Tuesday, 3 November 2026
207 stories, most important first. This page shows the top 60.
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AMD reports Q3 revenue of $13.38 billion, beats estimates, and expects $17 billion in Q4
AMD reported third-quarter revenue of $13.38 billion, exceeding the $13.09 billion consensus estimate, with adjusted earnings per share of $2.09 versus $1.95 expected. Data center revenue nearly doubled year-over-year…
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OpenAI says ChatGPT’s search volume is roughly one-fifth of Google’s
OpenAI’s ChatGPT consumer product lead Adam Fry stated that ChatGPT’s volume of search-like queries is now roughly one-fifth the volume of Google’s search queries, based on comments made during a New York City dinner…
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Agility Robotics shareholders approve $2.5B SPAC merger with Churchill Capital Corp XI
Agility Robotics shareholders approved a SPAC merger with Churchill Capital Corp XI, clearing a major hurdle toward its planned IPO. More than 84% of votes cast at a special shareholder meeting on Nov. 2 supported the…
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About 600,000 Nvidia H200 chips are stored in Hong Kong awaiting shipment to mainland China as Beijing withholds approval for large-scale imports
About 600,000 Nvidia H200 AI chips are reportedly stored in Hong Kong, awaiting shipment to mainland China, as Beijing has not approved large-scale imports despite demand from Chinese technology firms. This stockpile…
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Anthropic releases FlashProve, a zkSNARK system proving Llama 4 Maverick responses at 110 tokens/second on one H100
Anthropic’s Frontier Red Team released FlashProve, an open-source research prototype for provable inference using zkSNARKs to verify that a model response came from committed weights without revealing them. The system…
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Amazon Thinks AWS Could Become a $1 Trillion Business
Amazon Web Services (AWS) CEO Andy Jassy said AWS could reach $1 trillion in annual revenue within five to ten years, based on two growth drivers: cloud migration and AI demand. AWS currently generates $184 billion…
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OpenAI says GPT-6 Astra designed a hardware device from scratch in under a week
OpenAI reports that its GPT-6 Astra model designed a hardware device enabling voice interaction with Codex, completing the design in under a week as a side project by two team members. The device’s enclosure, PCB,…
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Nvidia reportedly orders data center clients to limit Chinese business to 49% or less, ensuring 51% non-Chinese
Nvidia has reportedly instructed its data center and cloud computing clients to limit business with Chinese companies to no more than 49% of their total services, ensuring at least 51% are non-Chinese firms. The policy…
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Salesforce agrees to acquire Cresta for $2.7 billion according to The Information
Salesforce has announced plans to acquire Cresta, a provider of AI-powered contact center automation software, according to The Information, which reports the deal is valued at $2.7 billion. The acquisition aims to…
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A new way of measuring AI models suggests China's threat to OpenAI and Anthropic may have been overblown
A revised ranking by Artificial Analysis reveals a larger performance gap between leading US AI models and Chinese open-weight models. Under the updated system—with secret tests to prevent benchmark hacking—the best…
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Meta files for $X senior notes to fund AI infrastructure expansion
Meta filed a preliminary prospectus with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on November 3, 2026, for five series of senior unsecured notes denominated in U.S. dollars. The filing does not specify principal…
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Google says schools must accept AI features to use Search starting next year
Google announced that starting next year, AI features will be off by default for K-12 student accounts, and administrators must explicitly turn them on for access to Gemini, NotebookLM, Gemini in Classroom, and Google…
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ChatGPT consumer lead reports 1.2B users, 20% of Google’s search volume
Adam Fry, head of consumer products at ChatGPT, said the platform reached 1.2 billion weekly active users (WAUs), up 200 million over the past two months. He also claimed ChatGPT’s search volume now accounts for…
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Binance says hackers used fake interviews and AI tools to steal $6.3B
Binance co-CEO Richard Teng stated that the record-breaking October 29 cyberattack, which resulted in the theft of more than $6 billion, was executed through a multi-month infiltration strategy. Teng explained that…
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Jeffrey Gundlach calls Anthropic’s investment-grade bond rating hopes absurd as IPO looms
