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Jensen Huang resigns as Nvidia CEO; Colette Kress takes interim role, CNBC reports

Nov 12, 2026

Kress will retain her CFO duties until a permanent successor is named. Nvidia is keeping its November 17 earnings report on schedule.

Launch

Google releases Gemini 4 Hydrogen for coding, Search and the Gemini app

Nov 12, 2026

API rates start at $1.50 per million input tokens. Google’s performance pitch combines adjustable reasoning with automatic model switching in Antigravity.

Government action

FAA takes AI traffic advice nationwide, with controllers retaining the final say

Nov 12, 2026

The agency credits SMART with shorter routes and fuel savings. The controllers’ union says it had no role in designing, testing or implementing the system.

Infrastructure

SpaceX proposes $74 billion in data centers across Texas and Arizona

Nov 12, 2026

The larger campus, in Arizona, still needs county approval. The Texas site would generate its own electricity rather than rely on the public grid.

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Launch

Amazon opens SGLang serving tools to developers using its Trainium AI chips

Nov 12, 2026

SGLang-Neuron preserves existing server and generation interfaces, while a separate plugin handles chip-specific execution. AWS’s walkthrough serves gpt-oss-120b on Trainium3.

Enterprise adoption

Natera says its lab-support AI delivers first responses 130 times faster

Nov 12, 2026

A new AWS case study explains how SWARM prepares equipment diagnostics before engineers open tickets—and why better manuals improved accuracy without a model change.

Business

Nvidia hires Joon Kim and Wachtell to investigate alleged intelligence targeting of Huang

Nov 12, 2026

Kim’s record includes investigations of Cuomo and the FDIC. Former colleagues defend his independence, while a former investigative subject’s spokesman challenges it.

Regulation

Foster says Nvidia privately acknowledged it could track AI chips

Nov 12, 2026

The lawmaker’s account challenges an industry feasibility objection as Congress considers tracking requirements. Nvidia has not confirmed the private discussions.

Research

Capgemini finds AI budget overruns are straining large companies’ finances

Nov 12, 2026

Two-thirds of surveyed organizations that overspent reported financial consequences. Most respondents also lacked a consistent company-wide view of AI costs.

Earnings

Cerebras beats revenue expectations and discloses Microsoft deal; shares jump 13%

Nov 12, 2026

The AI chipmaker expects Microsoft revenue to start in early 2027. Its fourth-quarter outlook topped analyst estimates, but its full-year growth forecast did not.

Business

CNBC links Alice Huang’s investments to a data center serving Huawei Cloud

Nov 12, 2026

Corporate records trace ownership and loan guarantees through several companies. They do not establish that the Shenzhen facility received Nvidia chips or that Huang knowingly enabled unauthorized transfers.

Lawsuit

Bill Kurtis says he found more than 200 unauthorized AI copies of his voice

Nov 12, 2026

A viewer’s warning prompted the broadcaster’s search. His newly published essay frames the alleged copying as a threat to both paid narration and journalistic trust.

Bellevue, WAThu, Nov 12

Open Lakehouse and AI Meetup: Bellevue

Dremio and SAP will host practitioner-focused talks on Apache Iceberg and open lakehouse architectures, including how PuppyGraph can help AI agents navigate relationships across thousands of tables without ETL or data duplication. Speakers will include Alex Merced, a leading Apache Iceberg and open lakehouse educator, and PuppyGraph, followed by Q&A and networking.

Tavern Hall

Amsterdam, NetherlandsFri, Nov 13

Supercharging Your Team with AI: Force Multiplier vs. Replacement | Product People x Miro

Product People will bring together 20–30 product professionals for coffee, breakfast, and a panel on product strategy, roadmapping, and stakeholder management, followed by informal networking. Attendees will include experienced AI-enabled and AI-native leaders and practitioners, from CPOs, CTOs, and VPs to product managers and strategy leads.

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Berlin, GermanyFri, Nov 13

Unicon 2026: Entrepreneurship & AI Conference

Unicon will bring 300 selected students in software, business, and design together with founders, investors, and operators for two days of AI workshops, mentorship matchmaking, company visits, and a €10,000 pitch competition. Speakers will include leaders from n8n, Langdock, Gorillas, Knowunity, Trade Republic, and other startups and investment firms.

