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October 23, 2026, 7:20 PM

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Kimi:
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.
@artificialanlys:
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...
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 …
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.
Anthropic:
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 …
AI Security Institute:
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.
Reuters:
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 …
Rocket Drew / The Information:
Utopai, an AI film studio that says it has more than 20 projects in the works, raised $60M at a $1B valuation  —  While much of the AI industry has fixated on new personal AI assistants from Meta and OpenAI, video AI is enjoying a quiet renaissance.  Hollywood mogul Jeffrey Katzenberg …
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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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