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A US federal judge rules that Google does not have to sell off its ad exchange and instead must make its ad tech tools work with those operated by rivals — Alphabet Inc.'s Google doesn't have to sell off its advertising exchange and instead must make its ad tech tools work with those operated by rivals … | Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Google launches Gemini 3.8 Flash, three weeks after 3.7 Flash launch, for an introductory price of $0.75/1M input and $3.75/1M output tokens until December 31 — After the last model release three weeks ago, Google today is rolling out Gemini 3.8 Flash. This marks the third Flash update in three months.
More: Quartz, CNBC Television on YouTube, Google, Google, RuntimeWire, Android Authority, NPowerUser, and Wall Street Journal
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| Google: |
Google launches Gemini 3.8 Flash Cyber for partners in its new Fairwind Program, and says Gemini 3.8 Flash beats Opus 5 and GPT-5.6 Sol on some benchmarks — Our newest Gemini models deliver next-generation intelligence for agentic workflows and cybersecurity.| Natalie Lung / Bloomberg: |
Memo: Uber is cutting ~3,300 jobs, or 10% of its staff globally, to reduce management layers and reallocate spending into ride-sharing, delivery, and robotaxis — Uber Technologies Inc. is cutting about 3,300 roles, or 10% of its staff globally, in a massive restructuring aimed …
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| Wired: |
OpenAI says it plans to publicly release a version of Astra “soon”, but will give access to “its most advanced cyber capabilities” only to testers and partners — The company will give select partners early access to its Astra AI model—so they have time to shore up their defenses.
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| The Information: |
Source: OpenAI's Astra model uses “recurrent depth”, a technique that improves cost and performance but obscures the AI's reasoning, making it harder to monitor — OpenAI says its forthcoming AI model Astra marks a step up in capabilities such as coding and operating applications on a computer.
More: Marcus on AI, Don't Worry About the Vase, and The Decoder
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| Brian Krebs / Krebs on Security: |
The FBI is investigating Nexus, a new ID theft service on the dark web claiming to sell digital scans of 153M+ drivers licenses from people in the US and Canada — A new identity theft service launched on the dark web this week is selling digital scans of more than 153 million drivers licenses …
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| Blake Brittain / Reuters: |
The Trump administration files a brief supporting OpenAI in its dispute with NYT, saying training LLMs on copyrighted works generally constitutes fair use — The Trump administration has filed a brief supporting OpenAI in its dispute with the New York Times (NYT.N) and several other newspapers … | Stevie Bonifield / The Verge: |
MrBeast, whose YouTube channel recently hit 500M subs, will feature Gemini, Google Health, and the Fitbit Air in his videos as part of a multi-year Google deal — One of YouTube's biggest creators has a new deal to promote Gemini and Google Health.
More: Google and Notebookcheck
| Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: |
OpenAI launches a ChatGPT Health integration with Epic's EHR system and a new Healthcare Public Data plug-in that can fetch info from sources including PubMed — OpenAI said today that it is integrating ChatGPT Health with Epic's electronic health record (EHR) system, which holds data …
More: OpenAI, Shelly Palmer, Neowin, Health API Guy, Unite.AI, and PYMNTS
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| Anthropic: |
Anthropic releases Claude Fable 5.1, which is generally available, and Mythos 5.1, for trusted partners and with cybersecurity and life sciences safeguards — We're introducing Claude Fable 5.1 and Claude Mythos 5.1. They're the world's most advanced models for coding and knowledge work …
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| Ashley Capoot / CNBC: |
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| Dean W. Ball / Hyperdimensional: |
The OpenAI-Hugging Face incident is an early example of “rogue AI”, and may presage truly “self-sovereign” agents and swarms of agents that have no “owner” — The Coming of Userless Agents — The OpenAI-Hugging Face Incident is an early example of an AI system that has “gone rogue.”| Dwarkesh Patel / Dwarkesh Podcast: |
More: Bloomberg and Dwarkesh Patel on YouTube
| Matthew Haag / New York Times: |
NYC's Department of Education adopts a policy barring public school students from using AI until high school, banning companion chatbots in all grades, and more — A new policy to be announced by the Department of Education bars younger students from using A.I., but stops short of a moratorium.
