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Microsoft recorded $10 billion in revenue from OpenAI ↗
Microsoft reported $10bn revenue from commercial arrangements with OpenAI in the quarter to 30 September.
Gemini 4 Carbon: Our next frontier model ↗
Also: The Verge (AI)
Chrome’s AI-powered Autofill can now dig through your Gmail to fill out forms ↗
Google's Chrome AI autofill can now pull form details from users' Gmail, with their permission.
As AI agents reshape the web, Google opens Gemini and Search to more apps ↗
Google will let businesses bring their services into Gemini and Search through a new developer platform.
Voice AI in vogue: Nvidia releases new open transcription model ↗
Nvidia releases a free open speech-to-text model covering 40 languages, but only for recorded audio.
Expanding our partnership with GSA to bring Claude to all levels of government ↗
Anthropic expands its GSA partnership to make Claude available across all levels of US government.
Who’s really in charge at Anthropic after the IPO? ↗
Explainer on Anthropic's complex governance structure after its IPO.
Frontier AI labs say their models refuted the Exponential Time Hypothesis. What does that mean? ↗
TechCrunch interviews an MIT computer scientist about frontier AI labs' claim that models refuted the Exponential Time Hypothesis.
Also: The Verge (AI)
Anthropic Says It Will Revolutionize Biology—Some Day ↗
Wired says Anthropic's IPO filing tempers earlier claims that its AI will soon drive major biology discoveries.
Big Tech earnings to test AI boom amid market turmoil ↗
Amazon, Microsoft and Alphabet earnings will test investor faith in AI spending amid financing concerns.
Google’s next Genie AI model generates more realistic experiences ↗
Google's Genie 4 generates more realistic worlds, updates by natural-language prompt and audio, using Gemini 3.8 Flash.
Also: TechCrunch (AI)
General Compute raises $100 million Series A, countering the neocloud disaster narrative ↗
General Compute raised a $100m Series A to build inference chips outside Nvidia's ecosystem.
Four takeaways from Anthropic’s potentially record-breaking stock market filing ↗
Also: Insurance Journal, Insurance Business (US), Insurance Business (Canada), Insurance Business (UK)
How OpenAI turned its coding tools into dots, an always-on personal assistant ↗
OpenAI executive Alexander Embiricos discusses dots, an always-on personal assistant built from its coding tools.
Working with academic communities to build scientific understanding ↗
Also: The Verge (AI)
Will the real Anthropic please stand up ↗
MIT Technology Review says Anthropic's 335-page IPO prospectus, about a third on risks, sets out its view of its technology.
Also: BBC News (technology), The Verge (AI), Wired (AI), Insurance Business (US) and 3 more
Anthropic files S-1 with the SEC for proposed initial public offering ↗
Also: The Guardian (AI), BBC News (technology), The Verge (AI), TechCrunch (AI) and 1 more
SpaceX locks in $40B GPU financing deal with Apollo ↗
SpaceX has a binding commitment for about $40bn of Apollo financing for AI chips and data centre equipment.
Can AI help solve the COBOL code crisis? ↗
The Verge reports OpenAI claims its latest models show substantial gains in modernising legacy COBOL code.
Meta announces $95bn fundraising drive to pay for AI expansion – business live ↗
Meta plans a $95bn fundraising to fund AI infrastructure and its 'personal superintelligence' ambitions.