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Big Tech plans at least $720 billion in 2026 spending
Amazon, Microsoft, Alphabet and Meta plan record outlays, but returns from AI remain uncertain as Google’s AI search earns less from ads.
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Qualcomm targets data centers as smartphone sales fall
Qualcomm forecasts $15 billion in data center revenue by 2029 and says the business could eventually make up 30% of its company.
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Ricursive releases preview of 65B open-weight Ripple model
Ripple-65B Preview is licensed under Apache 2.0 and scores 80.5 on Terminal-Bench 2.1. Details about access and test conditions were not provided.
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webAI’s TwIL-8B scores 98.2 on MATH-500
webAI’s 8.8-billion-parameter model is post-trained from IBM Granite 4.2 8B. MarkTechPost reports strong math and coding scores, but weaker knowledge results.
Business
Meta acquires AI coding startup Conductor
Meta has bought Conductor, whose coding agents work in parallel. Cloud users face a shutdown and data-deletion deadline later this month.
Models
Anthropic sets Nov. 16 watermark rollout for four Claude models
The watermark is scheduled for four Claude models, but API users can bypass it by changing sampling settings. Amazon Bedrock may get the update later.
Tools & agents
OpenAI to buy Pierre Computer Company
Pierre’s code tools already support OpenAI’s Codex. OpenAI says it wants to improve Git workflows for developers and AI agents working together.
Tools & agents
Google’s school controls link Search access to an AI opt-in
Google says K–12 administrators must turn on Search and its AI tools for student accounts. Critics say tying the services together pressures schools to adopt AI.
Models
GPT-6 Astra edits AI model weights without retraining
Researchers say Astra identified, created and modified neural networks by working directly with their weights. One small language model scored higher on math tests after a targeted edit.
Models
Together AI says its compiler speeds up AI inference
Together AI says its compiler can optimize inference workloads in under 24 hours, with up to 2.6× higher throughput on tested open models.
Policy & law
AI-generated data found on Nigeria’s draft voter roll
Analysts say Nigeria’s electoral commission should face an outside audit after AI-generated data and other errors were found in a draft register.
Business
Nvidia China GPU deliveries reportedly limited to about 1%
Bloomberg, citing unnamed sources, reports that Nvidia will ship only tens of thousands of RTX Pro 5500 GPUs to Chinese firms in the coming months.
Policy & law
Brazilian court blocks Meta from using media content without consent
A São Paulo judge temporarily barred Meta from collecting or using member outlets’ content without permission, including to train AI systems.
Research
AIRoA-0 trains robot hands from handheld demonstrations
The bimanual system learned from 16,151 hours of human demonstrations recorded without a robot. Its authors report a 78% average success rate across 10 tasks.
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Business
AMD revenue rises 45% as data center sales nearly double
AMD beat quarterly estimates and forecast $17 billion in fourth-quarter revenue, while sales of PC and gaming chips fell.
Business
Salesforce to acquire Cresta in a reported $2.7 billion deal
Cresta makes AI voice agents for customer service. Salesforce says the deal should close in the first quarter of fiscal 2028, pending approvals.
Business
Meta seeks up to $25 billion in bond sale for AI
The planned borrowing comes as Meta raises its AI spending forecast and prepares a broader $95 billion funding effort.
Business
Rising memory prices put pressure on Apple's costs
Apple expects to pay more for memory in the December quarter. The company has used cheaper inventory and other cost cuts to limit the impact so far.
Models
OpenAI says GPT-6 Astra designed a device in under a week
OpenAI says its model helped design a talk-to-Codex device, from circuit boards to firmware. Prototypes still needed several rounds of revisions.
Tools & agents
Apple opens Siri AI to third-party apps in developer preview
Developers can connect apps to Siri AI in Apple’s software betas, letting it handle requests and combine tasks. A customer release is planned for a few months from now.
Business
DeepSeek’s $15.9B Round Pushes October Venture Funding to $59B
Crunchbase counted $59 billion in global startup funding in October, up 45% from a year earlier. DeepSeek’s record Chinese deal drove much of the rise.
Models
Study tests whether decision models can replace LLM judges
An arXiv study finds several single-pass models match or beat some text-generating judges on evaluation benchmarks, but results vary by task and model.
Tools & agents
SUSE plans to cut about one in 10 jobs, citing AI
The Linux company plans to reduce its nearly 2,000-person workforce. CEO Dirk-Peter van Leeuwen cited AI and automation as reasons for the cuts.
Business
Nvidia reportedly sets a 49% limit for Chinese data center business
Tom’s Hardware says Nvidia has told data center customers to keep Chinese companies below half of their business. The reported policy has not been formally documented.
Models
OpenAI says ChatGPT search volume equals 20% of Google’s
OpenAI says ChatGPT handles one-fifth as many search queries as Google, using its own definition of a search. The company did not explain how it got Google’s figure.
Business
xAI uses eight converted jet engines at Mississippi data center
The turbines have state permits, but environmentalists are challenging Mississippi’s approval over pollution concerns, including volatile organic compounds and carbon monoxide.
Tools & agents
AI agents help scan signals at SETI’s Allen Telescope Array
The system can steer the telescope and analyze radio signals in real time, but researchers still enter commands and no signal from extraterrestrial life has been found.
Research
BrainGFM trains on 1.3 million brain scans for imaging tasks
Researchers say their model improved performance across 48 tasks and helped radiologists classify stroke. The findings are based on a multicenter study, not evidence of routine clinical use.
Tools & agents
Google’s school AI opt-out could also block Search
Google plans to turn AI tools off for K–12 accounts by default. Schools that opt out may also lose access to Google Search.
Tools & agents
Apple sets an 18+ rating for dating and romance apps
Apple says apps with dating or romantic relationship features must be rated for adults. New content descriptors are required from November 16.
Short notes
All notes →OpenAI proposes policies for AI infrastructure projects
Gradium’s Phonon TTS runs offline on phones and laptops
Study Finds Gaps in LLM Code Verification
llama.cpp b12124 adds OpenCL sigmoid support
llama.cpp pre-release changes Adreno X2 defaults
A sparse-attention method speeds up long-context hybrid LLMs
PEEK Aims to Reduce Diffusion Image Errors During Sampling
llama.cpp b12122 adds a fused CUDA operation for NVFP4
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- 1Claude Fable 5.1Anthropic85.7
- 2GPT-6 AstraOpenAI85.6
- 3Claude Opus 5.5Anthropic85.1
- 4GPT-6.1 SolOpenAI84.1
- 5Claude Sonnet 5.5Anthropic80.0
LiveBench average out of 100, checked November 5. A test result, not a verdict.
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