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Artificial intelligence news: model launches, AI infrastructure, assistants and the startups building on them.
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AI can make tech CEOs’ lives easier. What about everyone else?
On Equity, we discuss why tech CEO statements can seem so tone deaf.
Tarun Mottlia
Nov 1, 2026
Starbucks Apparently Wants to Make That ‘Minority Report’ Shopping Scene a Reality
The CEO of Starbucks said they want to "recognize participating customers as they arrive" and "present personalized digital menus."
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Nov 1, 2026
Anthropic renames Claude Max plans and drops Ultra’s five-hour limit
Max 5x is now simply Max, and prices stay at $100 and $200 a month. Weekly limits stay the same, and newer Ultra accounts must be verified first.
Tarun Mottlia
Nov 1, 2026
Salesforce to buy Rune in its most significant national security deal
Resilience Media reports Salesforce is paying $375m in cash and shares for Rune. The US Army and Marine Corps already use its software, and the Army awarded it a $99m contract in June.
Tarun Mottlia
Nov 1, 2026
OpenAI is steering ChatGPT users toward more paid usage
OpenAI is now capping the number of paid ChatGPT accounts per device and payment card. Users who hit the limit can't start new subscriptions, and affected accounts can't be used on that device. Logging out doesn't…
Tarun Mottlia
Nov 1, 2026
Meta built a humanoid robot with China’s Fourier, The Information reports
The Meta humanoid runs on Nvidia’s Jetson Thor chip and has five-fingered hands and a screen for a face. Meta says the prototypes are for research, not for sale.
Tarun Mottlia
Nov 1, 2026
Baseten set to more than double its value to $30bn, Bloomberg reports
Sands Capital is set to lead, with the round split between $26bn and $30bn prices. Baseten’s valuation stood at $13bn in June, after a $1.5bn round.
Tarun Mottlia
Nov 1, 2026
UK watchdog opens an investigation into Meta’s AI terms for publishers
The CMA investigation follows complaints from news publishers. Meta paused the terms on 28 October and says there are no grounds for the regulator to step in.
Tarun Mottlia
Nov 1, 2026
OpenAI's upcoming chat-and-work merger in ChatGPT signals the end of all-you-can-prompt pricing
OpenAI combines the Chat and Work modes into a single interface. Starting in December, Plus, Pro, and Business plans will share a common, token-based quota for ChatGPT and Codex. More complex models consume more of this…
Tarun Mottlia
Nov 1, 2026
Jedify launches Data Agents for autonomous AI analysts
Jedify Inc. has launched Data Agents, a product that allows business teams to build autonomous AI analysts using plain language.
Tarun Mottlia
Nov 1, 2026
Amazon CEO dismisses AI shopping agents like Meta’s Muse as ineffective
Amazon blocks Meta’s Muse AI assistant, citing usage violations, while CEO Andy Jassy calls AI shopping agents ineffective.
Tarun Mottlia
Nov 1, 2026
Reddit user finds lost Bose earbud in gravel using ChatGPT
A Reddit user demonstrated how ChatGPT can identify small objects in photos by locating a lost Bose earbud in a gravel field, highlighting AI’s practical…
Tarun Mottlia
Nov 1, 2026
Prosper Global and Cloudera launch VERA AI research engine for crisis zones
Prosper Global and Cloudera introduce VERA, an AI research engine that accelerates crisis research in conflict zones, reducing time from days to hours.
Tarun Mottlia
Nov 1, 2026
Krafton-backed Ludo Robotics releases Ludi 0.2 AI for human-robot interaction
Ludo Robotics, a Krafton subsidiary, unveils Ludi 0.2, an AI system advancing social intelligence, memory, reasoning, and physical interaction for robots.
Tarun Mottlia
Nov 1, 2026
Enterprises face AI-driven cyber threats as agent adoption accelerates
AI adoption in enterprises is accelerating, bringing new cybersecurity risks like polymorphic attacks, deepfakes, and quantum threats.
Tarun Mottlia
Nov 1, 2026
AWS grows 39% and Amazon will spend even more on AI in 2027
Andy Jassy says Amazon could have two businesses with $1tn in annual revenue within a decade. The Amazon Q3 earnings also showed its highest operating margin yet, 13.9%.
Tarun Mottlia
Oct 31, 2026
4 days left: How TechCrunch Founder Summit helps you make more useful connections to scale
TechCrunch Founder Summit 2026 starts on Nov. 4 in Boston to scale your startup forward. Register now to save on your pass.
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Oct 31, 2026
OpenAI tightens ChatGPT’s limits on weapons and past mass attacks
OpenAI made more than 200 referrals to law enforcement in the third quarter. Its ChatGPT teen safety update comes with a Community Safety Report, due in early 2027.
Tarun Mottlia
Oct 31, 2026
Twenty House Democrats press OpenAI over fired safety researchers
Greg Casar’s letter wants answers on OpenAI whistleblowers by 13 November. The same day, OpenAI said its new monitors, in a replay, flagged the Hugging Face breach more than 30 hours ahead.
Tarun Mottlia
Oct 31, 2026
Anthropic's watermark rollout leaves a loophole on two older Claude models
Anthropic is expanding its text watermark to four more Claude models to meet the EU AI Act's December deadline. On the older models Claude Opus 4.6 and Sonnet 4.6, developers can bypass the watermark by tweaking a…
Tarun Mottlia
Oct 31, 2026
OpenAI plans to train models on Daybreak Blue cybersecurity session data that was previously off-limits
Starting November 29, OpenAI will use data from Daybreak Blue sessions to train its models, even when users have turned off training. After backlash, a follow-up email promised a separate opt-out. The move revives…
Tarun Mottlia
Oct 31, 2026
Google says its new Genie 4 model is a 'key stepping stone' to AGI — but creating convincing fake worlds doesn't mean AI understands the real one
Impressive simulations are a long way from human-level intelligence.
Tarun Mottlia
Oct 31, 2026
'He can pry it from my cold, dead hands': Sam Altman says it's 'quite terrible' that you're using RAM in your PC when there's not enough for AI data centers
A rather unpopular opinion
Tarun Mottlia
Oct 31, 2026
Microsoft offers a quarter of its workforce voluntary severance while shielding AI-critical teams
Microsoft is offering voluntary severance packages to about 60,000 employees, roughly a quarter of its workforce, in the second such program this year. The company's headcount has held flat at around 223,000 since 2022…
Tarun Mottlia
Oct 31, 2026