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Artificial Analysis says Kimi K3.1 Pro lands 4th on its Intelligence Index, behind only Opus 5.5 (max), Sonnet 5.5 (max), and Muse Wonder Full (max) (@artificialanlys)
@artificialanlys : Artificial Analysis says Kimi K3.1 Pro lands 4th on its Intellige…
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Iranian security officials say the country has detailed plans to target undersea communications cables in the Gulf if the US and Israel attack Iran again (Reuters)
Reuters : Iranian security officials say the country has detailed plans to target u…
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Kimi unveils K3.1 Pro, a 3T-class open-weight model with a 1M-token context window, and K3.1 Pro Highspeed, with full weights to be released by November 4 (Kimi)
Kimi : Kimi unveils K3.1 Pro, a 3T-class open-weight model with a 1M-token context …
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Chicago-based Formic, which provides robots-as-a-service automation to manufacturers, raised $50M, including a $40M Series B and $10M in asset-backed financing (Natalie Breymeyer/Axios)
Natalie Breymeyer / Axios : Chicago-based Formic, which provides robots-as-a-servic…
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Recursive releases Flint, an open-weight, 40B-parameter coding model developed with its Eureka Machine AI system, which automated most of the development (Will Knight/Wired)
Will Knight / Wired : Recursive releases Flint, an open-weight, 40B-parameter codin…
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Sources: Sam Altman told OpenAI staff of three AI endgames: an IAEA-style regulator, a CERN-like lab merger, or one lab using RSI to "melt everyone else's GPUs" (The Information)
The Information : Sources: Sam Altman told OpenAI staff of three AI endgames: an IA…
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Sources: Nscale is in talks for a second deal with Anthropic worth ~$45B to deliver 460MW of computing power at its West Virginia campus using Vera Rubin chips (Bloomberg)
Bloomberg : Sources: Nscale is in talks for a second deal with Anthropic worth ~$45…
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Developers and vibe coders are using AI tools like Claude Code to get rid of sponsored ads on their smart TVs, disable tracking features, and more (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch : Developers and vibe coders are using AI tools like Claud…
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Sources: Nscale faces investor pushback on its ~$30B IPO valuation, with some urging a lower valuation of $16B to $19B, as Microsoft exits a UK data center deal (Bailey Lipschultz/Bloomberg)
Bailey Lipschultz / Bloomberg : Sources: Nscale faces investor pushback on its ~$30…
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Sources: industry execs expect only 7-10 of hundreds of neoclouds to survive, as Nvidia supports them with easier credit terms, site finding, and $20B in leases (Phoebe Liu/The Information)
Phoebe Liu / The Information : Sources: industry execs expect only 7-10 of hundreds…
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Anthropic says it's committing 5% of its shares to a Public Benefit Fund, for a total of ~20% with co-founder and staff pledges, plus 2% per 50% valuation rise (Anthropic)
Anthropic : Anthropic says it's committing 5% of its shares to a Public Benefit…
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Sources: Nvidia asked Samsung, SK Hynix, and Micron to make base dies for its custom NVHBM memory on TSMC's 3nm process; Samsung agreed, its first use of TSMC (Kyu-Seok Shim/Reuters)
Kyu-Seok Shim / Reuters : Sources: Nvidia asked Samsung, SK Hynix, and Micron to ma…
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Turkish police detained Hex and PulseChain founder Richard Heart on Oct. 14, seizing $7M+ in cash and six cold wallets; HEX fell nearly 50% on initial reports (Zack Abrams/The Block)
Zack Abrams / The Block : Turkish police detained Hex and PulseChain founder Richar…
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MapQuest adds a Surveillance Layer to its mobile app showing license plate readers and cameras from 10+ companies including Flock, using OpenStreetMap data (Chase DiBenedetto/Mashable)
Chase DiBenedetto / Mashable : MapQuest adds a Surveillance Layer to its mobile app…
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Sources: SoftBank weighs buying US security services giant Allied Universal at an ~$18B equity valuation, as Masayoshi Son explores deploying AI-powered robots (Bloomberg)
Bloomberg : Sources: SoftBank weighs buying US security services giant Allied Unive…
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