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TechCrunch AI
Nov 11, 2026, 7:30 AM

Nvidia’s crisis has corporate governance experts reaching for the popcorn

The governance experts we talked to say nobody has seen anything like what's unfolding right now.

Ars Technica
Nov 10, 2026, 9:12 PM

Grok Build coding agent leaks oodles of confidential info, some belonging to SpaceXSI

Researcher finds 35,000 Grok Build apps wide open to anyone who looked for them.

TechCrunch AI
Nov 10, 2026, 9:08 PM

OpenAI acquires Odessia, travel startup created by Sonder founder

OpenAI has not yet said what its plans are for the future of travel. But Sonder founder Francis Davidson is a well-known figure in the travel industry.

TechCrunch AI
Nov 10, 2026, 8:52 PM

OpenAI, Anthropic face new oversight as New York’s AI safety law takes effect

New York is preparing to enforce its sweeping AI safety law, requiring major developers like OpenAI and Anthropic to register, disclose safety practices, and report critical incidents or face fines.

TechCrunch AI
Nov 10, 2026, 7:57 PM

All 7 Anthropic founders will each cash out about $250M in IPO

Each of the seven co-founders plans to sell exactly the same number of shares in the IPO, which would bring each of them about $250 million in cash at the midpoint of the price range while leaving the group in control of the company.

TechCrunch AI
Nov 10, 2026, 7:23 PM

Oura to acquire AI-native primary care startup Counsel Health for $625M

The deal comes a few weeks after Oura postponed its up to $2.2 billion IPO indefinitely, citing “uncertainty in the IPO market.”

TechCrunch AI
Nov 10, 2026, 7:03 PM

PSI is trying to make a business out of AI-driven scientific discovery

PSI used an unreleased Anthropic model to answer a fundamental question about quantum computing that scientists have pursued for nearly two decades.

TechCrunch AI
Nov 10, 2026, 6:49 PM

OpenAI rolls out new business profiles, making ChatGPT just a little bit more like Google

OpenAI is looking to make ChatGPT a more robust consumer discovery engine, and a host of new features seek to empower businesses to help it do that.

TechCrunch AI
Nov 10, 2026, 5:30 PM

Anthropic launches Claude Meetings to turn workplace discussions into plans and tasks

As participants talk, Claude can draft the plan being discussed, map out a timeline on a whiteboard, answer questions in the meeting chat, and access connected work apps to retrieve information, such as last year's figures.

TechCrunch AI
Nov 10, 2026, 5:04 PM

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang’s affair with alleged Chinese spy: a timeline

The affair could have ramifications for national security as the U.S. and China race to develop the most advanced AI infrastructure.

TechCrunch AI
Nov 10, 2026, 3:54 PM

Google broadens its AI hardware portfolio with two new specialized chips

Google's new tensor processing units (TPUs) broaden its chip portfolio to more use cases: confidential model training and more memory capacity.

The Verge AI
Nov 10, 2026, 7:31 PM

The US is winning the AI race. Jensen Huang could have blown it

As espionage targets go, Jensen Huang is perhaps one of the least surprising on Earth. The Nvidia CEO runs one of the world's most valuable companies, controls the in-demand technology fueling the AI boom, and is cozy with presidents, CEOs, and all manner of important people. He also wears a cool leather jacket. Which makes […]

The Verge AI
Nov 10, 2026, 7:06 PM

The indie game community is in disarray over AI and Big Walk

Some Independent Games Festival (IGF) jurors published a statement yesterday saying they would not vote for games that use generative AI in "any capacity." Soon after, the developer of indie hit Big Walk has published a statement saying it "sparingly" used AI in the "final stretch" of the game's development to "help work through difficult […]

The Verge AI
Nov 10, 2026, 4:38 PM

Anthropic targets $1.4 trillion IPO

Anthropic confirmed on Tuesday that its IPO could be one of the biggest ever, even while falling short of previous expectations. Its IPO price is expected to be between $70.00 and $78.00 per share, which would put its valuation as high as $1.4 trillion, according to the The New York Times. The Wall Street Journal […]

The Verge AI
Nov 10, 2026, 4:34 PM

ChatGPT is getting verified AI ‘Business Agents’

