”, after the parent suspended wafer supplies — Dutch chipmaker Nexperia's China unit said on Sunday that it had established “sufficient inventories …
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| Tiffany Hsu / New York Times: |
Online harassers are using AI tools to create more realistic death threats, posting hyper-realistic AI-generated images and sounds to social media platforms — Online harassers are generating images and sounds that simulate their victims in violent situations.| Evelyn Cheng / CNBC: |
Baidu says its Apollo Go robotaxi hit 250,000 weekly orders globally as of October 31, matching Waymo's 250,000 weekly paid US rides reported in April 2025 — BEIJING — As Baidu ramps up its robotaxi operations worldwide, fully driverless weekly rides as of Oct. 31 have now surpassed 250,000 orders …
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A look at Palantir's four-month “Meritocracy Fellowship” for high school graduates, which offers a path to a job at Palantir without a university degree — Tech company offers 22 teens a chance to skip college for its fellowship, which includes a four-week seminar on Western civilization
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At APEC, Xi Jinping proposed a World Artificial Intelligence Cooperation Organization for global AI regulation; state media says it could be based in Shanghai — Chinese President Xi Jinping took centrestage at a meeting of APEC leaders on Saturday to push a proposal for a global body … | Lauren Edmonds / Business Insider: |
In a reply to Elon Musk's post of “you stole a non-profit”, Sam Altman says OpenAI's structure is needed to create “what should be the largest non-profit ever” — - Elon Musk and Sam Altman are throwing shade at each other on X. — On Sunday, Altman said Musk left OpenAI “for dead.”
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| James Shotter / Financial Times: |
Israel unveils tax incentives to reverse tech brain drain that increased during the war in Gaza and tax breaks for investors in Israeli funds and tech firms — Measures aim to lure back high-skilled workers who moved abroad after 2023 war with Hamas — Israel has unveiled tax incentives …
More: The Times of Israel
| Jackson Chen / Engadget: |
An Italian law requiring porn sites, including Pornhub, YouPorn, and OnlyFans, to verify the ages of their users will go into effect on November 12 — The age verification process is required for every visit and will be done through “certified third parties.”
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| Nina Bambysheva / Forbes: |
A profile of David Bailey, Trump's informal crypto advisor who organizes the Bitcoin Conference, as he seeks to turn a Utah health clinic into a bitcoin bank — Bitcoin Magazine publisher David Bailey believes he can turn a tiny Utah healthcare clinic into the Berkshire Hathaway of bitcoin.| Financial Times: |
Analysis: sports volumes on Kalshi approach $1B a week, with open interest in sports contracts regularly above $100M, significantly higher than other categories — Open interest in Kalshi sports contracts has surged past any other category as lawsuits threaten operations
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| Tamara Djurickovic / Tech.eu: |
Copenhagen-based Formalize, whose compliance software serves organizations in 80+ countries, raised a €30M Series B co-led by Acton Capital and Blackfin Tech — The company supports thousands of SMEs in efficiently maintaining compliance with EU regulations and responding to regulatory changes.
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