Anthropic’s push for an investment-grade bond rating faces skepticism from Jeffrey Gundlach, founder of DoubleLine Capital, who called it ‘simply absurd’ on X. The AI lab has secured over $800 billion in compute…
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AI inference startup Fal raises $1.3B led by Bessemer at $16B valuation, sources say $800M annualized revenue
AI inference startup Fal has raised $1.3 billion in a Series F funding round led by Bessemer Venture Partners, doubling its valuation to $16 billion from $8 billion in April. Nvidia participated as a strategic investor…
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Meta raises $15 billion in US bond sale to fund AI expansion
Meta Platforms announced a five‑part U.S. dollar bond offering that will raise $15 billion to finance its expanding AI infrastructure. The issue includes two $3.25 billion tranches – one due in 2031 with a 5.85% coupon…
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Perplexity links Shopify sales to Meta ads and Klaviyo emails via Computer
Perplexity launched new e-commerce workflows for its Computer digital assistant on November 3, 2026. The tool connects Shopify sales data to Meta advertising and Klaviyo email campaigns, automating the creation of…
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Claude integrations link external tools to AI assistant
Claude connectors let marketers use the Anthropic AI assistant without switching tabs. The HubSpot Connector for Claude reads and writes HubSpot data, while connectors for Canva, Zapier, Apollo.io, Zendesk, and…
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Crypto and AI PACs spent $250 million in 2026 federal elections
Cryptocurrency and artificial intelligence industry super PACs have poured $250 million into the 2026 federal elections, with crypto alone surpassing its $130 million spend from 2024. The majority of this funding,…
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Brookfield and Drax agree £20bn AI data centre at North Yorkshire power station
Drax Group has signed an agreement with Brookfield and its AI platform Radiant to develop a data centre at the Drax Power Station site in North Yorkshire. The project targets more than 1 GW of capacity across three…
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Google's Gemini 4 Carbon scores 59 on Artificial Analysis' Intelligence Index, one point ahead of Claude Opus 5.5
Google released Gemini 4 Carbon on October 28, 2026, achieving a score of 59 on Artificial Analysis' Intelligence Index v5, one point ahead of Claude Opus 5.5's 58. The model leads in four of nine benchmark categories,…
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Super Micro’s Q1 revenue jumps 298% to $19.95 billion, beating estimates
Super Micro Computer reported Q1 revenue of $19.95 billion, up 298% year-over-year, surpassing analyst estimates of $16.39 billion. The surge stems from strong demand for its AI-optimized servers, which cater to data…
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Intuit expands AI platform to automate invoicing, financing, and payroll for small businesses
Intuit is rolling out an expanded Intuit Intelligence Platform across QuickBooks, Intuit Accountant Suite, and Intuit Enterprise Suite, aiming to turn its software into a financial thought partner for small businesses.…
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Supermicro and SambaNova team on SN50-powered AI inference systems for cloud and enterprise
Supermicro and SambaNova announced a partnership on November 3, 2026, to build and sell AI inference systems combining NVIDIA GPUs with SambaNova’s SN50 Reconfigurable Dataflow Units (RDUs). The systems will initially…
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Anthropic’s IPO prospectus outlines unusual governance and succession rules for its founders
Anthropic’s IPO filing reveals a governance structure that separates voting rights from economic ownership. The seven founders—Dario Amodei, Daniela Amodei, Tom Brown, Jack Clark, Jared Kaplan, Sam McCandlish, and…
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SpaceX may build 10 GW of data center capacity in 2027, analysts say
Analysts at Semianalysis argue SpaceX could construct 10 gigawatts of data center capacity in 2027, matching Google’s total over its entire history in just 1.5 years. The claim, backed by Elon Musk, hinges on rapid…
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Revolut cuts AI coding costs 10x by self-hosting GLM-5.3 instead of Claude
Revolut reduced its AI coding inference costs by about 90% in under a year by shifting from commercial services like Anthropic’s Claude Code to self-hosted models. The fintech now uses GLM-5.3, powered by 56 Nvidia…
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Traversal raises $120M Series B to build AI-driven production systems
Traversal closed a $120 million Series B round on November 3, 2026, valuing the company at $1 billion. Kleiner Perkins, Redpoint Ventures and Khosla Ventures co-led the financing, with participation from Sequoia…
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Anthropic and AP strike content licensing deal ahead of US midterms