ChatGPT is going to let you chat with verified "Business Agents" that represent a brand to help you with things like comparison shopping. The feature, available first to "eligible" e-commerce and online service businesses in the US, is launching as part of a suite of business-focused features in ChatGPT being announced today in beta. You […]

The Verge AI
Nov 10, 2026, 4:20 PM

eBay appears to have shut the door on third-party AI agents

eBay appears to have blocked AI agents, including Meta's Muse, from browsing on the platform - the latest speed bump in the AI agent race. A reader tells The Verge that for several weeks he's had his Muse agent browse and curate a daily digest of watches for sale on platforms like eBay, including a […]

The Verge AI
Nov 10, 2026, 3:49 PM

Photoshop, Lightroom, and Premiere are making it easier to remove things

Adobe is expanding its Creative Cloud apps and Firefly AI platform with new capabilities that aim to make design and editing projects faster and less complicated. Some of the announcements from Adobe's Max event today include features for automatically removing objects, blemishes, and other unwanted distractions in Premiere, Photoshop, and Lightroom, alongside new generative AI […]

The Verge AI
Nov 10, 2026, 3:30 PM

Google releases Gemini 4 Carbon with agent ‘swarm’ feature

Google is rolling out its latest AI model, Gemini 4 Carbon, to the general public after releasing it to a select group of "cybersecurity defenders" two weeks ago. Google claims Carbon is its "strongest model" yet, and capable of competing with the very best systems from Anthropic and OpenAI. Google says Gemini 4 Carbon "pushes […]

The Verge AI
Nov 10, 2026, 3:13 PM

Anthropic has its own AI-powered office suite now

For years, Anthropic has been known for its focus on enterprise and coding tools that attract high-flying corporate clients, inspiring competing frontier labs - like OpenAI, SpaceXSI, and Meta - to copy its strategies. Earlier this year, Claude Code went through its own particular hype cycle. And now, Anthropic is trying to expand its footprint […]

The Verge AI
Nov 10, 2026, 2:28 PM

Hands-on with Ring’s new AI drone camera for your home

Ring is finally shipping a flying indoor drone camera. For real this time. The Ring Drone Cam will arrive on January 27th, 2027, for $249.99, Ring founder Jamie Siminoff said at a launch event in New York City this week. If it does actually ship, it will arrive almost six years after the company announced […]

TechCrunch AI
Nov 10, 2026, 7:00 AM

Otter AI can now follow conversations across 30+ languages

Otter AI just added support for 27 languages and revealed an upcoming feature that can follow along if speakers switch between languages.

The Verge AI
Nov 10, 2026, 11:24 AM

Adobe is going all in on agentic AI

Adobe is committing itself to the notion that chatbots and AI agents could be your next design assistant, or even automate creative workflows and repetitive tasks on your behalf. Some of the tools and features announced today at Adobe's Max conference in Miami, Florida, include allowing your preferred third-party AI agents to access and change […]

TechCrunch AI
Nov 10, 2026, 1:27 AM

Anthropic reportedly plans to move forward with IPO plans

The AI company is expected to set its valuation range this week, the Wall Street Journal reported.

TechCrunch AI
Nov 9, 2026, 11:28 PM

Jensen Huang reportedly engaged a PR firm with a history of handling high-profile sex scandals a year ago

The PR firm was enlisted shortly after an October 2025 New York Times report described Alice Huang's business dealings with Jensen Huang, Wired reported.

TechCrunch AI
Nov 9, 2026, 10:46 PM

A short seller flagged Nvidia CEO’s ties to a suspected Chinese spy six months before the scandal

Six months before Nvidia's spy scandal erupted, Culper Research was already questioning Jensen Huang's unusually close relationship with a Chinese executive.

TechCrunch AI
Nov 9, 2026, 10:23 PM

The race is on to sue Nvidia

Nvidia’s stock slid more than 4% after its board opened an investigation into Jensen Huang’s relationship with a suspected Chinese spy, and one securities law expert says the company’s earlier insistence that it was all “normal” could turn into a very expensive problem.

