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The Verge Jay Peters ·

Google’s next Genie AI model generates more realistic experiences

Google announced today its Genie 4 world model for generating interactive experiences using AI. The company says the model has four main updates: It allows for more realistic worlds, lets users update an experience in real time with a natural language prompt, can generate audio, and uses Gemini 3.8 Flash under the hood to help

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Bloomberg Yoolim Lee ·

SK Hynix’s Profit Surge, $45 Billion Payout Fuel AI Rally

SK Hynix Inc. unveiled plans to return about $45 billion more to shareholders after profit surged a stronger-than-expected seven-fold, reflecting the resilience of an AI infrastructure rollout that’s propelling chip demand.

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Bloomberg ·

Anduril and Qualcomm Plan Rugged Laptop With US Supply Chain

The joint venture is targeting military and government customers with rugged laptops powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X series chips. The companies aim to move beyond US design and assembly toward an entirely domestic manufacturing process.

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Bloomberg ·

Nvidia-Backed Firm Launches $3.1 Billion GPU Loan in Market

Zankore, an Indonesian artificial intelligence infrastructure platform backed by Nvidia Corp., is syndicating a $3.1 billion loan to the broader market, according to people familiar with the matter, adding to a flurry of financing for Asia’s AI buildout.

The Information ·

Chipmaker Onsemi in Talks to Buy Startup for About $1 Billion

Semiconductor component maker Onsemi has been discussing an acquisition of 16-year-old chip startup Ferric for close to $1 billion, say people familiar with the matter—a deal that reflects growing demand for technology that can manage the intense energy needs of AI chips.

AppleInsider ·

MotionVFX, AI tools feature in Apple Creator Studio's latest update

Final Cut Pro gains built-in MotionVFX content, including visual effects, transitions and motion graphics tools. According to Unite.AI, Pixelmator Pro adds a natural-language Generate Fill tool, while Logic Pro, Keynote, Pages and Numbers gain intelligent assistants.

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The AI bubble already popped — in China Financial Times ·
Should AI Decide Your Court Case? This Judge Says Yes

One of England’s top judges, Geoffrey Vos, believes that AI could adjudicate plenty of civil cases.

Wired ·
Robinhood shares fall 4% as crypto slump weighs on profits, offsetting gains in new businesses 5 sources covering Robinhood shares fall 4% as crypto slump weighs on profits, offsetting gains in new businesses

Robinhood's third-quarter revenue met expectations, fueled by the company's expansion into options, predictions markets and other financial services.

CNBC ·
Gen Z Is Still Skeptical of AI-Infused Dating Apps, New Survey Finds

Gen Z is dating more, according to a new survey, but the under-30s are still wary of artificial intelligence-infused apps — which may not bode well for companies that have been adapting their products to cater to younger generation.

Bloomberg ·
Oracle to Offer Cerebras Computers in AI Cloud Service 14 sources covering Oracle to Offer Cerebras Computers in AI Cloud Service

Oracle’s workforce in India has been shrinking for six months, with engineering departures running at roughly five times the hiring rate, according to The Economic Times, citing sources.

Bloomberg ·
UK defence ministry spent £186mn more on Palantir than value of public contracts

US software group has faced criticism for its links to Donald Trump’s administration and that country’s defence sector

Financial Times ·
Anthropic’s seven founders tighten grip ahead of blockbuster IPO

From a rebellion at OpenAI to building the Claude-maker, the new billionaires are betting their future on staying united

Financial Times ·
AI maths advances raise fears over security of global encryption

AI’s growing mathematical prowess forces rethink of cyber security preparations long dominated by quantum threat

Financial Times ·
Goldman Sachs Investment Banking Co-Head Sees ‘Repositioning’ Amid AI Boom

Areas of weakness are emerging within the broader AI market as the cost of capital is set to continue rising, Kim Posnett, Goldman Sachs’ global co-head of investment banking, said at The Information’s WTF Summit on Tuesday.

The Information ·
Guidewire buys Hyperexponential for $1.7B in cash

The deal, expected to close sometime next year, is to help bring AI agents to work alongside humans to underwrite, analyze, and price decisions.

TechCrunch ·
Discord is making its public communities more searchable, and people have concerns 3 sources covering Discord is making its public communities more searchable, and people have concerns

In December, messages from Discord's public discoverable servers will begin appearing in search engine results.

TechCrunch ·
Tsinghua Uni's Zhang on AI Innovation Outlook

Zhang Yaqin, Chair Professor and Founding Dean of AI Industry Research, and former President of Chinese tech firm, Baidu, discusses his outlook for AI innovation coming from university labs in China.

Bloomberg ·
China Set to Lead in AI Models, Other Key Areas by 2030, BI Says

China is well placed to lead the world by 2030 in the large language models at the core of artificial intelligence, and will be at least competitive in every other strategically important technology, according to a new Bloomberg Intelligence report.

Bloomberg ·
Opinion | Anthropic Isn’t the End of Man

Its prospectus says more about national security than it does human extinction.

Wall Street Journal ·