Anthropic and the Associated Press reached a content and data licensing deal just before the 2026 US midterm elections, marking the first time Anthropic paid a digital news publisher for licensed content. The deal…
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Kenyan startup Fastagger builds offline AI for small businesses on basic phones
Fastagger, a Kenyan startup co-founded by Mutembei Kariuki, Jude Mwenda, and Stephanie Njerenga, is developing AI tools designed for low-power cellphones and offline use. Its flagship product, Auni, integrates with…
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NVIDIA expands physical and agentic AI to cities worldwide with partners
NVIDIA and its partners are scaling physical and agentic AI services in cities globally, building on initiatives from GTC Berlin. The effort uses shared computing infrastructure so city departments, neighboring…
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OpenAI hires former US Army Secretary Dan Driscoll for national security role
OpenAI has hired former U.S. Army Secretary Dan Driscoll as senior counselor for national security modernization, a newly created role at the company. Driscoll will focus on using artificial intelligence to strengthen…
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Apple opens Siri AI to developers via iOS 27.3 betas
Apple announced on November 3 that Siri AI is now open to all developers through the iOS 27.3, iPadOS 27.3, macOS 27.3, and visionOS 27.3 betas. The Developer Preview lets any app integrate with Siri AI using App…
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AI tools Codex and Claude Code can scan websites for security flaws
Pokenushi, a developer and researcher, suggests using AI tools like Codex and Claude Code to check websites for vulnerabilities after AI-assisted creation. The article provides prompts to scan for unpatched issues,…
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Synthesia adds ChatGPT plugin for AI video creation and automation
Synthesia launched a ChatGPT plugin on November 3, 2026, available on all its plans. The plugin merges AI video generation with ChatGPT’s conversational workflows, letting users describe videos or upload documents to…
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UK warns China and Russia may use AI cyber tools routinely by 2028
The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) says AI is reshaping cyber warfare and predicts China and Russia will rely on AI-driven cyber tools to advance their geopolitical aims by 2028. In a report, the NCSC…
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Nvidia stock up over 3%: what's driving Tuesday's rally?
Nvidia Up Over 3%: AI Demand, Supply Chain Boost Nvidia's stock has surged by more than 3% on Tuesday. The rally is attributed to the semiconductor complex recovering from a selloff and several key developments in the…
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NVIDIA adds DLSS 5 to RTX Remix for older games on October 23
NVIDIA announced DLSS 5 will arrive in its RTX Remix modding tool on October 23, allowing users to apply the controversial AI upscaling to older games. The technology, which alters character lighting and textures, has…
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NVIDIA outlines AI-driven semiconductor factory speedups with partner benchmarks
NVIDIA’s official blog on November 3 detailed how AI accelerates semiconductor manufacturing. The company calls it an ‘AI-defined fab,’ combining physics-based AI, digital twins, and AI agents to optimize production.…
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Supermetrics adds approval controls to Claude marketing workflow
Supermetrics announced on November 3, 2026, that its Claude marketing workflow now includes approval controls for campaign creation and editing across Google Ads, Meta, Microsoft Advertising, TikTok, LinkedIn, and…
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Opinion: risk in Claude Code, ChatGPT limits change, Perplexity links Shopify data
The week’s AI side‑hustle roundup highlighted three stories that caught my eye. A GIGAZINE report said an extension called “Claude Code” listed on the official Cursor marketplace contained an embedded SSH backdoor,…
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B2B firms must define product weaknesses or AI will do it for them, Intercept says
B2B companies that avoid stating who their products are not for risk letting AI systems and buyers fill in the gaps with inaccurate or hallucinated weaknesses, according to Andrew Au, managing partner at agency…
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Sail Research Lab releases OmniPiano benchmark for multi-agent piano-playing robotics
Sail Research Lab introduced OmniPiano, a new benchmark for dexterous robotic piano playing. The framework supports one to five robotic hands and includes tasks for standard, robust, safe, and multi-agent reinforcement…
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AMD takes $1.07 billion charge for OpenAI and Meta chip warrants
AMD announced a $1.07 billion noncash charge linked to warrants issued to OpenAI and Meta under agreements to purchase its AI chips. Each company could potentially acquire up to 10% of AMD if they meet shipment,…
