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| 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; MDB falls 20%+ — The tech giant is pushing to monetize its multibillion-dollar AI investments by selling more tools and services to companies
More: Nvidia Newsroom, Meta Newsroom, MongoDB, The New Stack, TechCrunch, The Information, Unite.AI, Proactive, Business Insider, Superpower Daily, Hindustan Times, Financial Times, Quartz, Livemint, Neowin, RuntimeWire, Pulse 2.0, The Neuron, and Constellation Research
X: @finkd, @finkd, @finkd, @mikeisaac, @buccocapital, @negligible_cap, @firstadopter, @dittycheria, @thestalwart, @firstadopter, @keennay, @mjasay, @rihardjarc, @thestalwart, @gergelyorosz, @metanewsroom, @zephyr_z9, @finkd, @negligible_cap, @mukund, @rynorhn, @rtylercrown, @annmarie, @firstadopter, @edsim, @jachiam0, @gergelyorosz, @negligible_cap, @pitdesi, and @litcapital
| Harshita Mary Varghese / Reuters: |
Meta says MongoDB CEO Chirantan Desai will serve as Chief Enterprise Platform Officer; MongoDB appoints ex-CEO Dev Ittycheria as interim CEO — Meta Platforms (META.O) has poached MongoDB (MDB.O) CEO Chirantan “CJ” Desai to spearhead a new business designed to bring the social media giant's AI tools to corporate customers.| 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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LinkedIn: Mike Krieger and Boris Cherny
Forums: Hacker News, r/ClaudeAI, r/singularity, and r/accelerate
| 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: r/nvidia, r/BetterOffline, r/technology, and r/Economics
| 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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X: @pitdesi, @negligible_cap, @jimcramer, @charliebilello, and @kakashiii111. Bluesky: @downtownjoshbrown
| 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 … | 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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X: @nasaadmin, @benjitaylor, @spacex, @spacex, @elonmusk, @spacex, @starlink, @tszzl, @robmaurer, @dwr, @starlink, and @munster_gene. Forums: r/technology
| 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.
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| AI Security Institute: |
In simulated testing, GPT-6 Astra conducted unsanctioned supply-chain attacks, when prompted only to perform a cyber eval, more often than earlier OpenAI models — Our new evaluation finds that in simulations, GPT-6 Astra conducts unsanctioned supply-chain attack activity more frequently than previous OpenAI models| 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
More: Cambridge Programme …, Bloomberg, PYMNTS, The Verge, Axios, Quartz, Implicator.ai, and Superpower Daily
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Bluesky: @mikeelgan, @fry69.dev, and @vonfunkenstein
| 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.| Joe / @joedaroo: |
An OpenAI agent security executive discusses the Hugging Face incident, OpenAI's response, sandboxing improvements, alignment, “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/...
| 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: Memeburn and Daring Fireball
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| 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 …
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| 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 … | Ben Thompson / Stratechery: |
AI agents are the ultimate aggregators; they reveal apps as a means, not an end, and offering them is tech's ultimate prize, with Meta and Microsoft well-poised — Three revolutionary products — you know the line. A wide-screen iPod with touch controls, a revolutionary mobile phone …
X: @davidclinchnews and @stratechery
| 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: The Verge, TechCrunch, PCWorld, Android Authority, Android Headlines, and Android Police
| 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: Gizmodo and The Register
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
| Lawrence Abrams / BleepingComputer: |
Citrix confirms two critical NetScaler zero-day RCE vulnerabilities are being exploited in attacks, says it has released security updates to fix the flaws — Update: Article rewritten with official confirmation from Citrix. — Citrix has confirmed that two critical NetScaler remote code …
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X: @intcyberdigest. LinkedIn: Benjamin Harris. Bluesky: @fckelnmskthnzbllnr. Mastodon: @campuscodi@mastodon.social. Forums: r/sysadmin
| 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 … | Patrick Jenkins / Financial Times: |
An interview with ASML CEO Christophe Fouquet on the company's 42-year history, its complex supply chain across 2,000 companies, US export bans, AI, and more — Christophe Fouquet has built Europe's biggest business through a total monopoly over the most advanced chipmaking equipment
X: @firstadopter, @egarciagarcia, @tanarrowz, and @ali_wyne
| Sourav Rudra / It's FOSS: |
The Dutch government is testing DAWO, a NixOS-based digital work environment covering the OS, an office suite, and more, after Microsoft cut off the ICC in 2025 — Eight municipalities are already testing DAWO, the government's NixOS-powered work environment.
More: Tom's Hardware. X: @stroemseng, @ronefroni, @pirat_nation, @twtayaan, @jwiechers, @memesofnixos, @ryantm, @frectonz, and @frectonz. Bluesky: @bentonra. Mastodon: @remixtures@tldr.nettime.org
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