CODE University of Applied Sciences

Menlo Park, CAFri, Nov 13

Multi-Modal AI for Education Hackathon @ Snowflake | Beta Fund × Epic

Beta Fund and Epic will host a build-first hackathon focused on multimodal education tools that combine text with voice, images, handwriting, or video, with teams creating working demos and measurable learning outcomes. The day will feature an education-AI panel with speakers from Epic, Khan Academy, and Dex, alongside demos and judging by Epic product and UX lead Charis Liang.

Menlo Park, CA

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Models

Capability, pricing, benchmarks, and model strategy.

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Open release

Thinking Machines publishes Inkling 2 Small weights after hosted-only debut

Nov 12, 2026

The download ends the model’s initial closed-weight phase. Hosted access remains an alternative, with Together AI charging $0.30 per million input tokens and $1 per million output tokens.

Launch

IBM releases experimental AI models trained to separate instructions from data

Nov 12, 2026

The LLMON previews pair a new text format with specialized training. IBM reports sharply lower attack success rates, but its tests cover static attacks—not an enforced security boundary.

Research

OpenAI study links training choices to harder-to-monitor AI reasoning

Nov 12, 2026

Experiments identify several routes to stronger silent reasoning and greater control over reasoning logs. But those warning signs do not reliably predict successful deception.

Benchmark

Scale and IMDA find AI models skip needed questions in Singapore legal test

Nov 12, 2026

SG-LegalClarify evaluates 19 models on Singapore law. Web search improves scores, but gathering all the missing facts still does not reliably produce the right conclusion.

Models

Every schedules November 13 camp on overnight work with Claude Fable 5.2

Nov 12, 2026

Dan Shipper and the team will demonstrate two projects and explain when they choose a faster model. Attendance requires an Every subscription.

Launch

Baidu releases ERNIE 5.5 Flash Preview, with model weights due November 25

Nov 12, 2026

The model is available through Qianfan and free on OpenRouter. Baidu pairs it with two specialist models, while its speed and efficiency claims lack numerical results in the announcement.

Research

OpenAI finds training on AI-generated attacks improves jailbreak resistance

Nov 12, 2026

Controlled experiments showed gains against both fixed prompts and attackers that adapt mid-conversation. The results measure the model layer, without production safeguards.

Research

Microsoft and Terradot’s AI cuts soil sampling by up to 75% in carbon-removal simulations

Nov 12, 2026

The model combines predictions with physical measurements rather than replacing them. Its potential savings target an expensive obstacle to scaling enhanced rock weathering.

Benchmark

Trellis Data introduces 220-billion-parameter AI model for Australian businesses

Nov 12, 2026

The company promises a locally developed model that can handle more professional tasks, but its reported global ranking comes without an identified benchmark.

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Products

The launches and platform moves changing how AI is used.

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Products

Anthropic lets companies host its AI agent service in private beta

Nov 12, 2026

Companies can keep agent infrastructure and session history in their own environment, but they must operate the system themselves. Model requests still go to a chosen provider.

Launch

Anthropic launches Claude for Manufacturing to draft quotes and investigate factory problems

Nov 12, 2026

The Team and Enterprise plugin connects to manufacturers’ existing records. Its workflows end with human review, and it does not operate equipment.

Launch

Pinecone brings Google’s Gemini Embedding 2 into its managed search workflow

Nov 12, 2026

The integration handles model calls and billing, but requires new serverless Documents API indexes and does not guarantee a processing region.

Products

Synchron pauses brain-implant trial enrollment over a cable performance problem

Nov 12, 2026

The company says the voluntary pause is not FDA-directed. It plans to upgrade the entire Stentrode system, not just the cable, before recruitment resumes.

Launch

Apple’s HomeView arrives Friday with face recognition, but not Face ID

Nov 12, 2026

The shared home device separates ambient sensing from its main operating system. That protection is distinct from how reliably it identifies the person requesting private information.

