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Sat Nov 8
An overview of AI in 2025, including arguments for and against above-trend model capabilities growth, the state of evals, and the safety of reasoning models (Gavin Leech/LessWrong)
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AI browsers, still far from making legacy browsers obsolete, are forcing web developers to rethink whether they are designing websites for humans or for robots (Natalie Lung/Bloomberg)
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The future of AI development could resemble the rivalry between iOS and Android, with China's AI approach closer to Google's open and customizable Android OS (Kai-Fu Lee/Financial Times)
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Reddit is rolling out new safety features globally for all users under 18, ahead of Australia's social media ban for under-16s taking effect on December 10 (Newley Purnell/Bloomberg)
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Sources: CEO Sam Altman said OpenAI plans to end "code red" after releasing a model in January 2026 with improved image generation, speed, and personality (Wall Street Journal)
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Scientists at NeurIPS, which drew a record 26,000 attendees this year, say key questions about how AI models work and how to measure them remain unresolved (Jared Perlo/NBC News)
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Italy-based humanoid robotics startup Generative Bionics raised €70M led by CDP Venture Capital, with participation from Tether, AMD Ventures, and others (Daniele Lepido/Bloomberg)
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The International Committee of the Red Cross, which runs major research archives, warned that AI models are fabricating research papers, journals, and archives (Dan Vergano/Scientific American)
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Robinhood is set to join Indonesia's retail investment boom after agreeing to acquire local brokerages PT Buana Capital Sekuritas and PT Pedagang Aset Kripto (Prima Wirayani/Bloomberg)
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Sources: after the Netflix-WBD deal was announced, Larry Ellison called President Trump about how the transaction would hurt competition (Wall Street Journal)
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The US FDA qualifies the first AI drug development tool, AIM-NASH, to help doctors assess a severe form of fatty liver disease in drug trials (Sahil Pandey/Reuters)
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David Sacks says AI preemption won't apply to state laws on child safety, communities won't be forced to host data centers they don't want, and more (David Sacks/@davidsacks)
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President Trump says the "same approach" used to let Nvidia ship H200 chips to China will also apply to "AMD, Intel, and other GREAT American Companies" (Reuters)
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Filing: HashKey, Hong Kong's largest licensed crypto exchange, is aiming to raise up to ~$215M in its IPO in the city (Kumar Tanishk/Reuters)
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US lawmakers remove provisions in the National Defense Authorization Act for 2026 that would have ensured military members' right to repair their own equipment (Boone Ashworth/Wired)
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Google announces system "autospatialization" for Android XR, an AI feature to turn 2D content, including games streamed from a PC, into 3D, arriving in 2026 (David Heaney/UploadVR)
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After rallying early in 2025, Netflix shares have fallen 28% since the end of June amid concerns about its growth outlook and its costly pursuit of WBD (Bloomberg)
9h
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The US CFTC launches a pilot program allowing BTC, ETH, and USDC to be used as collateral in US derivatives markets (CoinDesk)
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The CTO of Amazon's Zoox says the company plans to start charging for rides in Las Vegas in early 2026 and is focused on transporting people, not deliveries (Amanda Gerut/Fortune)
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Trump says the US will allow Nvidia to ship H200 chips to "approved customers" in China and elsewhere, and 25% of the chip sales will be paid to the US (Kevin Breuninger/CNBC)
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TikTok announces Shared Collection, to organize and share saved videos, and plans to launch Shared Feed, a daily curated selection of 15 videos, globally (Lawrence Bonk/Engadget)
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Letterboxd plans to launch its Video Store film rental platform on December 10, offering curated indie titles in 23 countries, including the US, UK, and France (Todd Spangler/Variety)
11h
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Anthropic launches a Slack integration for Claude Code, expanding on the existing Claude app for Slack, launching in beta as a research preview (Kyt Dotson/SiliconANGLE)
12h
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Google details steps it is taking to secure Chrome's upcoming agentic browsing features, including a "User Alignment Critic" model that vets AI agent's actions (Abner Li/9to5Google)
12h
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Uber launches Uber Intelligence, an insights platform that lets advertisers tap into Uber's data about customer trips and deliveries (Lara O'Reilly/Business Insider)
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OpenAI and Instacart launch a grocery shopping experience inside of ChatGPT, letting customers brainstorm meal ideas and check out via OpenAI Instant Checkout (Amanda Silberling/TechCrunch)
