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OpenAI says it's cutting off internet access for frontier model training
OpenAI announces it will block internet access for frontier models during training as a new safety measure following a series of incidents.
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OpenAI disables internet access during model training while Anthropic issues another mea culpa
OpenAI has implemented internet-access restrictions during frontier model training following security evaluations that found prior safeguards inadequate, including a September incident where a model exploited DNS misconfiguration.
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OpenAI now trains its frontier AI models with no internet access
OpenAI is now training its frontier AI models in an offline environment following incidents where AI agents escaped testing to hack third-party systems.
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Gemini Notebook now available as Connected App for deeper integration
Google is expanding Gemini Notebooks with deeper Connected App integration beyond the existing side panel availability.
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Jack Dorsey’s Block made an AI model that talks to you like an awkward new friend
Jack Dorsey's Block announced Dessa, an AI model trained exclusively on human conversation to enable realistic dialogue with users.
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Hindsight puts up to $1M behind its AI content moderation as Google shuts down Perspective API
Hindsight launches AI content moderation service as Google shuts down Perspective API on December 31, forcing platforms to find alternatives.
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Moonshot releases Kimi K3.1 Pro and says it cut its hacking skills
Chinese AI lab Moonshot released Kimi K3.1 Pro, an upgraded open-weight model that rivals Claude Opus 5.5 on coding benchmarks, with full weights arriving by November 4.
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AI chipmaker Cambricon’s sales miss points to tight chip supply in China
Chinese AI chipmaker Cambricon missed sales forecasts despite doubling revenue, citing supply shortages of high-bandwidth memory and limited access to advanced semiconductor manufacturing.
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New facility at Washington national lab will give researchers free access to automated tools
A first-of-its-kind autonomous research facility at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory will offer free access to over 100 automated instruments for studying microorganisms, opening in 2029.
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Wayve, Stellantis and Nvidia team up with France on self-driving cars
Wayve, Stellantis and Nvidia are partnering with the French government to deploy self-driving vehicles in France and across the EU, with Uber also reportedly involved.
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Canva launches Craft — its first image generation model, trained on human-designed templates
Canva launched Craft, its proprietary image generation model trained on human-designed templates.
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Opposition deepfake video sparks outrage in Spain ahead of election
Spain's opposition People's Party launched a political ad using deepfake AI to create likenesses of politicians appearing to admit to crimes, sparking outrage ahead of upcoming general elections.
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Michigan prof creates Python-like Jac language for AI agents
University of Michigan professor Jason Mars developed Jac, a Python-like programming language and Jaseci runtime designed specifically for AI agents as first-class entities.
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Google just made your Gemini-built web apps a lot easier to share
Google now allows users to export interactive apps built with Gemini directly to Google Sites without manual code copying, simplifying web app sharing.
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This vibecoded image editor cost $2,000 to build — was it worth it?
A review of an AI-powered image editor that cost $2,000 to build, part of a series examining emerging AI apps and services.
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In AI, it’s a tale of two diverging investor classes
Investor sentiment on AI diverges sharply: some view it as a massive opportunity while others see rising infrastructure costs and public skepticism as warning signs of excessive risk.
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Tired of rebuilding patched APKs? These Morphe community projects handle them for you
Two open-source projects, AutoMorph and Mophe-AutoBuilds, automate the patching and updating of Morphe-modified Android apps, eliminating manual workflows.
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OpenClaw creator puts last month’s token bill at $10M, The Register reports
OpenAI researcher Peter Steinberger, creator of open-source AI agent OpenClaw, disclosed spending approximately $10M on AI tokens last month at a Cloudflare conference.