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November 14, 2025, 7:30 AM
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OpenAI:
OpenAI is piloting group chats in ChatGPT in Japan, New Zealand, South Korea, and Taiwan; up to 20 users can be invited to prompt ChatGPT in a shared space  —  Collaborate with others, and ChatGPT, in the same conversation.  —  Try in ChatGPT(opens in a new window)
OpenAI:
OpenAI releases GPT-5.1 in the API, featuring a “no-reasoning” mode and extended prompt caching with up to 24-hour retention to generate faster responses  —  Today we're releasing GPT‑5.1 in the API platform, the next model in the GPT‑5 series that balances intelligence …
Madlin Mekelburg / Bloomberg:
A US judge rules that Apple and OpenAI must answer to a lawsuit filed by X and xAI accusing them of conspiring to thwart competition in emerging markets in AI  —  Apple Inc. and OpenAI must answer to a lawsuit filed by Elon Musk's X Corp. and xAI accusing the companies of conspiring …
Ashley Capoot / CNBC:
Cursor says it has crossed $1B in annualized revenue, has 300+ employees, and its in-house models “generate more code than almost any other LLMs in the world”  —  Artificial intelligence startup Cursor on Thursday announced it has closed a $2.3 billion funding round …
Elissa Welle / The Verge:
Mozilla says it is building AI Window, a Firefox feature that will include an AI assistant and let users choose the model, but offers few additional details  —  You will be able to chat with the browser's AI assistant in the new AI Window. … Another day, another AI browser.
Amrith Ramkumar / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Amazon and Anthropic support the GAIN AI Act, which would give US buyers first priority on advanced AI chips, joining Microsoft; Nvidia opposes it  —  Legislation would give tech leaders preferential access to chips  —  WASHINGTON—Amazon.com is joining Microsoft in supporting legislation …
Bloomberg:
Sources: Mira Murati's Thinking Machines Lab is in early talks to raise a new round of funding at a roughly $50B valuation, potentially rising to $55B-$60B  —  Thinking Machines Lab, an artificial intelligence startup founded by former OpenAI executive Mira Murati, is in early talks to raise …
Ina Fried / Axios:
Anthropic open sources a method to score AI model political evenhandedness; Gemini 2.5 Pro got 97%, Grok 4 96%, Claude Opus 4.1 95%, GPT-5 89%, and Llama 4 66%  —  Anthropic is releasing an open source method to evaluate the political “evenhandedness” of AI chatbots, the company said Thursday.
Carl Franzen / VentureBeat:
Baidu unveils Ernie 5.0, an AI model to process and generate text, images, audio, and video, claiming it beats GPT-5-High and Gemini 2.5 Pro on some benchmarks  —  The goal: to position as a global contender in the increasingly competitive enterprise AI market.
Bloomberg:
Ubisoft delays publishing its H1 financial results on the day they were due and requests that its shares be halted from trading until then; UBI is down 47%+ YTD  —  Ubisoft Entertainment SA said it's delaying the publication of its first-half financial results and requested the shares be halted from trading until then.
Samuel Stolton / Bloomberg:
Google proposes ad tech changes to address a €2.95B EU antitrust fine, including enhancing interoperability across its ad services, but still plans to appeal  —  Google has offered to tweak its ad tech products to settle a European Union order after a near-€3 billion ($3.4 billion) …
Tess Bennett / Australian Financial Review:
Australia-based AI infrastructure company Firmus raised AU$500M, or ~$325M, tripling its valuation to AU$6B in two months, after raising AU$330M in September  —  Artificial intelligence infrastructure start-up Firmus Technologies has tripled its valuation to $6 billion in two months …
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Apple unveils Mini Apps Partner Program, offering a reduced 15% commission on IAPs for mini apps, or “self-contained” experiences built with web tech like HTML5  —  Apple announced on Thursday the launch of a new developer program, the Mini Apps Partner Program …
Bloomberg:
Draft plans: EU is pushing for market regulator ESMA to get supervision and authorization powers over crypto firms, shifting oversight from national regulators  —  The European Union's executive arm is pressing for its markets regulator to get new powers to oversee all crypto businesses operating …
Elissa Welle / The Verge:
Google says all NotebookLM users will get access to Deep Research in the service within a week; users get to choose between two research styles: fast or deep  —  Google is adding Deep Research and more file types to NotebookLM. … Google is pairing up two of its research products …
Wall Street Journal:
Anthropic says China's state-sponsored hackers used its tools to automate 80% to 90% of a September hacking campaign that targeted corporations and governments  —  The use of AI automation in hacks is a growing trend that gives hackers additional scale and speed
Bloomberg:
Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino says the company plans to expand its lending to commodities traders “dramatically” after extending ~$1.5B worth of credit to the sector  —  Stablecoin giant Tether Holdings SA plans to expand “dramatically” in lending to commodities traders …

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Committee to Protect Journalists:
After the building fire, Hong Kong summoned AFP, FT, NYT, AP, Bloomberg, and WSJ journalists, telling them to avoid “trouble making”, and arrested a commentator

Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
The Academy reports fiscal 2025 revenues of $269.2M, up from $263.1M in 2024, after cutting expenses from $220.1M to $208.1M; Oscars revenue grew to $150.5M

Matt Donnelly / Variety:
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Paul Tenorio / The Athletic:
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Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Verizon plans to cut ~15,000 jobs, its largest workforce reduction yet, and transition ~200 stores into franchised operations, seeking to reduce costs
Will Douglas Heaven / MIT Technology Review:
Google DeepMind unveils SIMA 2, a video-game-playing agent built on top of Gemini to navigate and solve problems inside 3D virtual worlds like Goat Simulator 3
Chris Welch / Bloomberg:
OnePlus debuts the $900+ OnePlus 15, with a Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5, a 7,300mah battery, and a 6.78" 165Hz screen; the US government shutdown delays a US debut
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