Launch

Google opens AI glasses preorders with privacy controls aimed at bystanders

Nov 12, 2026

Sales start December 10. Google promises face redaction and tamper-resistant recording lights, but privacy experts say safeguards do not settle consent.

Launch

J.Crew launches AI shopping adviser that recommends complete outfits

Nov 12, 2026

Style Advisor draws from J.Crew’s own catalog looks. Personalization based on shoppers’ past purchases remains a future step.

Launch

xAI brings Grok Bot into video meetings to take notes and answer in chat

Nov 11, 2026

The November 2 release includes meeting access on three paid plans. Its controls separate answering questions from listening—and turning off replies does not stop transcription.

Launch

CoreWeave adds managed PostgreSQL inside the clusters running customers’ AI

Nov 11, 2026

The service takes over backups, failover and patching, while customers retain control of their data and queries. It also supports vector search alongside application records.

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Latest episode

Nov 12, 2026

Nvidia board reportedly prepares to oust Jensen Huang

Nvidia’s leadership is in question today after reported preparations to oust Jensen Huang. Google, meanwhile, is offering developers AI decisions without the written answers.

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Episode 64

Nov 11, 2026

OpenAI adds business-run agents to ChatGPT

ChatGPT’s new beta gives businesses a place to speak for themselves. Anthropic’s proposed IPO, meanwhile, puts a trillion-dollar valuation in view—with conflicting share counts.

Listen34:45

Episode 63

Nov 10, 2026

Anthropic says AI built a prototype operating system

Anthropic's new engineering models cost less, yet Opus remains its everyday recommendation. That's a useful distinction for anyone deciding which AI to put to work today.

Listen37:16

Episode 62

Nov 9, 2026

Meta adds project workspaces to its AI agent

Listen33:34

Episode 61

Nov 6, 2026

Airbnb targets 2027 for its AI travel agent

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Episode 60

Nov 5, 2026

ChatGPT now makes GIFs you can edit frame by frame

Listen24:08

Episode 59

Nov 4, 2026

xAI powers a data center with eight jet engines

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Episode 58

Nov 3, 2026

MIT uses AI to lift a model's math score to 48.1%

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Episode 57

Nov 2, 2026

ChatGPT and Codex will share one usage budget

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Episode 56

Oct 30, 2026

Meta’s new AI picks outfits from clothes you own

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Episode 55

Oct 29, 2026

Claude adds ready-made tools for legal work

Listen29:42

Episode 54

Oct 28, 2026

Google adds sound to its AI-generated worlds

Listen25:03

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Agents

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Benchmark

LangChain adds Gemini-powered decisions for routing AI agents and screening tool calls

Nov 12, 2026

The beta integration returns probabilities rather than written answers. Its tool-call checks can reject destructive actions even when a user explicitly requests them.

Enterprise adoption

Amplitude shares AI-led homepage experiment with a claimed 160% lift in card-driven messages

Nov 12, 2026

The customer case study traces how Wave spotted an overlooked interface change, handed it to a coding agent and measured results. Teams still choose which changes need human review.

Tools

OpenAI explains how it secures more than 500 proactive OpenClaw agents

Nov 12, 2026

The internal deployment combines fixed security boundaries with AI action reviewers. Separate identities and restricted logs make the agents’ work traceable.

Launch

AWS broadens regional access to its next-generation AI agent runtime

Nov 12, 2026

The November update details larger sessions and lower idle-memory use. The runtime debuted in September, and session-specific storage credentials remain planned.

Research

Salesforce survey finds shoppers trust AI advice but resist automated purchases

Nov 12, 2026

Retailer-run agents are associated with bigger orders and stronger loyalty, but shoppers’ concerns about privacy and unwanted charges limit the handoff.

Funding

Mondrio raises $3.75 million to pair AI pricing agents with human experts

Nov 12, 2026

The funding will support engineering, pricing specialists and US-European growth. Mondrio’s pitch connects pricing recommendations with quotes, discounts and approvals.

Benchmark

Single AI coordinators beat personal-agent teams in four simulations, researchers find

Nov 11, 2026

The study exposes a gap between better group scores and respecting each user’s wishes. Fixes worked differently for shared budgets and group bookings.

