OpenAI pilots group chats in ChatGPT in Japan, New Zealand, South Korea, and Taiwan, letting up to 20 users create profiles and prompt ChatGPT in a shared space
Collaborate with others, and ChatGPT, in the same conversation. — Try in ChatGPT(opens in a new window)
OpenAI adds GPT-5.1 to its API, featuring a “no reasoning” mode and extended prompt caching with up to 24-hour retention for faster responses at a lower cost
Today we're releasing GPT‑5.1 in the API platform, the next model in the GPT‑5 series that balances intelligence …
Mozilla says it is building AI Window, an opt-in Firefox feature that includes an AI assistant and lets users pick their preferred model, but gives few details
You will be able to chat with the browser's AI assistant in the new AI Window. … Another day, another AI browser.
A US judge rules that Apple and OpenAI must answer to a lawsuit filed by X and xAI, accusing them of conspiring to thwart competition in emerging markets in AI
Apple Inc. and OpenAI must answer to a lawsuit filed by Elon Musk's X Corp. and xAI accusing the companies of conspiring …
Meta plans to launch WhatsApp third-party app integration in Europe “over the coming months”, which is required by the DMA, starting with BirdyChat and Haiket
Coming ‘soon’ with end-to-end encryption enabled. — Meta is on the cusp of launching third-party integration …
Sources: Amazon and Anthropic join Microsoft in backing the GAIN AI Act, which would require US chipmakers to meet local demand before export; Nvidia opposes it
Legislation would give tech leaders preferential access to chips — WASHINGTON—Amazon.com is joining Microsoft …
Google proposes ad tech changes to settle a €2.95B EU antitrust fine, including boosting interoperability across its ad tech services, but still plans to appeal
Google has offered to tweak its ad tech products to settle a European Union order after a near-€3 billion ($3.4 billion) …
India officially notifies its first data protection law to establish a framework for data processing, protection, and governance, including verifiable consent
India has officially notified the Digital Personal Data Protection Rules, 2025, establishing a framework for data processing, protection, and governance.
Apple and Major League Soccer agree to make all MLS games available on Apple TV for no extra charge from 2026, ending the MLS Season Pass subscription
Season Pass Is Gone X: @nineradvocate : @JoePompliano Translation: you now have to pay for a full Apple+ subscription to get MLS Season pass. Many of us were getting it for free; but it was still chea...
Sources: Samsung raised some memory chip prices by 30% to 60% compared to September, amid shortages, likely adding to stress for companies building data centers
- Samsung hikes prices of server chips by 30% to 60% — Steep price hikes seen adding to stress for data infrastructure firms
Publicly traded Bitcoin miner Bitfarms says it will wind down its BTC operations and pivot to AI infrastructure, after reporting Q3 net loss up 92% YoY to $46M
Bitcoin miner Bitfarms will end its Bitcoin operations in the coming years, shifting focus to providing infrastructure for growing AI demand.
Draft plans: the EU is pushing to let markets regulator ESMA oversee all crypto businesses and authorize new ones, shifting oversight from national regulators
The European Union's executive arm is pressing for its markets regulator to get new powers to oversee all crypto businesses operating in the bloc …
Waymo partners with Moove and Baidu's ApolloGo partners with Lyft to roll out robotaxis in 2026 in London, the first place Chinese and US robotaxis will compete
Whoever takes the lead in London may get a head start rolling out robotaxis elsewhere — The robotaxi race is on.
Australia-based AI infrastructure company Firmus raised AU$500M, or ~$325M, tripling its valuation to AU$6B in two months, after raising AU$330M in September
Artificial intelligence infrastructure start-up Firmus Technologies has tripled its valuation to $6 billion in two months …
An interview with Unity CEO Matthew Bromberg on lessons from AOL, the rise of esports, turning around EA's Star Wars: The Old Republic, helping Zynga, and more
An interview with Unity CEO Matthew Bromberg about a career focused on turnarounds, from EA's KOTR to Zynga and now to Unity. X: @mbromberg and @nepali_investor . LinkedIn: Matthew Bromberg X: Matthew...
Netflix shifts its video game strategy to focus on popular titles like Pictionary, Boggle, and Tetris, playable in its app on TVs using phones as controllers
I had the chance to get hands-on with several of the newly announced games coming to TVs soon … Bluesky: Theo Priestley / @tprstly.com : Netflix should just bring back DVD games like Atmosfear instead...
Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino says the company plans to “dramatically” expand its lending to commodities traders after extending ~$1.5B worth of credit to the sector
Stablecoin giant Tether Holdings SA plans to expand “dramatically” in lending to commodities traders …
Oracle's stock is down nearly 30% in the past month, more than rivals, reversing $250B+ in market value gains after its OpenAI deals announcement in September
Larry Ellison's software company falls more than rivals over its borrowing and reliance on OpenAI contracts
Sources: Stockholm-based vibe coding startup Lovable is in talks to raise funding at a valuation of ~$6B, up from $1.8B in July when it raised a $200M Series A
The Stockholm-based startup that uses AI to code apps and websites for its users is in talks to raise a new round at triple its last valuation from just four months ago.