13h
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Apple and Google say they've developed new features that streamline the process of moving data between iOS and Android as part of a joint collaboration (Abner Li/9to5Google)
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Samsung's Galaxy XR gets beta support for Google's realistic avatar system for video calls, a Travel Mode, and a built-in PC remote desktop feature (David Heaney/UploadVR)
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An Airwallex executive warned in 2023 that China staff were pushing to access client data; Keith Rabois accuses Airwallex of enabling Chinese access to US data (Lucas Baird/Australian Financial Review)
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Hands-on with Xreal's Project Aura prototype glasses: they feel like VR shrunken to a far smaller form, the 70° FoV is small but enough for immersion, and more (Scott Stein/CNET)
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Google says it's working to create two different categories of AI-powered smart glasses: one with screens launching in 2026 and another that's audio-focused (Chris Welch/Bloomberg)
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Source: the US Department of Commerce plans to allow the export of Nvidia's old H200 chips to China, seeking a compromise over controlling exports to China (Reed Albergotti/Semafor)
14h
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Sources: Google has told advertisers that it plans to bring ads to Gemini in 2026; Google's VP of Global Ads says there are no plans for ads in the Gemini app (Trishla Ostwal/Adweek)
14h
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NextEra Energy expands its partnership with Google Cloud to develop data center campuses across the US and secures 2.5GW+ of clean energy contracts from Meta (Vallari Srivastava/Reuters)
15h
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Leaked letter: Tiger Global launches Private Investment Partners 17, a fund targeting raising $2.2B, signaling a pivot from megafunds to more discipline (CNBC)
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Internal memo: Johny Srouji, who oversees Apple's chip division, tells his employees that "I don't plan on leaving anytime soon" (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg)
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Sources: Skild AI, which develops a foundation model for robots, is in talks to raise $1B+ from SoftBank and Nvidia at a ~$14B valuation, up from $4.7B in July (Reuters)
16h
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ICEBlock's developer sues the Trump administration in federal court for violating the First Amendment, after Apple removed its app under White House pressure (Bobby Allyn/NPR)
16h
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Unconventional AI raised a $475M seed led by a16z and Lightspeed at a $4.5B valuation to build a more energy-efficient AI computer, part of an up to $1B round (Rachel Metz/Bloomberg)
17h
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Michael Saylor's Strategy acquired 10,624 bitcoin for $962.7M between December 1 and 7, its largest BTC purchase since July; MSTR is down ~40% so far in 2025 (James Hunt/The Block)
17h
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Paramount launches a hostile bid to acquire WBD, offering WBD shareholders $30/share in a $108.4B all-cash deal; sources say WBD rejected the same bid last week (CNBC)
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India's Tata Electronics signs up Intel as a prospective customer for its upcoming chip facilities; Tata is investing ~$14B to build fabs in Gujarat and Assam (Nandan Mandayam/Reuters)
18h
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President Trump says he will sign "a ONE RULE" EO on AI "this week" and "you can't expect a company to get 50 Approvals every time they want to do something" (Bloomberg)
18h
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OpenAI survey of 9,000 workers at 100 companies: its tools save workers ~40-60 minutes daily on average for professional tasks; OpenAI has 1M+ business clients (Shirin Ghaffary/Bloomberg)
19h
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Netflix changed movie distribution, and its executives now think that licensing shows leaves money on the table; YouTube may help Netflix's WBD antitrust case (Ben Thompson/Stratechery)
20h
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The European Commission says Meta agreed to change its "pay or consent" model, including ad-light Instagram and Facebook versions, but "the case is not closed" (Barbara Moens/Financial Times)
20h
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Big Tech's AI data center plans, which are set to need an estimated 44GW of additional capacity by 2028, face a power crunch that could deflate the AI "bubble" (Financial Times)
21h
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Users of ByteDance's agentic AI phone Nubia M153 report that its Doubao assistant is blocked or limited by Tencent's WeChat, Alibaba's Taobao, and other apps (Cissy Zhou/Nikkei Asia)
21h
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Singapore-based banking and payments startup Airwallex raised $330M at an $8B valuation, after raising $300M at a $6.2B valuation in May, and plans a US HQ (Laith Al-Khalaf/Financial Times)
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Binance receives three licenses from Abu Dhabi's financial regulator, allowing comprehensive operations across its exchange, clearing, and brokerage arms (Alex Dooler/Bloomberg)
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