Infrastructure

Cisco adds network monitoring to eligible Wi-Fi gear as it prepares for AI agents

Nov 11, 2026

ThousandEyes comes at no extra cost with qualifying licenses. Cisco’s unified operations platform remains limited to US-based infrastructure, with more regions scheduled for 2027.

Partnership

KPMG extends Copilot to a 276,000-plus workforce and adds AI agent oversight

Nov 11, 2026

The expanded Microsoft relationship pairs employee access with agent management. KPMG says experience from its own deployment will help it advise Thai clients.

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Startups

Funding, founders, acquisitions, and emerging companies.

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Funding

Hatz AI raises $24 million to help IT providers build AI services for small businesses

Nov 12, 2026

The startup is backing an approach built around trusted IT providers, with funding for engineering, partner expertise and tools to evaluate AI on customer workflows.

Acquisition

Worker.ai launches free small-business software with DeltaGen’s voice technology

Nov 12, 2026

The DeltaGen team has joined Worker, bringing technology that turns spoken commitments into assigned tasks. Optional paid AI workers will underpin the business model.

Funding

Akara raises $5.5 million to grow hospital AI built around thermal sensors

Nov 11, 2026

The funding will support hiring and more AI agents. Akara says its on-device processing limits sensitive data transmission while tracking how clinical spaces are used.

Startups

Google picks 10 startups for its first Africa Applied AI Lab cohort

Nov 11, 2026

The teams will work with Google engineers and venture partners before a December demo day in Accra. Their products range from local-language phone services to computing in orbit.

Funding

Path Robotics raises $300 million to take its factory AI beyond welding

Nov 11, 2026

Georgian led the financing at a $2.45 billion valuation. Its investment thesis rests on using production data to improve Path’s systems and reach new manufacturing tasks.

Funding

Mercor raises $750 million to train and test AI agents for enterprise work

Nov 10, 2026

The financing backs custom tests, further model training and simulated workplaces built around companies’ actual tasks—not just general AI ability.

Acquisition

Ellipsis Health buys Kouper to connect AI patient calls with care scheduling

Nov 10, 2026

The acquisition pairs Sage’s patient conversations with health-record integrations. The companies are developing a combined roadmap, with new offerings expected in the coming months.

Funding

Numica raises $21 million to buy accounting firms and move their work onto AI

Nov 9, 2026

The financing backs acquisitions of small practices. Numica promises continuity for clients, though its CEO says they generally aren’t told how much work AI performs.

Funding

Physicl raises $10 million to generate training data for robots’ hard cases

Nov 7, 2026

Its Studio tool lets researchers recreate specific failures in synthetic scenes. An early customer result concerns room reconstruction, not demonstrated robot performance.

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Business

Enterprise adoption, partnerships, earnings, and market shifts.

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Acquisition

IBM buys AuthMind to monitor what AI agents do after gaining access

Nov 12, 2026

A planned deeper integration with HashiCorp Vault would connect credential controls to monitoring of agent behavior—not just the decision to grant access.

Acquisition

BlueMatrix completes Aiera acquisition to bring controlled research access to AI

Nov 12, 2026

The companies plan one client platform that carries permissions, attribution and usage rights from research creation through an AI user’s query.

Business

Yahoo Finance counts $530B in Nvidia commitments and guarantees as Huang exits

Nov 12, 2026

Customer payments are taking longer, while some guarantees depend on defaults. Colette Kress inherits those financial ties alongside Nvidia’s interim CEO role.

Benchmark

Newcomer and Bessemer publish first AI 100 ranking, with Anthropic at No. 1

Nov 12, 2026

The ranking pairs extraordinary growth with concentrated private valuations—and an accompanying survey points toward a different distribution of future value.

Research

Synthesia survey finds training teams cite AI speed gains far more often than better job performance

Nov 12, 2026

The survey of 831 learning professionals also finds gaps in performance measurement, while approval requirements and unclear spending complicate adoption.

Business

William Blair upgrades AMD and downgrades Nvidia on leadership uncertainty

Nov 12, 2026

The analyst sees openings in server processors and custom-chip programs, even as purpose-built AI chips threaten AMD’s Instinct business.

