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Sources: at Jensen Huang's midterms event, tech executives expressed concern over anti-data center results; OpenAI discussed resetting its 2027 capacity plans — Americans' vote for anti-data center candidates and ballot measures could rein in AI's expansion and hobble economic growth| Dina Bass / Bloomberg: |
OpenAI pledges to change how it handles data center deals, including avoiding NDAs and lowering power usage during peak times, after Democrats' midterm wins — OpenAI said it will avoid nondisclosure agreements when it negotiates data center deals and ensure residents don't pay for the electricity …
More: Engadget, OpenAI, Reuters, CNBC, Quartz, Wisconsin Watch, Politico, Unite.AI, Columbia Journalism Review, and DatacenterDynamics
X: @bradrcarson, @vraserx, and @annmarie
| Emma Roth / The Verge: |
OpenAI launches Images 2.6 in ChatGPT, Codex, and its API, saying it generates images 50% faster, and adds animated GIF creation from a prompt or a photo — You can use ChatGPT to edit a GIF's animation speed and individual frames. … ChatGPT can now create GIFs using a prompt or a photo uploaded to the AI chatbot.
More: OpenAI, Moneycontrol, Mashable, The Neuron, Neowin, Digit, Storyboard18, Blockchain.News, TestingCatalog AI News, RuntimeWire, The Decoder, Decrypt, The Next Web, XDA Developers, RuntimeWire, and Unite.AI
X: @openai, @openai, @angaisb_, @openai, @nickbaumann_, @openai, @tokengremlin, @ctrlaltdwayne, @higgsfield, @openaidevs, @synthwavedd, @victornunez, @vikktorrrre, @keytryer, @gdb, and @angaisb_
Forums: Hacker News, r/singularity, and r/ChatGPT
| OpenAI: |
OpenAI details a pipeline that used an upcoming cyber model to validate and patch 948 local privilege escalation vulnerabilities in Linux for $1.2M in API costs — Security research that once required a separate, sustained investigation for each finding can increasingly be run as a systematic process.
More: Gizmodo, QUE.com, Help Net Security, Neowin, CoinDesk, Cyber Security News, Unite.AI, RuntimeWire, Blockchain.News, BleepingComputer, Insurance Journal, and The Fast Mode
X: @openai, @eric_wallace_, @gdb, @0x0sojalsec, @clintgibler, @openai, @aaronjmars, @yuchenj_uw, @openai, @petergostev, @thsottiaux, @clintgibler, @hesamation, @blackorbird, @ky1ebot, @udayruddarraju, @openai, @tokengremlin, @itszn13, @unk_data, @attrc, @sampullara, @choblin29, @nickadobos, and @talhof8. LinkedIn: Matthew Green
Forums: Hacker News, r/singularity, and Lobsters
| Carl Franzen / VentureBeat: |
Ricursive releases Ripple-65B Preview, a general-purpose variant of its AI model for advanced chip design, under Apache 2.0, costing $0.60 per 1M output tokens — There's another American victory worth paying attention to today: a new, open weights AI model that its creators claim scores …
More: Ricursive Intelligence, OpenRouter, and RuntimeWire
X: @ricursiveai, @kimmonismus, @swyx, @finbarrtimbers, @teortaxestex, @eliebakouch, @azaliamirh, @kumbonghermann, @mark_k, @esonghori2, @ricursiveai, @llmjunky, @miaai_lab, @_albertgu, @nvidiartxspark, @ricursiveai, @dzhang50, @ethanboneh, @natolambert, @elliotarledge, @annadgoldie, @iscienceluvr, @0xsero, and @jenzhuscott. Forums: Hacker News
| Andrew Webster / The Verge: |
An interview with two Nintendo producers on the new Ocarina of Time remake for the Switch 2, which features modern gameplay mechanics like full camera control — Producers Eiji Aonuma and Hidemaro Fujibayashi talk about bringing the first 3D Zelda to a whole new audience.