Microsoft Security Blog AI
Nov 9, 2026, 8:17 PM

FORGE Lab uses agentic tools to identify memory safety issues in Rust

Microsoft FORGE Lab researchers found memory-safety bugs in Rust's core and std libraries, including cases where safe Rust code can trigger undefined behavior. Using Hyenas, FORGE's frontier research version of codename MDASH, the team investigated three patterns of misplaced trust in unsafe code and what they reveal about Rust's safety guarantees. The post FORGE Lab uses agentic tools to identify

TechCrunch AI
Nov 9, 2026, 8:09 PM

Jensen Huang pulls out of ElevenLabs Summit amid Nvidia controversy

The Nvidia CEO also pulled out of an Anthropic event earlier.

Ars Technica
Nov 9, 2026, 7:41 PM

Vulnerability that lets hackers SSH into Linux devices is under active exploitation

"*sshole" poses a serious threat to Internet security.

MIT Technology Review AI
Nov 9, 2026, 7:35 PM

The backlash about data centers might really just be about electricity

This story originally appeared in The Algorithm, our weekly newsletter on AI. To get stories like this in your inbox first, sign up here. As voters went to the polls across the US last week, I was in Ashburn, Virginia, part of what’s known as Data Center Alley—the world’s largest data center hub. It’s also where…

The Verge AI
Nov 10, 2026, 12:28 AM

David Ellison says AI could be the ‘biggest creative unlock in modern history’

During Paramount Skydance's latest earnings call, CEO David Ellison said "it's hard to imagine" AI won't have a bigger impact on the film industry than CGI. In response to a question about the company's outlook for AI, Ellison said: "I think when you zoom out and look at production, AI really has the potential to […]

TechCrunch AI
Nov 9, 2026, 7:24 PM

Anthropic releases new Mythos and Fable models amid RSI concerns

Anthropic says the new models "show improvements in areas like coding, reasoning, and vision," as well as in communicating more clearly with users.

The Verge AI
Nov 10, 2026, 12:07 AM

What could China get from Jensen Huang?

It's difficult to overstate Nvidia's power in today's AI landscape. The company's chips are the bedrock upon which advanced AI technology in the US is being built, and demand has consistently outpaced supply for years. Nvidia has also been an influential investor in a wide range of up-and-coming AI companies in recent years, with about […]

The Verge AI
Nov 10, 2026, 12:02 AM

Here’s what Trump said he knew about Jensen Huang

President Trump held a White House press briefing earlier today and responded to several questions about his knowledge of Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang's affair with an alleged Chinese spy. Huang said this weekend that he had been "​​unfaithful" to his wife, and the company has opened an investigation into Huang. Recent articles from The New […]

The Verge AI
Nov 9, 2026, 11:46 PM

Everything we know so far about the Nvidia spy scandal targeting CEO Jensen Huang

The leather-jacketed CEO of Nvidia, Jensen Huang, has acknowledged an affair with Megaspeed exec Alice Huang, spurring an investigation by his company and intense discussions worldwide. Recent reporting noted that since last year, US intelligence reports had identified Alice Huang (no relation) as not only the exec for an AI compute company renting access to […]

TechCrunch AI
Nov 9, 2026, 6:09 PM

Jensen Huang’s affair with alleged Chinese spy puts Nvidia’s China ambitions under scrutiny

Jensen Huang’s alleged affair with a suspected Chinese spy threatens to complicate Nvidia’s lobbying efforts to loosen U.S. chip export restrictions and maintain access to China’s lucrative AI market.

TechCrunch AI
Nov 9, 2026, 6:00 PM

Meta releases Muse Ember, a new lightweight model for agent execution

At 10 cents per million input tokens, Ember is significantly cheaper than frontier competitors like Haiku and Luna.

MIT Technology Review AI
Nov 9, 2026, 5:05 PM

Nancy Pelosi’s replacement is ready to regulate AI

As a California state senator, Scott Wiener authored legislation aimed at curbing the risks of advanced AI. Now, after winning a tight congressional race for former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi’s open San Francisco seat, he could play a key role in setting federal AI policy. I spoke with Wiener on Friday, only a…

TechCrunch AI
Nov 9, 2026, 4:56 PM

Anthropic joins AI’s natural gas frenzy, buys $3.4B worth of turbines

Anthropic bought billions of dollars' worth of natural gas turbines in a deal that could give it buyer's remorse.

