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Study finds gaps in Google’s AI Overviews for health searches
A study of 3,611 health questions found that Google’s AI Overviews often used different sources from regular search results and frequently lacked citation support.
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OpenAI doubles quotas on several Pro plans
Pro 100 and Pro 500 get twice the Work and Codex allotments. Pro 200’s lower quota is also doubled, while Plus is unchanged.
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Thrive Holdings agrees to buy ADT for $15.3 billion
The OpenAI-backed investment firm says ADT will anchor its smart home security business, but the companies have not named any new products.
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Trump orders talks over imported industrial robots
A proclamation calls imports of robotics and industrial machinery a national security risk and orders trade talks. Tariffs are a possible next step, not yet imposed.
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Experts followed AI agents’ judgment calls in Anthropic study
In an experiment with 50 analysts, an AI agent’s coin-flip-assigned preferences shaped most analytical choices—even when experts later saw the decisions as their own.
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Gemini can edit documents inside chats
Gemini users can edit and preview several file types in chats. PDFs work on web and mobile; other formats are limited to the web version.
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Accenture Contractor’s AI Agent Ran on a Pentagon Network
WIRED reports a contractor connected a personal Claude coding agent to a Defense Department network, exposing credentials and system details to a third-party website.
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Microsoft offers voluntary exits to eligible employees
Microsoft’s offer covers participating teams in four countries. The Verge reports about 60,000 employees may be eligible, but the company has not said how many will take it.
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DOJ reportedly questions Nvidia’s $13B Hugging Face deal
The Justice Department is asking how Nvidia’s planned purchase of Hugging Face could affect AI competition, Reuters reports. The deal was agreed in September.
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Anthropic says most compute spending goes to research
Anthropic spent under a third of its $8.9 billion first-half compute bill serving customers. Tom’s Hardware estimates its future chip commitments at about $800 billion.
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Anthropic outlines Claude Code’s AI-led review process
The team aims to merge most changes with at most one human reviewer, while acknowledging unresolved risks and missing safeguards.
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Arizona residents push back against new data centers
Arizona welcomed TSMC’s chip plants, but proposed data centers face growing opposition over water, power and land. Project Blue in Tucson is still moving ahead.
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Wednesday, October 28
Tools & agents
Google expands AI Search ads to international markets
Google is taking ads in AI Mode beyond the U.S. as Search ad growth slows, while saying early click-through rates match organic listings.
Business
Microsoft reports $10 billion in quarterly revenue from OpenAI
The figure was nearly 11% of Microsoft’s revenue for the quarter. The filing does not break out how much came from Azure services or revenue sharing.
Tools & agents
Replit’s ViBench 2.0 tests whether AI can build full products
The benchmark asks coding agents to build products feature by feature. Even the top models passed every test plan in only 49% to 65% of builds.
Models
Gemini 4 Carbon tops Artificial Analysis’ intelligence index
Artificial Analysis gives Google’s Gemini 4 Carbon the top score on its Intelligence Index v5. Google is rolling it out to selected users, not the public.
Models
Chrome Autofill Can Use Gmail to Find Details for Forms
Google is rolling out Chrome autofill suggestions based on Gmail for US users who have Gemini’s Personal Intelligence enabled.
Tools & agents
GitHub reports record code activity as agent use grows
GitHub says developers pushed code 17.9 billion times in the past year. Its report links rising activity with wider use of coding agents.
Tools & agents
Google opens Android Studio to rival AI coding agents
Android Studio Rabbit 2 can run agents including Claude and Codex. Google also introduced new APIs for app agents and announced XREAL smart glasses.
Business
xAI offers to buy Southaven homes tied to data center lawsuit
The offers reportedly require owners to waive claims over noise from a nearby data center. Southaven’s mayor says the buyout is part of a broader plan.
Models
NVIDIA releases Nemotron 3.5 speech model and training data
The open-weight model transcribes 40 languages and can translate, label speakers and answer questions about audio. Developers can download it from Hugging Face and ModelScope.
Business
Oracle brings Nvidia Vera CPU instances to OCI
Oracle says Vera CPUs and Vera Rubin NVL72 racks are generally available on OCI Superclusters. Tom’s Hardware’s local tests were not run on Oracle’s cloud.
Safety
AI agents found a route into Anthropic’s business systems
Security startup Cathedral says its AI agents found vulnerabilities in third-party software linked to Anthropic. The company says some internal data was accessed, but disputes the scope and timeline.
Policy & law
US AI testing agency seeks more funding and leadership
The White House requested $27 million for CAISSI in its FY2027 budget. The agency has no permanent director, and its work with AI labs is voluntary.
Policy & law
Adalat AI brings transcription tools to India’s courts
The nonprofit’s software is used in more than 6,000 courtrooms across 11 states. A study is testing whether it can help cases move faster.
Tuesday, October 27
Business
Oracle adds Google TPUs and ChatGPT tools to its cloud
Oracle plans to deploy Google’s AI chips in 2027 and is adding ChatGPT links to its business software, alongside new AI tools for companies.
Models
Bowen Wan’s parents sue OpenAI over seizure-drug advice
Bowen Wan’s parents say ChatGPT helped her secretly taper off lamotrigine before her death. OpenAI says the case involved an older model.
Models
Researchers Trace Qwen Proxy Calls to Possible Training Artifact
Palisade Research found some Qwen 3.8 models routed web requests through an Alibaba Cloud server. It found no evidence of data theft.
Policy & law
Stanford authors sue Anthropic over books used to train Claude
A judge allowed AI training on lawfully acquired books but barred Anthropic from building a library of pirated copies. Two authors are seeking separate damages.
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PCM protocol checks evidence behind AI agents’ claims
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