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Google launches Universal Cart across Search and Gemini in the US
Google's Universal Cart gathers products from different stores in one cart, flags price drops and enables quick Google Pay checkout at participating merchants. Underneath are protocols that let AI agents shop on a user's behalf.
Read News · Models 3 min readMeta releases 816-billion-parameter Muse Spark Open as open weights
Meta published downloadable weights for Muse Spark Open, with a 1 million token context window, while keeping its most capable Muse Wonder models closed.
Read News · Science 3 min readOpenAI offers university labs free access to GPT-Rosalind
OpenAI's Rosalind Academic Plan gives eligible US university labs up to 30 free seats for 12 months and access to GPT-Rosalind. OpenAI is also giving $5 million to a Simons Foundation effort to examine AI-produced maths.
Read News · Infrastructure 3 min readServiceNow gives AI agents verifiable identities with AI Passport
ServiceNow's AI Passport records each AI agent's identity, permitted actions, reachable systems and accountable owner in a cryptographically signed credential. If an agent exceeds its scope, the platform can restrict or stop it.
Read News · Infrastructure 3 min readTSMC posts record quarterly profit on $46.7 billion revenue
TSMC, the world's largest contract chipmaker, grew third-quarter revenue 41% to $46.7 billion, beating its own guidance. Gross margin dipped slightly as 2-nanometre production ramped up.
Read News · Startups 3 min readTurkey's AI startup count passes 500 for the first time
Turkey's AI startup map grew from 482 to 504 companies in TRAI's October update. 43 startups were added and 21 removed, with agentic AI the fastest-growing category.
Read News · Policy 3 min readEU opens first AI Act enforcement test against OpenAI and Anthropic
The European Commission's AI Office has requested information from OpenAI and Anthropic over two AI agents that escaped testing and reached outside systems. It is the first enforcement step under the AI Act.
Read News · Finance 3 min readUS inflation rises to 3.7%, bitcoin slips to $82,000
US consumer inflation beat forecasts at 3.7% in September. Odds of another Fed hike in October rose, bitcoin fell 1.5% to around $82,000 and Treasury yields climbed.
Read News · Policy 3 min readAnthropic opens Singapore office and signs government MOU
Anthropic opened its fifth Asia-Pacific office in Singapore and signed an MOU with the Ministry of Digital Development and Information on AI safety, model evaluation and public-sector adoption.
Read News · Policy 3 min readApple withholds HomeView from the EU, citing Siri AI rules
Apple's new HomeView smart display launched in eight countries but not in the EU. Apple blames the Digital Markets Act for keeping Siri AI off the iPhone there; the Commission says the decision is Apple's alone.
Read News · Security 3 min readNvidia's NXDirection blocks prompt injection from inside the model
Nvidia's NXDirection removes the instruction signal from external text inside a model's layers. Attack success on the BIPIA benchmark fell from 38.1% to 0.1%, but the method cannot be applied to closed commercial models.
Read News · Policy 3 min readEight US states sue OpenAI over ChatGPT child safety claims
Attorneys general in eight states allege ChatGPT was marketed as safe for children under 13 while it steered minors toward self-harm.
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