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October 23, 2026, 8:00 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 …
Tom Warren / The Verge:
Memo: Helen Chiang, Xbox's first COO, is leaving Microsoft on October 23, just months after the role was created; she spent 21 years at the company  —  Helen Chiang is leaving Microsoft after 21 years. … Xbox is losing its first chief operating officer (COO) after creating the new role just a few months ago.
Will Reed:
The best sales leaders aren't job hunting.  Here's how to reach them without months of cold outreach.  —  Our team came from Box, Square, and Brex, so we already know the GTM leaders worth meeting.
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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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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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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 valuationFind
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Tom Warren / The Verge:
Memo: Helen Chiang, Xbox's first COO, is leaving Microsoft on October 23, just months after the role was created; she spent 21 years at the companyFind
2 hours ago
Meir Orbach / CTech:
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 $34MFind
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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%+Find
3½ hours ago
Rachel Metz / Bloomberg:
OpenAI plans to restrict internet access for its frontier models during training until adequate alignment, monitoring, and security safeguards are establishedFind
3½ hours ago
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”Find
4½ hours ago
@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)Find
4½ hours ago
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From Mediagazer

Trishla Ostwal / Adweek:
Some ad agencies say they have taken down ads that Meta's AI automatically changed, including by adding links, language translations, and AI-generated images

Esther Addley / The Guardian:
Axel Springer's Telegraph begins layoffs, pledging to become an “AI-powered” global business; sources: up to 100 jobs will go, with culture and sports hit hard

Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Memo: CBS News names Jon Tower as the executive producer of CBS Mornings; he joined CBS News in 2014 and has been filling in as an interim manager of the show

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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
Anthropic:
Anthropic says it partnered with Theorem to use Claude to formally prove useful security properties at the assembly code level across 123 open-source libraries

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P.R. Venkat / Wall Street Journal:
SK Hynix says its SSD subsidiary Solidigm has halted a review of a potential US IPO to fund a new US chip fab, citing “market conditions and share price trends”
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
Associated Press:
The US Treasury proposes a rule to crack down on US high-tech investments in areas like AI and supercomputing in China, Russia, and other “countries of concern”
Charlie Warzel / The Atlantic:
An interview with Ondrej Sury, a volunteer who maintains and helps automate PHP patches, about his role in fixing two critical PHP security vulnerabilities
Anzar Mehraj / Reuters:
METR says a pilot test of OpenAI's monitoring system found vulnerabilities, including an exploit that could have let AI agents hide hundreds of recent actions
Elias Schisgall / Wall Street Journal:
1Password passes $500M in ARR, up from $400M in November 2025, driven by enterprise AI coding assistants and agents, and launches 1Password for Agents
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