Business

Yahoo Finance names Anthropic Company of the Year on enterprise growth

Nov 12, 2026

The harder question is whether premium AI spending can hold up as buyers seek cheaper models.

Funding

Google.org commits $13 million to PhD fellows spanning 38 countries

Nov 12, 2026

The 2026 fellowship pairs financial support with computing resources and access to Google researchers. Its projects range from accessible security tools to more reliable language-model reasoning.

Enterprise adoption

Microsoft says its hands-on AI work spans nearly 500 projects and over 200 customers

Nov 12, 2026

The company points to repeat engagements and faster customer workflows. Its examples range from measured production results to systems still being built.

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Infrastructure

Compute, chips, data centers, networks, power, and cooling.

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Infrastructure

Ars Live will examine drone threats to data centers on November 17

Nov 12, 2026

Jeremy Hsu and RUSI researcher Joseph Jarnecki will discuss physical defenses, wartime cloud resilience and deployment choices. The YouTube livestream will include audience questions.

Infrastructure

Chinese AI firms seek overseas Nvidia computing capacity over fears of U.S. curbs

Nov 12, 2026

Reuters describes internal discussions and approaches to data-center operators, while a reported U.S. licensing proposal would put new conditions on overseas chip access.

Infrastructure

Anthropic says AI cut an AMD chip port from months to three days

Nov 12, 2026

The investor disclosure points to lower software barriers between chip suppliers. Its headline result covers prompt processing for one model—not every part of running Claude.

Infrastructure

Howden finds US data-center power demand growing far faster than the grid

Nov 12, 2026

The growth-rate gap points to a power constraint, not a tenfold electricity shortfall. A separate Gartner forecast warns of construction limits by 2030.

Benchmark

AMD adds AI chip option, claims up to 30% throughput lead in DeepSeek-R1 test

Nov 12, 2026

The MI450X offers less memory headroom without cutting core compute capabilities, AMD says. Its separate MI455X performance claim compares an internal test with Nvidia’s published benchmark result.

Funding

Fractile raises $720 million ahead of planned first AI chip shipments in 2027

Nov 12, 2026

The round values the British startup at more than £5 billion. Its pitch combines a different memory design with software built to run large language models faster.

Infrastructure

Analysts say data-center limits may favor efficient chips over building equipment

Nov 12, 2026

Developers could prioritize computing output over new floor space. But a material construction slowdown would still hurt chipmakers exposed to data centers.

Launch

Supermicro ships AMD-powered H15 servers, claiming up to 1.8× AI token throughput

Nov 12, 2026

The new portfolio pairs higher core counts and memory bandwidth with multiple server designs. Its headline performance claim concerns frontier-model host nodes, not every workload.

Partnership

Intel and Altera team up to simplify sensor connections for real-time AI

Nov 11, 2026

The planned reference designs pair Intel computing with Altera’s programmable hardware. Healthcare, defense and robotics bring different timing, power and integration demands.

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Claude34 stories this weekTracked across 423 published stories.02

Gemini26 stories this weekTracked across 238 published stories.03

Claude Opus 5.58 stories this weekTracked across 47 published stories.

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Amazon Bedrock5 stories this weekTracked across 41 published stories.03

Azure5 stories this weekTracked across 22 published stories.

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Nod by n8n1 daily selectionRuns tasks in apps and websites on its own computer, using your chosen AI provider.02

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CALL-E1 daily selectionLets AI assistants call US and Canadian numbers, then returns summaries and transcripts.

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Policy

Regulation, lawsuits, safety, labor, and government action.

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Policy

UN AI governance dialogue returns May 3–4, with common priorities on the agenda

Nov 12, 2026

The co-chairs must help governments find common ground. New CIC commentary proposes using independent scientific findings to focus those talks—not to settle political disagreements.

Government action

Democrats investigate 25% tariff tied to Nvidia chip sales to China

Nov 12, 2026

Ron Wyden and Richard Neal asked Commerce to preserve records as they question whether the arrangement amounts to an unconstitutional export tax.

Lawsuit

Nonprofits sue five AI developers to stop new models from being built or deployed

Nov 12, 2026

The California lawsuit invokes unfair competition law. One plaintiff says an effective freeze would require inspections, not merely restrictions on public releases.