The Verge AI
Nov 9, 2026, 7:09 PM

Apple’s $50 Intelligence Usage Packs extend access to some AI features

After publishing a support article in early September outlining usage limits for some Apple Intelligence features, the company has updated Logic Pro with an option to "Buy More Usage" for a one-time purchase price of $49.99, as spotted by 9to5Mac. It has a built-in AI assistant to do things like "start a new song, set […]

The Verge AI
Nov 9, 2026, 6:58 PM

Anthropic launches new Claude Fable and Mythos 5.2 models

Anthropic is announcing two new models today: Claude Fable 5.2 and Claude Mythos 5.2, which it says are designed to take on "daunting" technical challenges. The company claims the new models show improvements in coding, reasoning, and vision, and can generate outputs faster than the 5.1 versions of the Fable and Mythos models. Claude Fable […]

The Verge AI
Nov 9, 2026, 6:07 PM

Instagram’s Effect Builder makes new filters from AI prompts

After expanding its Edits app to macOS last week, Instagram's next move is launching this Effect Builder that generates custom filters for your Stories posts with AI. Available now for US residents who are over 18, it has a prompt box for describing your filter idea to the chatbot, with an option to attach style […]

MIT Technology Review AI
Nov 9, 2026, 1:00 PM

Innovating with AI in the special chemicals industry

As companies look to accelerate innovation with artificial intelligence, cloud computing, and advanced modeling, the primary challenge is connecting new technologies to reliable data, scientific expertise, and the practical realities of bringing products to market. For specialty chemicals manufacturer Lubrizol, digital transformation is all about giving researchers the tools to test ideas faster,

The Verge AI
Nov 9, 2026, 5:36 PM

The future of AI hinges on… Jensen Huang’s sex life?

I would prefer that these people's sex lives were none of my business but I guess we have to talk about Jensen Huang and the National Security Incident. Who could have guessed that the guy who was out here signing titties might not have great judgment about how to behave around women? Alice Huang - […]

The Verge AI
Nov 9, 2026, 4:00 PM

Trump’s 60 Minutes interview touched on AI safety, threat to arrest an AI exec

Asked about AI executives' warnings about their models' safety on 60 Minutes, Trump said, "I think that the risk is not nearly as real as it- as they talk, and I think the risk can be managed, and it's managed." He claimed the DOJ is managing that risk, saying, "We had a situation where somebody […]

The Verge AI
Nov 9, 2026, 3:54 PM

Disney and Adobe are building generative AI tools together

The Walt Disney Company has teamed up with Adobe to develop proprietary "artist-led" generative AI models to support Disney's production pipeline. The multiyear partnership was announced today at Adobe's MAX conference, and it will see Adobe providing Disney with early access to its latest technologies for everything from Disney's theme parks and cruise line to […]

TechCrunch AI
Nov 9, 2026, 5:26 AM

Is Jensen Huang’s job on the line? Yale’s Jeffrey Sonnenfeld estimates it’s “about a 50-50”

Nvidia’s board is investigating Jensen Huang over his relationship with a suspected Chinese spy, and Yale’s Jeffrey Sonnenfeld thinks it’s roughly a coin flip whether Huang stays on as CEO.

The Verge AI
Nov 9, 2026, 9:56 AM

Nvidia is investigating Jensen Huang’s relationship with an alleged Chinese spy

Nvidia has announced that it is opening an investigation into CEO Jensen Huang and his relationship with Megaspeed executive Alice Huang, who was reportedly recruited by China's Ministry of State Security to spy on the company. A statement posted by the board of directors reads: The NVIDIA Board is initiating an independent investigation in light […]

TechCrunch AI
Nov 8, 2026, 9:00 PM

Nvidia will investigate CEO Jensen Huang’s relationship with possible Chinese spy

In a memo to the company, Huang admitted that he had an affair.

The Verge AI
Nov 8, 2026, 10:54 PM

Here’s the full text of Jensen Huang’s memo to Nvidia

On Sunday, Nvidia announced it was launching an investigation into CEO Jensen Huang's relationship with Alice Huang, an AI executive and agent of the Chinese government. In addition to the Board of Directors announcing the investigation, Huang sent a memo to Nvidia employees acknowledging the affair. You can read the full text below. To my […]

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