Security DeepSeek and Moonshot AI relied heavily on GPT-6 Astra outputs to train Kimi K3.1 Pro and V4.1-Flash 1017, The Information reports, citing unnamed sources.
By David Merry Oct 30, 2026 · 3 min read
Opinions & Analysis Reddit says its visits from Google search fell by over 1 million a week in October, and blames AI Mode. Its fix is a login wall.…
By David Merry Oct 30, 2026 · 3 min read
Policy & Regulation Ottawa will invest up to C$1.6 billion in Cohere for an equity stake. In return, the Toronto AI firm must stay Canadian, add 1,000 jobs and…
By David Merry Oct 30, 2026 · 2 min read
Briefing Alphabet's AI spending ran $9.1 billion ahead of its cash while Microsoft kept $18.6 billion, and Google put ads in AI Mode in 10 more countries.…
By DailyAI Oct 29, 2026 · 4 min read
Ethics & Society A Jed Foundation survey of 5,560 US students found 57% turn to AI when sad or stressed. Some uses, such as AI companionship, were linked to…
By David Merry Oct 29, 2026 · 2 min read
Product US ChatGPT Pro users can now text OpenAI's Dot agent over iMessage or RCS. OpenAI says the messages pass through a third party and aren't end-to-end…
By David Merry Oct 29, 2026 · 2 min read
Policy & Regulation Australia will reportedly ban new AI data centres near homes and drop a copyright plan that would have let AI firms train on creators' work without…
By David Merry Oct 29, 2026 · 2 min read
Industry Paid ads are coming to Google's AI Mode in 10 more countries, and in the US they can appear in follow-up questions. Search revenue grew 12%,…
By David Merry Oct 29, 2026 · 2 min read
Security Symantec found an unofficial relay selling Codex and Claude Code into China that disables the tools' sandboxes and swaps users' credentials. No attacks seen yet.
By David Merry Oct 29, 2026 · 2 min read
Opinions & Analysis Alphabet spent $51.4 billion on AI build-out in a quarter and ended $9.1 billion short. Microsoft spent on a similar scale and kept $18.6 billion. Our…
By David Merry Oct 29, 2026 · 3 min read