Policy

Unions seek UK ruling on DeepMind union ballot after recognition talks stall

Nov 12, 2026

Roughly 1,000 product-focused staff could qualify if the effort succeeds. Organizers want collective bargaining and intend to challenge Google’s military contracts.

Government action

Darden scholars propose annual AI model releases when training data is unlicensed

Nov 12, 2026

The proposal would preserve a six-to-18-month commercial lead. Its authors argue that scheduled disclosure could support competition and safety, but those benefits remain untested.

Enterprise adoption

Oakland reaches tentative deal to retrain or reassign workers displaced by AI

Nov 12, 2026

The three-year agreement puts the burden on the city to keep displaced workers employed. A planned strike was put on hold.

Regulation

EU adopts common AI sandbox rules without granting compliance clearance

Nov 12, 2026

Testing records must be recognized across the EU. Protection from fines depends on following an agreed plan, while normal conformity checks remain required.

Government action

Megaspeed hires US law firm for chip audit amid alleged China smuggling probe

Nov 12, 2026

The Nvidia customer says it has cooperated with Commerce Department inspections.

Government action

NHS England removes claim that 137 trusts benefit from Palantir’s data platform

Nov 12, 2026

The replacement page makes broader claims about early users’ results. The statistics regulator is examining usage claims as ministers weigh a contract extension.

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Culture

Creative AI, public reaction, viral moments, and social change.

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Viral

AI election parodies spread after midterms as one clip tops 16 million views

Nov 12, 2026

A New York Times report finds absurd political videos reaching large audiences. Experts caution that obvious fakery can still rally supporters and sharpen attacks.

Research

AI-led writing produced worse work without saving extra time, study finds

Nov 12, 2026

A two-day experiment with 285 students found that keeping people involved in planning or throughout writing avoided the clearest quality and satisfaction losses.

Research

Autistic users describe ChatGPT’s help—and the risk of losing their own voice

Nov 12, 2026

An analysis of 3,984 social posts describes communication, planning and emotional support benefits. Researchers propose designs that preserve users’ choices rather than simply doing more for them.

Culture

Caine Prize clears winner of AI allegations and adds disclosure requirements

Nov 12, 2026

An internal review examined the writer’s drafts and interviewed him, reaching a different conclusion from the detector-based allegation.

Culture

Parents and educators protest Google’s AI-linked school search policy in Chicago

Nov 11, 2026

Chicago Public Schools is trying to suppress AI-generated search summaries and says it will consider other search tools if it cannot.

Research

West Health–Gallup finds patient comfort with medical AI drops sharply without clinician review

Nov 11, 2026

The findings also expose a preparation gap: 89% of surveyed providers used AI for work, but only 20% reported formal training.

Security risk

911 groups develop dispatcher training to counter AI-generated emergency hoaxes

Nov 11, 2026

The effort includes questions designed to probe beyond public information. But officials say suspected hoaxes will still receive an emergency response.

Research

Mercor finds workers want AI to handle routine tasks, not high-stakes decisions

Nov 11, 2026

The company’s task-by-task survey separates willingness to automate from willingness to give up control. Its unusually AI-engaged sample limits how broadly the findings apply.

Culture

AI Engineer Code Summit schedules two days on coding agents and software quality

Nov 11, 2026

The San Francisco program includes Claude Code practices, agent infrastructure and a Gemini 4 session title.

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Anthropic says Claude designed three devices built without circuit fixes

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Jensen Huang resigns as Nvidia CEO; Colette Kress takes interim role, CNBC reports

Google releases Gemini 4 Hydrogen for coding, Search and the Gemini app

FAA takes AI traffic advice nationwide, with controllers retaining the final say

SpaceX proposes $74 billion in data centers across Texas and Arizona

Latest updates

Amazon opens SGLang serving tools to developers using its Trainium AI chips

Natera says its lab-support AI delivers first responses 130 times faster

Nvidia hires Joon Kim and Wachtell to investigate alleged intelligence targeting of Huang

Foster says Nvidia privately acknowledged it could track AI chips

Capgemini finds AI budget overruns are straining large companies’ finances

Cerebras beats revenue expectations and discloses Microsoft deal; shares jump 13%

CNBC links Alice Huang’s investments to a data center serving Huawei Cloud

Bill Kurtis says he found more than 200 unauthorized AI copies of his voice

One clear read on the AI moves worth knowing.