More: PCMag, The Verge, Eurogamer.net, The Guardian, Wired, IGN, GoNintendo, Engadget, Wccftech, GamingBolt, Polygon.com, and Inven Global
| David Keohane / Financial Times: |
Sources: China has told SoftBank it will not allow the $5.4B acquisition of ABB's robotics division to go ahead; China is the division's biggest market — Swiss-Swedish company's unit is focused on Chinese market and has mega-factory in Pudong — China has told SoftBank it will not allow … | Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Discord is moving its desktop app from Electron to Rust for improved speed and memory safety; its CTO shares an image of the Windows app using just 290MB of RAM — Discord is moving its apps fully over to the Rust programming language. … Discord is finally giving up on Electron …
More: Inven Global and Windows Latest
X: @svishnevskiy, @_betterdiscord_, @bairdcodes, @rebane2001, @discordpreviews, @thomasklemenc, @rustaceans_rs, @maria_rcks, @zorkian, and @refact_r
Bluesky: @kentindell and @tomwarren.co.uk
| Reuters: |
Data center shares fall as investors expect a slower AI buildout after Democrats' win; Hut 8 drops 23%, IREN 11%, Core Scientific 10%, and Applied Digital 7% — Wall Street closed sharply higher on Wednesday as Democrats' sweeping midterm election victory eased political uncertainty …
More: International Business Times, Bloomberg, 24/7 Wall St., and Reuters
X: @deepsailcapital, @beffjezos, @saso_capital, @localghost, @pitdesi, @leylakuni, @citrini, @jaysyoon, @ophirgottlieb, and @leifinvests. Bluesky: @jonchevreau
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X: @level39, @rihardjarc, @conorsen, @fabknowledge, @pequityresearch, @thestalwart, @buccocapital, @farrmacro, and @unusual_whales. Forums: r/BetterOffline
| Takashi Mochizuki / Bloomberg: |
Sony reports Q2 revenue of ~$21.7B, operating profit of $3.94B, both above est., and 2.6M PS5 sales, as GTA VI sparks a US sales jump, especially of the PS5 Pro — Sony Group Corp. raised its profit outlook after a string of entertainment hits propelled better-than-expected results in the September quarter.
More: Video Games Chronicle, The Verge, Eurogamer.net, Eurogamer.net, Engadget, ScreenRant, Kotaku, GamesRadar, The Hollywood Reporter, Financial Times, Wall Street Journal, Associated Press, and Variety
X: @tomwarren, @zuby_tech, @6d6f636869, @genki_jpn, and @andy_vgc. Bluesky: @toadsanime.lostincult.co.uk
| Marcus Mendes / 9to5Mac: |
Apple rolls out Retention Messaging, letting developers present personalized text, images, or special offers to users who are canceling their subscriptions — Apple today rolled out a new subscription retention tool for developers looking to reduce cancellations. Here are the details.
More: Apple Developer, AppleInsider, iClarified, iThinkDifferent, MacRumors, and MacTech.com. X: @ios_dev_alb
| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple cut some engineers' daily AI spending cap to $200 from $300 and plans cuts to as little as $100, as cost cutting stokes staff fears of layoffs — Apple Inc. is reducing employee budgets for artificial intelligence usage as part of a cost-cutting effort, even as the company seeks …
More: TechCrunch, 9to5Mac, Reuters, Free Press Journal, Digit, Storyboard18, Cult of Mac, Livemint, Times of India, Business Today, Implicator.ai, PYMNTS.com, iPhone in Canada, Finimize, RuntimeWire, iClarified, iThinkDifferent, MacRumors, AppleInsider, and MacDailyNews
X: @markgurman, @zenoware, @theo, @doriandevelops, @hesamation, @0xtriboulet, @zachmoskow, @orcdev, @tenobrus, @ric_rtp, @gergelyorosz, @constancewaing, @steipete, @petergostev, @autismcapital, @zeeg, @artificialanlys, @quinnypig, @hassankhan, @azeem, @thezachmueller, and @chadmoran. Forums: MacRumors Forums
| New York Times: |
Sources detail Dario Amodei's AI beliefs, shaped by forums like GiveWell and based on EA and “rationalism”, and his disputes with Sam Altman and Greg Brockman — One night in 2007, Dario Amodei regaled a friend who was visiting him at Princeton University with his thoughts on … | Charles Rollet / Business Insider: |
Source: Meta has decided to stop using fruit for its AI model codenames, as they didn't suit its lofty AI ambitions; its latest model was named “Watermelon” — Meta is done with fruits. — The social media giant has internally decided to stop naming its AI models after fruit, a person familiar with the matter said.
