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| Maxwell Zeff / Wall Street Journal: |
OpenAI scraps plans to publicly launch a model dubbed GPT-6.1 Astra, saying it didn't quite meet its safety bar; it had been targeting an October release — Model dubbed GPT-6.1 Astra was due to make its debut inside ChatGPT and Codex in October — OpenAI is scrapping the release …
More: Reuters, New York Post, Bloomberg Law, CNBC, and RuntimeWire
X: @benhayum, @beffjezos, @zeffmax, and @zeffmax
Forums: r/technology, r/codex, and r/accelerate
| Axios: |
Florida AG James Uthmeier files for an emergency injunction to halt ChatGPT development, saying OpenAI doesn't have the ability to properly regulate its tech — Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier has asked for an emergency injunction against OpenAI and ChatGPT, claiming the company … | Joe / @joedaroo: |
An OpenAI agent security executive on being surprised by “staggering” model capabilities, AI labs needing a “culture of reasonable paranoia”, and more — Took a minute to write a few words about security & safety as someone who lived through it all at OpenAI. I hope my thoughts help someone out there. https://x.com/...
More: Business Insider, Simon Willison's Weblog, and Coinpaper
| Kif Leswing / CNBC: |
Nvidia launches the Open Agent Safety Platform, a reference design to stop AI agents from escaping sandboxes, with OpenShell for CPUs and Sentry for Nvidia DPUs — Nvidia is rolling out a new software platform to allow AI developers to set safeguards for agents and prevent them from breaking out of containment.
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Forums: Hacker News, r/BetterOffline, r/Economics, r/technology, and r/nvidia
| Meghan Bobrowsky / Wall Street Journal: |
Mark Zuckerberg unveils Meta Enterprise Platform, the “next major pillar of our business” to deploy AI tools, led by MongoDB CEO Chirantan Desai — The tech giant is pushing to monetize its multibillion-dollar AI investments by selling more tools and services to companies
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| Harshita Mary Varghese / Reuters: |
Meta hires MongoDB CEO Chirantan Desai as chief enterprise platform officer, a new role; MongoDB names former CEO Dev Ittycheria as interim CEO; MDB falls 18%+ — Meta Platforms (META.O) has poached MongoDB (MDB.O) CEO Chirantan “CJ” Desai to spearhead a new business designed to bring …
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| Edward Ludlow / Bloomberg: |
AMD agrees to acquire Fei-Fei Li's World Labs for $8.2B in an all-stock deal expected to close by year-end; Li will join AMD as EVP and chief scientist — Chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices Inc. agreed to acquire World Labs for $8.2 billion, gaining an artificial intelligence startup founded …
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LinkedIn: Justin Johnson, Sharon Zhou, PhD, Patrick Moorhead, and Fei-Fei Li. Bluesky: @davelee.me. Forums: Hacker News
| Anthropic: |
Anthropic releases Sonnet 5.5, saying it generates outputs 30%+ faster than Sonnet 5 and costs up to 30% less per task, and plans to release Haiku 5.5 soon — Sonnet 5.5 is a faster, lower-cost complement to Claude Opus 5.5. Where Opus 5.5 is built for complex work requiring careful judgment …
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Forums: Hacker News, r/singularity, r/ClaudeAI, and r/accelerate
| Micah Barkley / Bloomberg: |
Manus debuts Manus 2.0, its latest AI agent, and Cue, a new standalone app for personal agents, each with its own email, phone number, wallet, and computer — Manus, an artificial intelligence startup founded in China, is expanding its AI agent offerings, aiming to gain further ground in one of the tech industry's hottest areas.| Utkarsh Shetti / Reuters: |
AI agent startup Instinct raised a $1B Series C from Sequoia, Benchmark, and Coatue at a $10B valuation and details recent products, such as a concierge service — AI agent firm Instinct said on Monday it has raised $1 billion at a $10 billion valuation in a Series C funding round.| Marcia Dunn / Associated Press: |
SpaceX launches its Starship rocket into orbit for the first time, deploying 26 of the most advanced Starlink satellites to join the 11,000 in service — SpaceX launched its enormous Starship into orbit for the first time Monday, aiming for six full laps around Earth to prove its readiness for NASA's Artemis moon program.
