01Economists Turn to Game Theory to Keep AI Agents Honest [AI Models & Research]Alignment so far has meant peering into a model's 'brain', yet models hide intentions and pretend to be worse than they are. MIT and Princeton researchers propose mechanism design instead: audit-style checks and reward rules that make honesty the rational bet, even when nobody can see inside the machine. → source
02A Laptop Model Can Now Read Another AI's Neural Weights [AI Models & Research]New research claims a frontier model can read a neural network's raw weights and tell what it was trained to do, and even repair small flaws. Simon Willison reproduced part of it with a 17-gigabyte open model on his laptop; skeptics say the flashier claims are oversold. → source
03Anthropic Designs Cryptographic Proof of Which Model Answered You [AI Tools & Ecosystem]Anthropic published an open spec for 'provable inference': cryptographic fingerprints that prove an answer came from a specific model without exposing its secret weights. That would let users catch a lab quietly swapping in a cheaper model, or inflating a benchmark. Nothing is deployed yet. → source
04Schools Can Switch Off Google's AI, at the Cost of Search [AI Tools & Ecosystem]Google will switch AI tools off by default for K-12 students next year, but a school that removes them entirely also loses Google Search. 'Search and AI are deeply integrated,' a Google VP told the New York Times; schools that opt out will see a message instead of results. → source
05IBM Teaches a Small Open Model Your Company's Slide Style [AI Tools & Ecosystem]IBM's Palette is a 20-billion-parameter open model trained to build slide decks in a company's own design language, and it beats NotebookLM and Manus on structured subjects. It runs on the buyer's own servers, so confidential content never leaves the building. → source
06Retired Jet Engines Are Now Powering AI Data Centers [AI Applications & Industry]AI data centers stuck in years-long grid queues are installing rebuilt jet engines from retired Boeing aircraft; xAI runs eight converted turbines in Mississippi. A converted-engine site can be running in 24 months, against roughly seven years to connect 100 megawatts to the grid in Northern Virginia. → source
07Palantir's Record Quarter Comes With Shorter Contracts Attached [AI Applications & Industry]Palantir's revenue climbed 96% to a record $2.31 billion, and its US commercial business out-earned the Pentagon side for the first time. The catch: enterprises are signing shorter contracts and can now cancel AI software more easily, and new US bookings fell from $2.13 billion to $1.46 billion. → source
08Fal Doubles to $16 Billion, the Second Inference Firm in Three Days [AI Applications & Industry]Fal, which hosts image, video and audio models for developers, raised $1.3 billion at a $16 billion valuation, double April's price and the second doubling of an inference startup in three days after Baseten. Revenue has passed $800 million annualized, but compute costs keep margins thin. → source
09Apple Bars Under-18s From AI Companions and Dating Apps [AI Applications & Industry]From November 16, Apple will require every dating app — and any AI companion built for romance or sexual content — to be rated 18+. The rule lands hardest on apps like Character.AI and Replika; top companion apps have been downloaded 220 million times across the app stores. → source
10Chainalysis Says Its Data Breach Was Run on AI Agents [AI Applications & Industry]Chainalysis, the firm that traces stolen cryptocurrency for investigators, disclosed a breach by an attacker using 'offensive agentic techniques' — AI agents automating at least part of an intrusion. Names, emails and job roles were taken; passwords and case files were not. → source
11Netflix's AI Tab Picks Your Next Show by Mood [AI Applications & Industry]Netflix is rolling out an 'AI Discover' tab on US TVs that finds shows by mood — 'something light', 'scare me', 'family movie night' — instead of endless scrolling. It doubles as the company's test kitchen for AI features it may push to the main app. → source
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