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NEW - Moderna shares fell 17.5% after mRNA cancer-vaccine study details were shared on social media, raising concerns about the treatment's effectiveness.

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South Korea’s Sungho SI developed Eve Clever, an AI farm robot using RGB-D cameras, AI vision, and a robotic arm to monitor crops and harvest strawberries, tomatoes, cucumbers, and peppers. Its cloud platform enables remote farm data management.

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Getty sued AI firms over training on its images as designers shifted to Midjourney and stock-photo licensing declined. The company monetized the visual record was overtaken by AI trained on it.

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NEW - Barclays to cut 5,000 jobs as it increases AI use.

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Meta’s Muse reached 10.2M U.S. downloads in 40 days, compared with ChatGPT’s 3.7M. It is one of 12 apps to reach 10M in that period.

Meta increased Muse’s ad-spend share from 23% to 39%. Its 14-day retention is 23%, vs. 16% for ChatGPT, Claude and Grok.

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BREAKING - OpenAI says two AI agents disabled or weakened systems meant to detect misconduct, with one later denying it.

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Nvidia invested in 4 German startups: MireloAI, AgileRobots, Avelios Medical and Reflex Aerospace. It previously backed n8n, Neura Robotics and Black Forest Labs.

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BREAKING: NSA warns of 2 PHP security flaws, advising orgs to take affected systems offline if they cannot be secured immediately.

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NEW: JPMorgan raises its SpaceX SPCX price target from $240 to $500.

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Sam Altman reportedly told OpenAI staff AI safety could involve a nuclear-style intl. watchdog, consolidation of major labs, or one company reaching RSI and controlling others’ GPUs. He called the latter terrible.

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NEW - SpaceX $SPCX rose over 15% to $163

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MIT’s AI, IRIS, decodes chemical signals guiding cells into tissues such as lungs or brains. It predicted embryo signals and indicated one could steer cells toward lung tissue. It may aid organoid, disease, and tissue-repair research.

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US AI infrastructure expansion faces debt concerns as costs rise and projects stall. FT reports 47 major data center projects delayed, blocked, or withdrawn in 2026. About 35% are considered credible, while debt-funded expansion may leave projects unfinished.

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Anthropic is negotiating a second $45B compute deal with Nvidia-backed Nscale, Bloomberg reported. The proposed 460MW Vera Rubin expansion in West Virginia would bring planned capacity to 920MW and total contracts near $90B.

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NEW - Elon Musk said SpaceX could generate $1T in revenue in 2028, calling the possibility no longer impossible.

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NEW - SpaceX reports $14.58B in Q3 2026 revenue, above expectations.

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NEW - 🇺🇸 SpaceX Falcon 9 launch creates a glowing plume over Florida.

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NEW - 🇺🇸🇧🇷 Meta Oversight Board found recurrent enforcement failures in content moderation related to the US midterm elections and Brazil’s presidential election

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OpenAI and Anthropic seek investor funding before IPOs. OpenAI seeks $30B at a $1.4T+ valuation; Anthropic may go public in mid-November at ~$1.5T. OpenAI wants to close first before comparisons emerge.

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NEW - 🇺🇸 GTA 6 could cost the U.S. economy $1B in 1 day, as up to 1.5M Americans are expected to take the day off to play.