Saturday, November 7, 2026
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AI / The Verge ·
Search queries are growing at their fastest rate in five years, Google parent Alphabet said in its earnings report last week. However, Google's Search revenue growth slowed to 12 percent year over year in the third quarter, down from roughly 17 percent in the previous quarter. Meanwhile, growth in…
AI / TechCrunch ·
Called FlashProve, the system would let anyone check that an AI response really came from the model it claims to be from.
AI / TechCrunch ·
The years-long wait for access to the grid and new turbines is causing data center builders to turn to an unusual, less efficient and less environmentally friendly solution: once-discarded jet engines.
AI / TechCrunch ·
Cybersecurity focused Ballistic Ventures is seeking to raise $360 million for a new flagship fund and another $130 million for a separate investment vehicle.
AI / TechCrunch ·
Palantir delivered such a huge third-quarter earnings report on Monday that its press release even bragged that the numbers were “crushing consensus expectations.” Yet, retail investors were lukewarm on the company on Tuesday, with the stock trading slightly down. That’s because Palantir’s…
AI / The Decoder ·
OpenAI's hardware team used GPT-6 Astra to design a device for the Codex coding agent in under a week, handling everything from the enclosure to the circuit board to the firmware. Several revision rounds were needed before production because the model didn't always account for manufacturing…
AI / The Verge ·
The PC gaming mods repository Nexus Mods is making disclosures about AI mandatory for uploads of new mods, meaning that mod authors will have to declare "whether AI has been used in their work," the site announced today as part of a big post about AI-generated content on the platform. "One of the…
AI / The Decoder ·
Stanford researchers tested 50 widely cited claims about LLMs against 20 current models. 44 percent of the findings are already "expired," and another 34 percent have weakened significantly. The average lifespan is just 15.7 months. Claims about what models can't do expire fastest. The article Rapid…
AI / TechCrunch ·
The five-year-old startup raised a $1.3 billion round led by Bessemer.
AI / TechCrunch ·
The first experimental feature under the tab will allow users to get recommendations based on what they're currently in the mood for.
AI / The Verge ·
People, including on this staff, keep asking me with varying degrees of excitement or trepidation when the AI bubble will burst. I'll tell you what I tell them: If I knew that, I would make a life-changing bet on the market, levered up as far as I could, and then, after I made my money, […]
AI / TechCrunch ·
At a moment when Anthropic's compute margins should be getting better, they’re getting worse.
AI / The Decoder ·
The SETI Institute and Breakthrough Listen are now using AI agents at the Allen Telescope Array to control the telescope and analyze incoming radio signals. Tasks that used to take weeks can now wrap up in hours, and the team says the system detected a pulsar in the Crab Nebula in real time for…
AI / TechCrunch ·
Schools choosing to restrict AI altogether will no longer be able to access Google Search, as AI features are now integrated into the search engine.
AI / The Verge ·
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and actor Jason Statham have a distinctive feature in common: They're both famously bald, and that definitely hasn't changed in the last few days. However, there are some images of the two men circulating around X, Threads, and Bluesky in which they both have…
AI / TechCrunch ·
Apple's new App Store rules will require 18+ ratings for dating apps and AI companions that offer sexual or romantic content.
AI / The Verge ·
Apple will now let Siri AI perform actions across third-party apps. As part of the iOS 27.3 update rolling out on Tuesday, Apple announced developers can now integrate Siri AI's new features in "all apps," allowing the voice assistant to draw on a user's personal context, process natural language…
AI / The Decoder ·
OpenAI hires Dan Driscoll, the former civilian head of the US Army, as "Senior Counselor for National Security Modernization," likely to win government contracts and help shape AI rules for the military and intelligence agencies. Driscoll drove AI projects inside the Army, is a close ally of Vice…
AI / TechCrunch ·
On Nov. 4, TechCrunch Founder Summit 2026 brings founders and VCs to Boston's SoWa Power Station for practical insights and connections. Register before prices increase at the door.
AI / The Verge ·
Starting today, Siri can tune into the Apple Watch's mic with Audio Intelligence features that are available in the new watchOS 27.3 developer beta rolling out now. The two new additions are Siri Recap, which uses "ambient listening" to generate summaries of your conversation, and Live Rewind, which…
AI / The Verge ·
In many circles, "Ask Chat" has replaced "Google it," and that's reflected in a new announcement from OpenAI: the volume of search queries run through ChatGPT now equals 20 percent of the volume run through Google. Adam Fry, OpenAI's consumer product lead for ChatGPT, made the announcement at a…
AI / The Verge ·
Many indie game developers have recently posted on social media about unexpectedly long approval wait times for their game submissions on Steam, with some of the approvals causing developers to miss their planned launch dates. For example, Studio Daimon, the team behind an upcoming title called Food…
AI / The Verge ·
Netflix's TV app is getting a new "AI Discover" tab where the company will show experimental, AI-powered features to help you find new shows and movies to watch. The first of these experiments surfaces content based around themes, like "Something Light," "Family Movie Night," or "Quick Watches."…
AI / The Decoder ·
Anthropic introduces Message Threads for the Messages API. Instead of resending the entire conversation with every turn, agents now only send new messages. For requests with 500,000 to one million tokens, time to first token drops by about 35 percent. The article Anthropic's Message Threads cut time…