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Anthropic proposes AI safety bill that could block models with 50+ potential deaths
The proposal reportedly forbids federal agencies from blocking a model's release without a judge's permission, despite its aim to guard against AI run amok.
Hugging Face CEO says Netflix's OpenAI hack documentary is inaccurate
Clem Delangue, Hugging Face co-founder and featured subject of the Netflix film "AI Gone Rogue", says the documentary went "full doomer mode" and is not accurate.
Anthropic reportedly struggles to secure cloud compute as providers turn competitive
Cloud providers reportedly increasingly view Anthropic as a competitor while its infrastructure spending balloons ahead of a planned November IPO.
Meta removes the word train from its commercial terms after AI backlash
Meta dropped the word train from commercial terms of service taking effect October 30 after legal experts warned the terms could allow scraping of linked websites. A Meta spokesperson confirmed users were not alerted to the changed language.
Google brings Personal Intelligence to Gemini in Android Auto and Google built-in cars
Google is rolling out Personal Intelligence, which draws on data such as Gmail and Calendar, to Android Auto starting today. Vehicles with Google built-in will get it over the next few months. The feature remains optional.
Elevenlabs releases two Eleven Realtime speech-to-speech models
The new Eleven Realtime speech-to-speech models target real-time AI conversation. The v1 Max variant scores 98.8 percent on Big Bench Audio with a 0.57-second response time, according to Elevenlabs, which claims no model on the Artificial Analysis leaderboard is both faster and more accurate.
Google releases a PyTorch developer tool to move apps off Nvidia GPUs
Google follows Amazon with a developer tool that helps PyTorch users shift their apps off Nvidia GPUs.
OpenAI lets ChatGPT users lock individual chats
The lock is meant for conversations users want kept private when they hand their device to someone else to show them a different chat.
Eric Schmidt reportedly holds about half the Anthropic stake of CEO Dario Amodei
Bloomberg reports that former Google CEO Eric Schmidt owns roughly a 1% stake in Anthropic, about half of what Dario Amodei holds.
Meta ordered to name executives who approved torrenting books for AI training
A magistrate judge in copyright suits by book authors and Entrepreneur Media ordered Meta to identify decision-makers behind downloading books from shadow libraries like Anna's Archive and LibGen, per TorrentFreak as cited by Ars Technica.
Meta's Muse AI companion passes 10 million U.S. downloads in 40 days
Muse reached more than 10 million U.S. downloads in its first 40 days, a milestone reached by only 11 other apps, including Threads. New data shows it retains users at higher rates than rival AI apps.
Altman reportedly pitched three endgames for AI safety in internal presentation
According to a report, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman outlined an international IAEA-style watchdog, a merger of major labs, or a single dominant firm, which he called terrible.
Mistral launches Voxtral 3 speech models and a voice-agent SDK
Transcription costs $0.0035 to $0.008 per minute and text to speech $13 per million characters. Mistral has not said whether weights are out.
Spotify says it removed 50 million AI slop and spam tracks from recommendations
Spotify says it has removed more than 50 million songs considered AI-generated slop or spam from user recommendations over the past year and will highlight more human-made music. It has not mandated labels on all AI tracks but launched an "AI Persona" badge.
Adobe adds one-tap Open Eyes feature to Lightroom mobile
The generative AI Open Eyes Quick Action appears automatically when the app detects closed eyes in a photo, on iOS, iPadOS and Android. The feature is available in the mobile version of Lightroom.
Eka Robotics valued at $1.45 billion on physical AI robotic arm model
Eka Robotics is reported to be worth $1.45 billion, with experts praising its robotic arm for picking up a wide range of objects smoothly and human-like.
Meta suspends Muse sharing feature after researchers expose shared conversations
Security firm Claroc enumerated 6,800 shared Muse conversation links and found sensitive personal and business data in a few hundred of them. Meta says it is suspending sharing while it reviews the design and considers changes.
Army Cyber Command develops ECHOTRIBBLE, a worm-like AI agent program
According to internal documents, the program is designed to spread across networks, including air-gapped systems, and neutralize targets with minimal human oversight. Experts warn of collateral damage.
Meta prepares Muse Confidential VM for private AI chats
Meta is reportedly preparing Muse Confidential VM, a mode that would keep chats private even from Meta, with possible feature limits and early signs of EU web access.
Cloudflare releases Clairic, a model that extracts data from documents
Cloudflare says Clairic pulls data from documents faster and more cheaply than large language models.
US bans DeepSeek technology across federal civilian agencies
The US Department of Homeland Security has barred federal civilian agencies from using AI technology from Chinese lab DeepSeek.
Otter.ai raises $320 million from General Catalyst's Customer Value Fund
The meeting note-taking startup says the funding comes from General Catalyst's CVF, which provides capital without diluting equity and earns returns based on marketing spend results. Otter.ai plans to use it for enterprise growth, go-to-market, international expansion and product innovation.
OpenAI prepares GPT-6.1 Terra, with a cheaper Terra model reportedly in the works
GPT-6.1 Terra appeared in a Microsoft pull request, and The Information reports OpenAI is readying a cheaper Terra model. Neither report includes an official launch date.
DeepSeek open-sources DeepInfer, the serving stack it runs in production
It ships under Apache 2.0 and for now supports only DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash in offline mode. It leads Hacker News with 1,862 points.
Mamdani says federal government has abdicated on AI and urges New Yorkers to push back
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani said New Yorkers must resist the view that an AI takeover is inevitable and demand regulations that protect the public.
OpenAI acquires Orchestra Bio to expand AI into life sciences R&D
The acquisition brings AI-powered operations to life sciences research and development, helping biopharma teams accelerate drug development.
Nscale and Anthropic reportedly in talks on another $45B compute deal
According to TechCrunch, the two companies are in talks over a deal worth about $45 billion, which would be another large compute agreement for Anthropic. The report is not yet confirmed by either party.
Hugging Face policy chief says embedded AI evaluators will not be an easy fix
TechCrunch reports that Hugging Face's policy chief questions whether placing supposedly neutral third-party evaluators inside AI labs can solve the safety concerns raised by a rash of recent incidents.
Microsoft warns enterprises to monitor AI agents as insider threats
Microsoft urges companies to closely watch employee agents that use systems not controlled by AI labs such as OpenAI and Anthropic. The company says frontier models cannot be trusted.
CoreWeave's bonds fall into distressed territory as shares drop over 20 percent
CoreWeave's bonds slipped into distressed territory, with yields about 1,000 basis points above government bonds. Its shares are down more than 20 percent since the prior Tuesday's close, and other AI stocks saw some spillover.