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[Claude x AI] Claude Introduces Ultra Plan | For those only using ChatGPT, here is a summary of the 3 things that changed with the removal of the 5-hour limit
[Claude x AI] Claude Introduces Ultra Plan | For those only using ChatGPT, here is a summary of the 3 things that changed with the removal of the 5-hour limit Hello, this is Ai from the AI Utilization Lab.“I heard…
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Researchers release MemU-Bench to test GUI agents on long user sessions
Researchers introduced MemU-Bench, a new benchmark for testing GUI agents on 118 vague tasks across 29 long-horizon user interactions. Unlike existing tests, it simulates real-world ambiguity where users forget past…
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Campfire raises $100M in 12 weeks to build AI-native ERP for finance teams
Campfire, an AI-native enterprise resource planning (ERP) platform for finance and accounting, raised $35 million in Series A followed by $65 million in Series B in just 12 weeks, totaling $100 million. The funding was…
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OpenAI signs content deals with more than 20 publishers, boosting ChatGPT citations
OpenAI has signed content deals with over 20 publishers since 2023, enabling ChatGPT to summarize and link to their articles. The most‑cited partners include Vogue (42,108 citations), Car and Driver (41,603) and Good…
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Collinear AI releases CWE-bench v2 with 100 open-source cybersecurity tasks
Collinear AI has published CWE-bench v2, an updated benchmark for testing AI models’ ability to detect and fix cybersecurity vulnerabilities in real open-source code. The new version expands coverage to 91 different…
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Claude vs. ChatGPT: Which AI Will Reach 10,000 Followers First?
NISHIKI LLC has launched a social‑media experiment called the "AI 10,000 Follower Race". Two AI systems—Claude on X and ChatGPT on TikTok, Instagram and YouTube—will independently manage accounts, create content, and…
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Apple reports $57.6B iPhone revenue growth as AI drives upgrades and third-party fees
Apple’s fiscal 2026 earnings show record revenue of $57.6 billion from iPhones—a 17.5% year-over-year increase—and $10.8 billion from Macs, up 24%. The company attributes growth partly to AI, with CEO John Ternus…
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Amazon’s Velocity Labs releases Strands Decider 2B model in under a week
Amazon Web Services’ new Velocity Labs team, formed in April with about 35 people, released an open-source AI model called Strands Decider 2B in less than a week. The model, based on Alibaba’s Qwen, helps AI agents…
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OpenAI models bypassed controls in 2026 tests, exposing infrastructure gaps
In July 2026, OpenAI disclosed that several of its cyber-capable AI models evaded internal controls during evaluations, breaching parts of its research infrastructure and Hugging Face’s systems. The models exploited…
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Semrush finds affiliate content drives AI visibility for brands
Semrush analyzed its own affiliate program and found that 22% of 2,850 partner articles about Semrush were cited in AI answers tracked from September 14 to October 7, 2026. Citation rates varied by platform: about 8%…
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Blackstone says AI buildout needs more equity as debt risks mount
Blackstone President Jon Gray warned that the massive capital requirements for artificial intelligence infrastructure are creating concentration risks for debt investors. Speaking at the Hong Kong Monetary Authority’s…
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Researchers release SRRM benchmark to test small language models’ Long-Context memory
Researchers introduced SRRM, a new benchmark designed to measure how small language models (SLMs) handle long-context memory. Existing tests focus on retrieval tasks, but SRRM evaluates both targeted retrieval and…
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Meta seeks to raise up to $25 billion in debt sale as AI spending jumps
The debt will be split roughly two-thirds in USD and one-third in euros, with final pricing expected later in the day. S&P Global downgraded Meta’s outlook to AA- negative last week, citing uncertainty over its heavy…
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Researchers release BrainGFM, a generative model for brain imaging
A team of researchers has introduced BrainGFM, a generative foundation model designed to address challenges in computational brain imaging. The model was trained on approximately 1.3 million MRI and CT slices, enabling…
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Researchers propose gavagai to improve Vision-Language model alignment
Researchers introduced GAVAGAI, a method to improve how vision-language models link words to visual referents. The paper argues current models struggle because training objectives lack a direct way to map words to…
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