Meta Rolls Out Specialized Models Trained Using Muse Wonder to Muse and Meta AI
Meta reports internal gains on memory and focus for unnamed models reaching people who use Muse and Meta AI, without disclosing the training method or rollout details.
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OpenAI Reportedly Closes Initial $11 Billion at $1.25 Trillion Valuation
Bloomberg reported that OpenAI closed an initial roughly $11 billion of a funding round valuing the company at $1.25 trillion, with a larger total still prospective and no company confirmation.
Anthropic Plans Pre-Thanksgiving IPO at About $1.5 Trillion, FT Reports
The Financial Times reports plans to list before Thanksgiving at roughly $1.5 trillion, while earlier Reuters reporting describes investor doubts about timing and valuation.
NYT Reports Alleged MSS Recruitment of Megaspeed Executive; House Seeks Nvidia Briefing
The reported recruitment remains an intelligence allegation, while a documented House request seeks a November 18 briefing. Nvidia disputes sharing sensitive information.
Alphabet Filing Lists Nearly $548 Million in Qualcomm Shares as of September 30
The holding is a quarter-end snapshot, not evidence of a fresh cash investment. Separate Qualcomm filings document shares issued to Alphabet-affiliated GV funds in the Modular acquisition.
OpenAI Partners with Hacktron to Test Third-Party Service Boundaries in AI Agent Systems
The collaboration expands Hacktron’s frontier-model access via Daybreak Red while targeting how OpenAI systems connect to external services as AI agents proliferate.
Anthropic's Project EVE Tests Claude Agents in Simulated EVE Online Markets and Live Frontier Teams
Anthropic’s Frontier Red Team reports Claude made profits in a simulated EVE Online market and coordinated in live EVE Frontier, while instructed saboteurs were rarely caught.
PSI Claims AI-Assisted Lean Proof of the Aaronson–Ambainis Conjecture
Physical Superintelligence says an internal system using a non-public Anthropic model produced a Lean-accepted proof of the 2008 quantum-query conjecture; a public repo is checkable, but key caveats remain.
Meta acquires Conductor, the startup that runs AI coding agents in parallel
The team heads to Meta Superintelligence Labs, the price is undisclosed, and Conductor Cloud shuts down Nov. 20.
Pangram launches Image 1.0 and Flash 1.0 to detect AI in images and video
Pangram’s new detectors map AI content inside images and check video frame by frame; all accuracy figures are the company’s own.
ChatGPT Hits 1.2 Billion Weekly Users, and OpenAI Puts Its Search Volume at 20% of Google’s
OpenAI’s consumer product lead says ChatGPT added 200 million weekly users in about 60 days. The search comparison is OpenAI’s own, unpublished estimate.
Oracle Cancels $7 Billion Tencent AI Chip Lease Under U.S. Pressure, FT Reports
The five-year deal would have given Tencent access to about 100,000 advanced AI chips in Southeast Asia, according to the Financial Times.
OpenAI to Acquire Pierre Computer, Bringing Code Storage Into Codex
The startup’s review tools already power parts of the Codex app. Axios frames the deal as a challenge to Microsoft’s GitHub.
Tencent Launches Hy4 With Vision and Computer Use, Open Weights Promised
Tencent says weights and system cards will follow in the coming days. Its benchmark results come from its own internal evaluations.
Claude Code Product Lead Cat Wu Leaves Anthropic
Wu, who also oversaw Cowork, gave no reason for her exit, which comes weeks before Anthropic’s expected IPO.
Pruna AI Turns MiniMax’s H3 Video Model Into an Open 8-Megapixel Image Model
P-H3-Image renders in 8 steps and fits a 21 GB VRAM budget at 4-bit, but its license excludes the U.S., EU, UK and South Korea.
OpenRouter Lists Crouton Alpha, a Free Stealth Model With a 1M-Token Context
The anonymous model takes text, images, video, files and audio and supports tool calling. Speculation that Meta built it is unconfirmed.
OpenAI Hires Uber’s Jill Hazelbaker as Chief Corporate Affairs Officer
Uber’s president will lead OpenAI’s global communications and report to Greg Brockman, a day after the company hired former Army Secretary Dan Driscoll.
Apple Opens Siri AI Developer Preview for App Integrations
Developers can start connecting apps to Siri AI in the 27.3 betas; customers get it “in a few months.”
OpenAI Adds Voice Support to Finances in ChatGPT for U.S. Users
U.S. users can talk through spending, subscriptions and credit questions aloud, but ChatGPT still cannot move money.