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| Amy Thomson / Bloomberg: |
Nvidia increases its share buyback program by $150B, raising the remaining authorized amount to $235B, aiming to complete it through FY 2028; NVDA is up 20% YTD — Nvidia Corp., the chip developer at the heart of the artificial intelligence boom, increased the size of its share buyback plan …
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| Kate Rooney / CNBC: |
Sources: OpenAI offered to invest ~$100M in Hugging Face before Nvidia's $13B acquisition, but talks fell apart; AMD and Salesforce also held talks — Before Nvidia agreed to pay roughly $13 billion to buy open-source platform Hugging Face this month, OpenAI tried to invest $100 million into the startup … | Maxwell Zeff / Wall Street Journal: |
AI research leaders at OpenAI, Anthropic, Microsoft, and Meta warn of an impending “intelligence explosion” and call for oversight into automated AI research — Leaders at OpenAI, Anthropic, Microsoft and Meta say AI could soon self-improve faster than humans can keep up with
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Bluesky: @davelee.me, @mikeelgan, @fry69.dev, @vonfunkenstein, and @metacurity.com. Forums: r/accelerate
| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Google says it will migrate Gems, which let users create custom versions of Gemini, to “skills”, starting Nov. 17; Google introduced skills with Gemini Spark — In 2024, Google introduced Gems as “custom versions of Gemini.” The Gemini app will soon replace Gems with “skills.”
More: Android Authority, TechCrunch, SammyGuru, The Verge, Deal N Tech, PCWorld, Android Headlines, and Android Police
| AI Security Institute: |
In simulations, GPT-6 Astra conducted unsanctioned supply-chain attacks more often than earlier OpenAI models when prompted only to perform a cyber evaluation — Our new evaluation finds that in simulations, GPT-6 Astra conducts unsanctioned supply-chain attack activity more frequently than previous OpenAI models| Kai Nicol-Schwarz / CNBC: |
Jensen Huang says AI model distillation is “competition”; Scott Bessent described it as “theft” in July and threatened sanctions against overseas companies — Watch CNBC's full interview with Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang — Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has said AI model distillation …
More: Wccftech, Politico, Quartz, and Superpower Daily
X: @mitsuhiko, @davidmanheim, and @atrupar
Forums: Hacker News and r/technology
| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Blockchain.com tells prospective investors it wants to go public this year, seeking to raise about $500M in an IPO targeting a $4B to $6B valuation — Blockchain.com Group Holdings Inc., one of the oldest crypto services companies, is telling prospective investors it wants to go public this year …
More: PYMNTS and Cointelegraph
| Ben Thompson / Stratechery: |
AI agents can become the only interface users need, using apps on their behalf; Meta and Microsoft have an edge by reaching nearly every consumer and employee — Three revolutionary products — you know the line. A wide-screen iPod with touch controls, a revolutionary mobile phone, and a breakthrough Internet communications device.
X: @davidclinchnews and @stratechery
| The Washington Sun: |
Hundreds of people attended a pro-AI party in DC on September 26, in what the organizers called a counterprogram to the “bipartisan psychosis” over data centers — The Loudoun County Iced Tea, an homage to Virginia's “data center alley,” was peach-forward and watery, with a flat finish.
More: The Register, Gizmodo, and Gazetteer SF
X: @jstein_sun, @pkcapitol, @mattyglesias, @emilyykennard, @tm_brown, @emilyykennard, @igorbobic, @mara_hop, @_sagnikbasu, @futureislaxp, @gailcweiner, @arthurcolle, @bensmithdc, @kaelandc, @dougie_jonez, @andrewcurran_, @adamthierer, @coreywriting, @alexanderpayton, @chiproytx, @danieldimartino, @dannycantalk, @nathanleamerdc, @reemamiribrahim, and @j_fishback
Forums: r/fuck_ai_slop and r/TechGawker
| Stefania Palma / Financial Times: |
Litigation funder Burford Capital says it stands to gain up to $1.4B after a US jury ruled against Apple in a patent case, awarding $5.7B in damages to Taction — Litigation funder's share price jumps 9% after US jury's decision — Litigation funder Burford Capital said it stands to gain …
More: BBC, CNET, 9to5Mac, Reuters, Lawyer Monthly, and Bloomberg Law
| Alexandr Wang / @alexandr_wang: |
Alexandr Wang says Meta built Muse “to help people build the world they want”, offering “every person on earth ... a second mind beyond their own” — Here's to the wanting. Here's to the dreaming. Here's to everyone. https://x.com/...
More: Social Media Today and Daring Fireball
X: @katienotopoulos, @toddsaunders, @mikeisaac, @mikeisaac, @mattyglesias, @alexandr_wang, @mattyglesias, @timodc, @thezvi, @philippkoralus, @warrenwhitlock, @radiofun8, @dthorson, @itsjessyin, @jerryjliu0, @benscharfstein, @jiffylu, @andrey__hq, @hanscnelson, @athyunnath, @adamnmayer, @collinhqian, @mosseri, @danpeguine, @muse, @gurpriyasidhu, @scobleizer, and @natebjones
| Bloomberg: |
Sources: China has expanded its foreign travel restrictions to include the direct relatives, such as spouses and children, of certain key AI and chip executives — China has expanded overseas travel restrictions for top AI professionals in private firms to include the families of key personnel … Sponsor Posts
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