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Anthropic adds parallel workers to Claude Code Projects
Updated Projects can split a coding goal across Claude Code sessions, coordinate the work and share project memory. The beta is limited at first.
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Policy & law
Congress renews push to restrict AI chip exports to China
Democrats and Republicans are backing tighter limits after revelations involving former Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang and a suspected Chinese spy. No new law is reported.
Business
Megaspeed reportedly brokered $12 billion in Nvidia chip orders for China
The firm arranged orders for several hundred thousand chips from March 2024 to June 2025, according to documents reviewed by The Wall Street Journal.
Models
RBA sees weaker job prospects for young workers in AI-exposed fields
An Australian central bank analysis finds younger workers are faring worse in fields such as software and customer service, but it does not show AI caused the decline.
Models
Meituan releases open weights for 1.6T LongCat-2.5
The agent model is available under an MIT license and can run on Huawei Ascend chips. Meituan reports strong results on several coding and agent benchmarks.
Business
Megaspeed opens probe into reports about its business
The Singapore-based cloud computing company says Alice Huang left in August 2025 and has hired outside counsel to review media reports about its operations.
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Business
Anthropic CEO warns of compute gamble ahead of record IPO
Anthropic plans a $90 billion IPO on Nov. 19, but its CEO says massive uncertainty surrounds the massive compute spend needed for future AI growth.
Models
Google’s Gemini 4 Carbon tops MathArena benchmark
Gemini 4 Carbon beats GPT‑6.1 Sol on the MathArena test but costs about 15 times more per query.
Models
Runway releases open-weight Praxis-1 robot controller
The model turns camera images and instructions into robot movements. Runway says it led a simulation benchmark, but its tests have not been independently checked.
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Friday, November 13
Research
OpenAI disbands its stand-alone robotics team
OpenAI is moving robotics researchers into its main research and Applied groups, saying its general-purpose models can now help control robots.
Business
LangChain raises $300 M, valuation hits $3 B
The AI‑agent tooling startup announced a Series C led by CapitalG, bringing its worth to $3 billion and expanding its LangSmith platform to over 7,000 customers.
Tools & agents
Anthropic launches Claude for Manufacturing plugin for factory software
The new plugin lets Claude access Autodesk Fusion, Oracle NetSuite, Microsoft 365 and Infor to automate quoting, quality reports and supply‑chain tasks, with human review required.
Business
Malaysia and Singapore tighten probes of Nvidia AI chips after CEO controversy
Both countries are investigating AI hardware imports amid fears the chips could be rerouted to China, following Jensen Huang's resignation.
Business
Researcher finds Nvidia Blackwell fingerprints in six Chinese AI models
Analysis of six Chinese models released since April 2026 shows they were trained on Nvidia's new Blackwell GPUs, costing over $500 million.
Models
OpenAI adds ChatGPT Wallet for Pro users to let AI agents buy things
OpenAI's new ChatGPT Wallet lets its ‘dots’ agents purchase items for U.S. Pro subscribers using tokenized card data.
Business
Anthropic IPO draws six‑times oversubscription, aims for $1.4 trillion valuation
The AI startup plans to raise up to $64.4 billion in its public offering, with another $26 billion in a private placement.
Models
Meta's Muse can now call US businesses for paying users
The AI agent can place phone calls to cable companies, DMVs and restaurants, but many businesses still hang up on the synthetic voice.
Business
TechCrunch reports Jensen Huang stepped down at Nvidia
TechCrunch, citing Reuters, reports a third alleged affair involving an Nvidia employee and says Huang left his CEO and board roles.
Tools & agents
FDA clears Bracco’s UPTUNITY Aneurysm AI tool for brain scans
Bracco and Avicenna.AI received 510(k) clearance for UPTUNITY | Aneurysm, software that flags brain aneurysms over 3 mm on CT angiograms.
Tools & agents
ArcticSwarm boosts multi‑agent web search accuracy by delaying early consensus
The new ArcticSwarm architecture separates evidence gathering from integration, raising BrowseComp scores to 82.6% with Qwen 3.5‑27B.
Thursday, November 12
Tools & agents
FAA expands AI tool to help manage US air traffic nationwide
The FAA will roll out its $875 million SMART system to all 22 air‑traffic control centers, aiming to cut delays and fuel use.
Business
Cisco reports Q1 earnings beat, forecasts AI revenue to double
Cisco posted $18.5 billion revenue in Q1 FY2027, beating estimates, and says AI infrastructure sales will exceed $9 billion this year.
Tools & agents
Anthropic adds Claude AI to Google Meet calls
Claude Meetings lets the AI sit in on video calls, take notes and draft tasks for teams on Anthropic's paid plans.
Business
Nebius outlines $40 billion 2027 capex plan amid data‑center delays
Nebius plans to spend up to $45 billion next year, relying on pre‑payments and contract‑backed loans, but a key Microsoft project is months behind schedule.
Policy & law
Congress moves to tighten chip exports after Nvidia scandal
Republican and Democratic leaders back new bills that could restrict advanced AI chip sales to China before the end of 2026.
Models
Google launches Gemini 4 Hydrogen, a faster and cheaper AI model
The new Gemini 4 Hydrogen model beats the larger Argon on speed, cost and several benchmarks, and is now available to developers and consumers worldwide.
Tools & agents
AWS makes next‑gen AgentCore runtime the default in many regions
The new AgentCore runtime starts sessions faster, uses less memory and can scale to zero when idle, now default in 20 AWS regions.
Safety
United Airlines bans AI assistants from booking flights
United will block third‑party AI agents from accessing its booking tools, citing security risks and possible FAA rule violations.
Models
Google Search rolls out Gemini 4 Hydrogen model worldwide
Google says the new Gemini 4 Hydrogen model is now live for all Search users, promising deeper understanding, broader link results and richer visual answers.
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All notes →llama.cpp b12426 adds support for two speech models
llama.cpp b12425 adds Qwen3-ForcedAligner support
llama.cpp adds Zonos3-Mini text-to-speech support
Uber outlines security framework for AI agents
llama.cpp b12422 adds four Jinja features
llama.cpp b12420 adds MiniMax-M3.1 support
llama.cpp b12419 changes how its server handles empty stop strings
Lutnick is expected to join Trump’s China trip amid scrutiny
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- 5Claude Opus 5.5Anthropic83.4
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