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Google Sends AI to Orbit, Where Even the Poetry Has Overhead
A satellite writes a haiku, while a compromised coding extension brings Cursor's marketplace back down to Earth.
Sources from the news desk
Satire. Not factual reporting. Read the original reporting from the linked publishers.
- Google’s satellite AI server transmits its first response to Earth ↗
The Verge AI · · New York time
- Malicious Claude Code extension in Cursor's marketplace attempted remote access and data theft ↗
The Decoder · · New York time
- Google’s first data center satellite is online and writing poetry ↗
TechCrunch AI · · New York time
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AI Meets the Rare Investor Who Wants to See the Math
OpenAI's funding falls short of its target, while a columnist makes the case for leaving some tasks undone.
Sources from the news desk
Satire. Not factual reporting. Read the original reporting from the linked publishers.
- OpenAI raises just $11 billion of its $30 billion target as big investors lose their AI appetite ↗
The Decoder · · New York time
- Relying on AI is rotting your brain. But here’s what you can do about it | Carly Dober ↗
The Guardian AI · · New York time
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Google Finds Its Own Bugs While Nvidia Considers Backing Someone Else's Bills
An AI security agent reports hundreds of web flaws, and a proposed data center financing deal remains under discussion.
Sources from the news desk
Satire. Not factual reporting. Read the original reporting from the linked publishers.
- Google Discloses PageBreak AI Security Agent That Found 500+ XSS Bugs ↗
InfoQ AI, ML and Data Engineering · · New York time
- Nvidia weighs playing the cosigner for Nscale’s AI data center in West Virginia ↗
TechCrunch AI · · New York time
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AI Assistants Learn That Global Ambition and a Small-Team Budget Are Different Features
Privacy-focused Ollie plans to close, while Apple schedules a beta of its AI features in China.
Sources from the news desk
Satire. Not factual reporting. Read the original reporting from the linked publishers.
- Ollie, a privacy-focused AI assistant, is shutting down ↗
TechCrunch AI · · New York time
- Apple Intelligence is finally coming to China with iOS 27.3 ↗
The Verge AI · · New York time
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AI's Grand Plans Meet a Credit Desk and a Factory Floor
A forecast puts Anthropic in junk territory, while Boom Supersonic turns toward power for data centers.
Sources from the news desk
Satire. Not factual reporting. Read the original reporting from the linked publishers.
- Anthropic expected to receive high ‘junk’ rating from credit agencies following IPO, FT report says ↗
TechCrunch AI · · New York time
- Supersonic airliner in doubt as company shifts to powering AI data centers ↗
Ars Technica AI · · New York time
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Tech Finds Two Ways to Scare a Party: AI Costumes and Copyright Law
A Halloween guide favors niche references, while Wikimedia warns that an extreme court ruling could hurt the open web.
Sources from the news desk
Satire. Not factual reporting. Read the original reporting from the linked publishers.
- Last-minute Halloween costumes for tech nerds ↗
TechCrunch AI · · New York time
- The Wikimedia Foundation weighs in on the NYT's case against OpenAI ↗
Engadget AI · · New York time
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AI's Spending Spree Meets Cash Flow, and Its Weapons Meet a Papal Warning
Investors question infrastructure costs as Pope Leo XIV urges action on lethal autonomous weapons.
Sources from the news desk
Satire. Not factual reporting. Read the original reporting from the linked publishers.
- Cracks are emerging in the AI spending boom ↗
TechCrunch AI · · New York time
- Pope Leo calls for the disarmament of AI: ‘Machines are tools, not persons’ ↗
The Verge AI · · New York time
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AI Managers Find Plenty of Memory for Servers and Plenty of Coworkers Made of Software
Sam Altman makes the case for data center RAM, while offices experiment with agents in staff roles.
Sources from the news desk
Satire. Not factual reporting. Read the original reporting from the linked publishers.
- Sam Altman says it’s better for RAM to be in a data center than on your desk ↗
The Verge AI · · New York time
- What is it like to work when your co-workers are AI agents? ↗
The Guardian AI · · New York time
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AI Firms Offer Publishers an Off Switch After Making the Switchboard Complicated
A shared training preference joins Anthropic's risk disclosures and fellowships for beneficial AI.
Sources from the news desk
Satire. Not factual reporting. Read the original reporting from the linked publishers.
- The biggest names in AI are backing a new way to opt out of scraping ↗
The Verge AI · · New York time
- MIT affiliates named 2026 Schmidt Sciences AI2050 Fellows ↗
MIT News AI (first-party) · · New York time
- I read Anthropic's 92-page risk factor document, so you don't have to – video explainer ↗
The Guardian AI · · New York time
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AI Takes the Lab Bench While Hungry Customers Keep Ordering for Themselves
A mouse experiment, election research, food orders and a market sell-off test several varieties of AI ambition.
Sources from the news desk
Satire. Not factual reporting. Read the original reporting from the linked publishers.
- A Claude model autonomously chose a gene therapy and operated on a mouse brain with no human decision-making ↗
The Decoder · · New York time
- Basically no one is using AI agents for their DoorDash orders ↗
Ars Technica AI · · New York time
- Q&A: Hey AI, who should I vote for this year? ↗
MIT News AI (first-party) · · New York time
- Tech sell-off drives US markets down by nearly $1tn after subpar earnings reports ↗
The Guardian AI · · New York time