Baidu's stock closed down 7.21% in Hong Kong on November 14 after Ernie 5.0 underwhelmed investors, denting hopes for the company to regain ground lost to peers
Baidu Inc. shares fell by the most in seven months as the newest version of its artificial intelligence model underwhelmed investors …
Maryland will deploy Claude across its agencies to help residents apply for food aid, Medicaid, and more, and partner with Percepta to speed up housing permits
Maria Curi / Axios :
Apple unveils Mini Apps Partner Program, offering a reduced 15% commission on IAPs for mini apps, or “self-contained” experiences built with web tech like HTML5
But Only for ‘Mini Apps’ Emma Roth / The Verge : Apple will take a mini commission from mini app developers iClarified : Apple Announces Mini Apps Partner Program With 15% Commission Rate Andy Wolber ...
Baidu unveils Ernie 5.0, an AI model to process and generate text, images, audio, and video, claiming it beats GPT-5-High and Gemini 2.5 Pro on some benchmarks
our latest natively omni-modal foundational model. It excels in omni-modal understanding, creative writing, instruction following, and more. We will continue investing in and developing more cutting-e...
Sundar Pichai proved to be the “wartime CEO” that Google needed after ChatGPT's launch, making the company an AI leader, in part by empowering Demis Hassabis
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Sources: Mira Murati's Thinking Machines Lab is in early talks to raise funding at a ~$50B valuation, more than quadruple from July and could rise to $55B-$60B
Yeah, okay. — This bubble is running on fumes. Tim Kellogg / @timkellogg.me : i wish my blog posts paid that well [embedded post] Casey Newton / @caseynewton : If they hadn't released a product I th...
StubHub reports Q3 revenue up 8% YoY to $468.1M, vs. $452M est., and net loss up 3822% YoY to $1.29B due to a stock-based compensation charge; STUB drops 15%+
Traders Monitor Risk Sentiment Associated Press : StubHub: Q3 Earnings Snapshot Forums: r/business : StubHub stock tanks 20% as CEO Eric Baker says it is not giving guidance for current quarter
Ubisoft delays publishing its H1 financial results on the day they were due and requests that its shares be halted from trading until then; UBI is down 47%+ YTD
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The UK CAT refuses to let Apple appeal a ruling that it abused its dominance by charging “excessive and unfair” App Store fees; lawyers: the damages are £1B+
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Indian payment startup Pine Labs' stock closed at ~$2.83, up 13.5% from its ~$2.49 IPO price, after a ~$440M IPO earlier this week that was 2x oversubscribed
Soumyajit Saha / Nikkei Asia :
How Microsoft, Amazon, Meta, and Google are struggling to balance AI's growing energy demands with their promises of net-zero carbon emissions by 2040 or sooner
Energy-hungry data centers test industry's commitment to go carbon-zero by 2040 — Weeks after ChatGPT was unleashed …
Cursor says it has crossed $1B in annualized revenue, has 300+ employees, and its in-house models “generate more code than almost any other LLMs in the world”
in the best way 👏 — Did Cursor just double its ARR and rocket toward a $1B run-rate in under six months? … Bluesky: Ben Wheat / @beardywheat : Generating more code is never and has never been signs ...
CloudX, which uses Anthropic's Claude to automate testing mobile ad pricing and optimizing inventory for publishers, raised a $30M Series A led by Addition
CloudX, a mobile ad startup founded by former adtech executives from MoPub and MAX, raised $30 million in a Series A round of funding.
A Berlin court rules that Google must pay €465M and €107M to German price comparison sites Idealo and Producto, in damages for market abuse; Google will appeal
Anthropic open sources a method to score AI model political evenhandedness; Gemini 2.5 Pro got 97%, Grok 4 96%, Claude Opus 4.1 95%, GPT-5 89%, and Llama 4 66%
Ina Fried / Axios :
Alibaba halves Qwen3-Max's prices, from $0.861 to $0.459 per 1M input tokens and $3.441 to $1.836 per 1M output tokens for API users, amid China's AI price wars
The new pricing strategy reflects heightened competition in China's foundational model market
Sources: OneTrust, which sells privacy and compliance software and was last valued at $4.5B in 2023, is exploring a sale, possibly to private equity buyers
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Alembic, which offers marketers AI-powered data analytics, raised a $145M Series B led by Prysm Capital and Accenture at a $645M valuation, up from $49M in 2024
The train is picking up speed (and we are hiring!) … Tony McRoberts : Exciting morning at Alembic Technologies as we announced our $145M series B to fuel the growth of Causal AI within the enterprise....
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