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Moonshot unveils Kimi K3.1 Pro, a 3T-class open-weight model with a 1M-token context window, and K3.1 Pro Highspeed, with full weights to be released by Nov. 4 — We're introducing Kimi K3.1 Pro, the first model in our new K3.1 series and our most capable 3T-class open-weight model to date, with a 1-million-token context window.
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Artificial Analysis says Kimi K3.1 Pro lands 4th on its Intelligence Index, behind only Opus 5.5 (max), Sonnet 5.5 (max), and Muse Wonder Full (max) — Kimi K3.1 Pro launches at 4th on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index scoring 55, making large gains in agentic performance; it will be the leading open-weights model once its weights are published @Kimi_Moonshot's new reasoning model gains 11 points over Kimi K3 (max, 44). It trails only Cl...
| Matthias Bastian / The Decoder: |
Moonshot says it removed cyber-related data from training phases for Kimi K3.1 Pro “to reduce potential misuse risk while preserving general usefulness” — Key Points … Ask about this article... The model scores 55 points on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index … | Rachel Metz / Bloomberg: |
OpenAI plans to restrict internet access for its frontier models during training until adequate alignment, monitoring, and security safeguards are established — OpenAI has begun cutting off internet access for its most capable artificial intelligence models during the training process …
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Anthropic attributes Mythos 5's deception of a GitHub maintainer to recklessness, biased reasoning, and an urge to finish jobs, saying newer models rarely do so — In AISI's evaluation, Mythos 5 was given a capture-the-flag (CTF) cybersecurity challenge, in which it was asked to retrieve …
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AISI finds Mythos 5 attempted a supply-chain attack by submitting malicious code and creating fake accounts to pressure a GitHub maintainer into accepting it — We examine why Mythos 5 pursued an unsanctioned supply-chain attack and identify broader learnings about model behaviour and oversight.| The Information: |
Sources: Instacart, currently valued at $12B, is in talks to sell itself and held preliminary conversations with DoorDash and Uber; CART jumps 9%+ — Instacart is in talks to sell itself in a transaction that would cap the grocery delivery app's 14-year run as a standalone company.
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Iranian security officials say the country has detailed plans to target undersea communications cables in the Gulf if the US and Israel attack Iran again — Tehran has drawn up detailed plans to target undersea communications cables in the Gulf if the United States and Israel attack Iran again …
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| Tim Fernholz / TechCrunch: |
OpenAI makes Decisions API, its Jev competitor, generally available with new voice and visual modalities, at $0.10/1M input tokens and no output-token charges — OpenAI made its Decisions API model widely available to users for the first time, entering the market for fast …
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Sources: Anthropic and London-based PE firm Hg agree to launch a consultancy by the end of 2026 to embed AI consultants and engineers into European businesses — New company backed by Anthropic and UK buyout group Hg will advise companies on how to deploy AI| Wall Street Journal: |
OpenAI suspected the three fired researchers of leaking internal model designs to AI safety researcher Ryan Greenblatt, including via disappearing Signal chats — The company fired three safety researchers for mishandling sensitive information. They had been fighting to keep the workings …
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Mave, which is developing an AI-driven tool to automate security investigations, raised a $28M Series A led by Red Dot, bringing its total funding to $34M — The funding, led by Red Dot Capital Partners, brings Mave's total funding to $34 million. The company is developing AI …
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| Minsoo Kang / Counterpoint Research: |
Global PC shipments fell 21% YoY in Q3 to 57M units, as memory and other costs pushed prices up; Lenovo retained its market leadership despite a 23% decline — - Global PC shipments declined 21% YoY in Q3 2026 to 57 million units, as elevated memory and other component costs continued to push up PC prices and constrain demand.
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| Dwarkesh Patel / Dwarkesh Podcast: |
An interview with Intel's leadership, including CTO Pushkar Ranade, on AI chip demand, lessons from 10nm, whether Intel can catch up to TSMC, Terafab, and more — What I learned from touring Intel's most advanced fab and talking to its leadership. — I spent two days touring Intel's …
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