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| Georgia Wells / Wall Street Journal: |
OpenAI is facing a new round of lawsuits from witnesses and victims of the February mass shooting in a Canadian town; the suspect spent days talking to ChatGPT — New lawsuits add to list of cases in which the chatbot maker faces questions about the safety of its products
More: TechCrunch, The Verge, The Guardian, Bloomberg Law, NPR, New York Post, and NewsCord. Forums: r/BetterOffline
| Yuliya Chernova / Wall Street Journal: |
Wonderful, which helps enterprises deploy AI, raised a $550M Series C led by Insight at a $5B valuation; investors also paid $170M for shares from employees — Founded just last year, the startup already has 650 employees and is expanding its forward-deployed engineering teams around the world
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| Kai Williams / Understanding AI: |
A look at the current state of humanoid robotics and challenges like generalization and completing long tasks, which may take years or even decades to overcome — A deep dive into the current state of humanoid robotics. — Today's Robot Week article is sponsored by 80,000 Hours …
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| Ram Iyer / TechCrunch: |
Austin-based HiddenLayer, which makes security tools to protect AI models, agents, and workflows, raised a $100M Series B led by Delta-v Capital — When AI security startup HiddenLayer raised its $50 million Series A three years ago, one of the big questions in the space was whether …
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| Wall Street Journal: |
A look at Snap's bet on Specs AR glasses; sources say Evan Spiegel wore them for an interview against internal advice, and planned outside funding never came — As company struggles with profitability, Snap CEO is doubling down on a hardware play that has made some investors wary
X: @_iainmartin
| Stephen Nellis / Reuters: |
Valencia-based iPronics raised $125M co-led by Maverick Silicon and Light Street, with participation from Nvidia, to develop optical circuit switch tech — Valencia, Spain-based startup iPronics said Tuesday that it has raised $125 million in venture capital with participation from Nvidia …
More: The Register, iPronics, and Trending Topics
| Maria Armental / Wall Street Journal: |
Huskeys, which uses agentic AI to help companies block AI-driven attacks, raised a $27M Series A led by Blackstone Innovations Investments at a $100M+ valuation — The company, valued at more than $100 million, uses agentic AI to block threats — Blackstone is placing an early bet on Huskeys …
More: Globes, HackerNoon, Ynetnews, Pulse 2.0, CTech, and The Next Web
| Antonio G. Di Benedetto / The Verge: |
Acer unveils the Swift Blade 14, an ultralight laptop weighing 1.76lbs with Intel Wildcat Lake processors, and the Swift Air 16, set to launch in December — The half-inch thin laptop is joined by a new, much larger Swift Air 16 — both with Intel Wildcat Lake.
More: Tom's Hardware and PCWorld
| Tyler Graham / CNET: |
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| Maria Curi / Axios: |
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick says “we trust Anthropic” as they are “back on the right side” with the administration and that “they've done what we asked” — - “They've done what we asked. … - “Really excited for our conversation …
More: The Information
| Chris Metinko / Axios: |
Conveo, which uses AI to conduct customer interviews in 15 languages and analyzes transcripts for market insights, raised a $50M Series A led by DST Global — Conveo, which helps big brands understand market trends, raised a $50 million Series A led by DST Global, Conveo CEO Dieter De Mesmaeker tells Axios Pro exclusively.
More: Tech.eu and Tech Funding News
| Antonio G. Di Benedetto / The Verge: |
Dell unveils the student-focused Dell 14S, with Intel Wildcat Lake chips and starting with 8GB of RAM and 256GB of storage, in a bid to rival the MacBook Neo — The Dell 14S promises an aluminum build, Intel Wildcat Lake chips, and lots of battery life — for a price we don't know exactly yet.
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| Barratt Dewey / Tectonic Defense: |
The US Army awards $192M in contracts to Palantir and Anduril to produce eight TITAN AI-powered mobile ground stations, to be delivered over the next 18 months — Watch out, world. The US Army's kill chain is going mobile. — On Tuesday, the Army awarded two contracts worth a combined $192M … | Colin Demarest / Axios: |
New Jersey-based Aitan, which offers “robotic sovereignty as a service” and “edge AI weapon systems”, emerges from stealth with $41M led by Deep33 and Dell — - “Warfare has totally transformed over the past few years,” co-founder Daniel Almog told Axios.| Reuters: |
The EU General Court dismisses Opera's challenge against the European Commission's decision to exempt Microsoft Edge from DMA gatekeeper regulations in 2024 — Norwegian browser maker Opera (OPRA.O) on Wednesday lost its court challenge against EU antitrust regulators' decision to exempt Microsoft's …
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