X: @alistairmbarr, @charlesrollet1, and @andymstone
| Madison Mills / Axios: |
Meta acquires Conductor, which lets developers run multiple AI coding agents in parallel; CEO Charlie Holtz says the team will join Meta Superintelligence Labs — Meta has acquired Conductor, an AI coding startup that lets software engineers manage multiple coding agents simultaneously …
More: Conductor, TechCrunch, Silicon Republic, Implicator.ai, The Register, PYMNTS.com, The Verge, SiliconANGLE, RuntimeWire, and NewsCord
X: @charlieholtz, @theo, @shpigford, @vitorialima_42, @madisonmills22, @thdxr, @benhylak, @ilyasu, @bentossell, @nottuxedosam, and @conductor_build. Forums: Hacker News
| Financial Times: |
Sources: Microsoft rejects an option to more than double its Texas data center contract with Nscale, dealing a fresh blow to Nscale's ambitions for a $35B IPO — Fresh blow ahead of start-up's IPO as tech giant turns down option to more than double Texas data centre contract
More: Capital Brief, Channel NewsAsia, Political.org, Reuters, Finimize, and Tech.eu
| Stephen Council / Business Insider: |
Cat Wu, who left Anthropic last week, says she is joining OpenAI to lead product manangement for core products; Wu was the product lead for Claude Code — Cat Wu, who left Anthropic last week after becoming one of the company's highest-profile product managers, is joining OpenAI. She announced the news on X.
More: RuntimeWire, Unite.AI, The Stack, and AIM
| Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge: |
United Airlines is rolling out a custom native Spotify seatback app across its fleet, letting users log into their accounts, powered by Starlink's Wi-Fi — Powered by Starlink Wi-Fi, United Airlines is rolling out a custom seatback Spotify app that lets travelers stream personal playlists and podcasts at 35,000 feet.
More: Engadget, Digital Music News, and Travel And Tour World
| Mark Stenberg / Adweek: |
Sources: Anthropic and AP struck a licensing deal just before the midterms, marking the first time Anthropic paid a digital news publisher to license content — The arrangement marks the first time the artificial intelligence firm has paid a digital news publisher to license its content| Samantha Kelly / Bloomberg: |
Agility Robotics is set to begin trading on the Nasdaq under AGLT after a SPAC merger, the first dedicated humanoid robotics company to go public in the US — Agility Robotics Inc. is set to become the first dedicated humanoid company to go public in the US, marking a major milestone …
More: TechCrunch, Business Insider, Dow Jones Newswires, Motley Fool, RuntimeWire, and Unite.AI
| Cheng Ting-Fang / Nikkei Asia: |
Sources: China's export curbs on critical metals have disrupted supplies of micro drill bits made mainly from tungsten carbide, used in PCBs and chip substrates — TAIPEI — China's export controls on critical metals have disrupted supplies of micro drill bits, little-known but critical components … | Maxwell Zeff / Wall Street Journal: |
OpenAI President Greg Brockman says H1 2026 was “pretty rough”, but agentic coding tools, GPT-5.6 Sol, and ChatGPT Work drove a “revenue inflection” in Q3 — The ChatGPT maker's president said it experienced a ‘revenue inflection’ in the third quarter of 2026, driven by a growing enterprise business| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
X is rolling out a redesigned web app country by country for signed-in users, with a single unified server, saying it improves load times over slow connections — X is moving signed-in users to its new web app one country at a time, but it's already using the rewrite for X's logged-out web experience.| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Micron suspends construction of its $3B to $4.5B Fab 11E facility in Taiwan, set for 2028, due to mounting uncertainties over a local labor dispute — Micron Technology Inc. has suspended plans for a memory chip plant in Taiwan due to a protracted labor dispute …
More: Political.org
| Will Knight / Wired: |
Hugging Face CEO Clément Delangue says his P(doom) is “close to zero”, arguing that future AI risks stem from closed frontier AI labs, not open-source systems — “Most of the risk is actually created by a couple of players building behind closed doors,” Clément Delangue said of the need for open source AI.| Bloomberg: |
Study: UK consumer AI spending passes £1B annually, with 5.1% of adults paying for subscriptions as of July 2026; Claude is rapidly catching up to ChatGPT — UK consumers are spending over £1 billion ($1.4 billion) a year on artificial intelligence subscriptions … | Cristian Dina / The Next Web: |
Berlin-based Pliant raised an $80M Series C led by Seaya Nova and Speedinvest, as it opens its B2B payments infrastructure to AI agents — Claude, ChatGPT and in-house AI agents can now run business payments through Pliant. The Berlin fintech, past $100M in recurring revenue, will expand in North America.
More: Pliant, RuntimeWire, PYMNTS.com, FinSMEs, Tech Funding News, and Axios
| Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge: |
Amazon partners with Uber to make Uber Eats the “official” US restaurant delivery partner for Amazon Prime subscribers, after previously partnering with Grubhub — Prime members can now order takeout straight from the Amazon app or website with waived delivery fees on orders over $25.
More: Engadget, TechCrunch, GeekWire, Quartz, Bloomberg, Financial Times, Uber, Cord Cutters News, Associated Press, USA Today, and Yahoo Finance
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