Open Lakehouse and AI Meetup: Bellevue

Supercharging Your Team with AI: Force Multiplier vs. Replacement | Product People x Miro

Unicon 2026: Entrepreneurship & AI Conference

Multi-Modal AI for Education Hackathon @ Snowflake | Beta Fund × Epic

Models

Thinking Machines publishes Inkling 2 Small weights after hosted-only debut

IBM releases experimental AI models trained to separate instructions from data

OpenAI study links training choices to harder-to-monitor AI reasoning

Scale and IMDA find AI models skip needed questions in Singapore legal test

Every schedules November 13 camp on overnight work with Claude Fable 5.2

Baidu releases ERNIE 5.5 Flash Preview, with model weights due November 25

OpenAI finds training on AI-generated attacks improves jailbreak resistance

Microsoft and Terradot’s AI cuts soil sampling by up to 75% in carbon-removal simulations

Trellis Data introduces 220-billion-parameter AI model for Australian businesses

Scout

Circuit

Glide

Products

Anthropic lets companies host its AI agent service in private beta

Anthropic launches Claude for Manufacturing to draft quotes and investigate factory problems

Pinecone brings Google’s Gemini Embedding 2 into its managed search workflow

Synchron pauses brain-implant trial enrollment over a cable performance problem

Apple’s HomeView arrives Friday with face recognition, but not Face ID

Google opens AI glasses preorders with privacy controls aimed at bystanders

J.Crew launches AI shopping adviser that recommends complete outfits

xAI brings Grok Bot into video meetings to take notes and answer in chat

CoreWeave adds managed PostgreSQL inside the clusters running customers’ AI

Agents

LangChain adds Gemini-powered decisions for routing AI agents and screening tool calls

Amplitude shares AI-led homepage experiment with a claimed 160% lift in card-driven messages

OpenAI explains how it secures more than 500 proactive OpenClaw agents

AWS broadens regional access to its next-generation AI agent runtime

Salesforce survey finds shoppers trust AI advice but resist automated purchases

Mondrio raises $3.75 million to pair AI pricing agents with human experts

Single AI coordinators beat personal-agent teams in four simulations, researchers find

Cisco adds network monitoring to eligible Wi-Fi gear as it prepares for AI agents

KPMG extends Copilot to a 276,000-plus workforce and adds AI agent oversight

Startups

Hatz AI raises $24 million to help IT providers build AI services for small businesses

Worker.ai launches free small-business software with DeltaGen’s voice technology

Akara raises $5.5 million to grow hospital AI built around thermal sensors

Google picks 10 startups for its first Africa Applied AI Lab cohort

Path Robotics raises $300 million to take its factory AI beyond welding

Mercor raises $750 million to train and test AI agents for enterprise work

Ellipsis Health buys Kouper to connect AI patient calls with care scheduling

Numica raises $21 million to buy accounting firms and move their work onto AI

Physicl raises $10 million to generate training data for robots’ hard cases

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Business

IBM buys AuthMind to monitor what AI agents do after gaining access

BlueMatrix completes Aiera acquisition to bring controlled research access to AI

Yahoo Finance counts $530B in Nvidia commitments and guarantees as Huang exits

Newcomer and Bessemer publish first AI 100 ranking, with Anthropic at No. 1

Synthesia survey finds training teams cite AI speed gains far more often than better job performance

William Blair upgrades AMD and downgrades Nvidia on leadership uncertainty

Yahoo Finance names Anthropic Company of the Year on enterprise growth

Google.org commits $13 million to PhD fellows spanning 38 countries

Microsoft says its hands-on AI work spans nearly 500 projects and over 200 customers

Infrastructure

Ars Live will examine drone threats to data centers on November 17

Chinese AI firms seek overseas Nvidia computing capacity over fears of U.S. curbs

Anthropic says AI cut an AMD chip port from months to three days