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REPORT: WHITE HOUSE SEEKS CURBS ON CHINESE AI LABS' OVERSEAS CHIP RENTALS

It asked Congress to mandate a Commerce rule, @theinformation reports. The goal is to block remote use of restricted chips without importing them.

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RESEARCHERS SAY CODEX FLAW PUT SOFTWARE RELEASES AT RISK

Depi’s proof of concept linked a sandbox escape to credentials for backdooring @OpenAI’s Codex npm package. Depi says the bug was fixed; no malicious release was reported.

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https://t.co/BzdqzTOYQv

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RUNWAY OPENS PRAXIS-1 ROBOT MODEL BEYOND PARTNER TESTING

@runwayml released weights and code for local use. It predicts video and robot actions together; its published recipe for new hardware uses full-model fine-tuning.

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https://t.co/0ESHctnC8n

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IBM TARGETS 520 PROGRAMMABLE QUBITS, UP FROM 120

Nighthawk r3 is designed for 10,000 quantum operations, a circuit-complexity target—not a speed measure. IBM plans to link two r3 chips into a 1,040-qubit system in 2027.

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ANTHROPIC BANKERS WEIGH $1.5T IPO VS. $1.4T TARGET

Bloomberg, citing the Financial Times, reports pricing could exceed $70–$78 a share. The proposed sale could raise up to $64.4B, including existing holders’ shares.

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https://t.co/GmWMH8s8jS

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NORWAY PAUSES NEW DATA CENTER POWER RESERVATIONS TO PROTECT GRID STABILITY

Statnett is also pausing new technical approvals. Existing connections are unaffected; reserved capacity alone won't ensure a project can connect.

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NYT: COMMERCE PAUSED CHIP PROBE, POTENTIALLY DELAYING SHIPMENT CURBS

The Megaspeed case moved to DOJ after @nvidia outreach. DOJ is conducting a criminal inquiry into suspected smuggling to China; Megaspeed denies illegal transfers.

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https://t.co/1uIfCZGlbx

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NVIDIA UNVEILS GR00T 2 TO JOINTLY PREDICT ROBOT ACTIONS AND SCENE CHANGES

@nvidia says Turbo runs movement control onboard, while higher-level reasoning stays off-robot. Model weights are due in December.

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https://t.co/fJOgBKqSpC

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NRC PERMITS FOUR X-ENERGY REACTORS TO SUPPLY DOW WITH STEAM

The construction permit does not authorize operation. Dow says the proposed Texas plant would replace aging steam and power assets but has not decided to build it.

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https://t.co/ZDZcH1PJVq

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GOOGLE COMMITS $10 BILLION IN CASH FOR ANTHROPIC’S IPO DEBUT

An agreement filed with @SECGov makes payment conditional on the IPO closing. Google would pay the public offering share price.

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https://t.co/LNpeeHIWP3

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ANTHROPIC LAUNCHES FABLE 5.2 WITH CHEAPER TOKENS FOR DEMANDING CODING

Rates fall 20% from Fable 5.1. Anthropic says it nearly matches Opus 5.5 in its coding test at roughly half the task cost, despite charging twice as much per token.

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https://t.co/eQONtMXdCl

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ANTHROPIC SAYS CLAUDE BEAT BEST LISTED ANSWERS ON 72 OF 203 OPEN OPTIMIZATION PROBLEMS

It also reported 45 proofs that no better answer exists. MIPLIB’s public records have yet to confirm the tally.

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https://t.co/6QQ0kATXIF

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MARKEY DEMANDS AI-FREE GOOGLE SEARCH OPTION FOR SCHOOLS

Google says schools will be able to enable Search separately from Gemini. But AI Overviews, its AI-generated search summaries, cannot be turned off.

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https://t.co/ZQ6twFq5Qx

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FIREWORKS SAYS BREACH EXPOSED DATA, DISABLES SELF-SERVICE DATASET TRANSFERS

@FireworksAI_HQ says billing data, some datasets and incomplete model weights were exposed. It reports no detected impact to its Inference service.

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https://t.co/I01P137mi5

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SHIELD AI (@shieldaitech) SAYS ITS SOFTWARE FLEW DRONES AS A TEAM, UP FROM ONE PILOT-DIRECTED AIRCRAFT

Hivemind coordinated multiple Air Force aircraft in an Oct. 26 test. The program remains in operational experimentation.

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https://t.co/ewZQpjtr9e

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ANTHROPIC LAUNCHES FABLE 5.2 AND MYTHOS 5.2 FOR DEMANDING TECHNICAL WORK AT 20% LOWER PRICES

They share one underlying model but use different safeguards. Mythos access is restricted to verified organizations.

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https://t.co/WYgG3hmie4

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NVIDIA TRADES 26% BELOW RECORD; SLUMP PREDATES HUANG REVIEW

@nvidia fell 22% from Oct. 6 to Nov. 6, versus a semiconductor ETF’s 30.5% drop. It was already in a bear market before the board announced its inquiry.

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https://t.co/XTnNgZddSq

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NHTSA PROBES WAYMO FIX AFTER REPORTS OF CARS PASSING STOPPED SCHOOL BUSES

The query covers 2,895 @Waymo vehicles. NHTSA says most incidents in its earlier probe occurred after the company said its software update was complete.

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https://t.co/9tRLz1yi3P

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META LAUNCHES MUSE EMBER TO HANDLE REPEATED AI AGENT TASKS

Meta positions it to execute subtasks while larger Muse models plan. API rates start at $0.10 per million input tokens and $0.50 per million output tokens.

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https://t.co/x8yKpmsd2t

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GOOGLE ANNOUNCES DUAL-CHIP TPU FOR LARGER AI INPUTS

@googlecloud says TPU 8i Max doubles compute and memory bandwidth versus 8i. A second addition, 8tx, targets confidential AI processing. Both are “coming soon.”

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https://t.co/EjsjEmWUq9