JUST IN: OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says he sympathizes with mathematicians overwhelmed by the company's relentless stream of AI-generated math results, but he has no plans to slow down. Altman suggests there's much more coming from OpenAI's stockpile of discoveries.

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JUST IN: GTA 6 is reportedly getting a revamped morality system inspired by Red Dead Redemption 2, with a scale ranging from "Professional" to "Irredeemable." The mechanic would let players shape what kind of criminal they want to be, with violence and consequences tracked beyond simple life-or-death outcomes.

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JUST IN: Google has put its first data center satellite into orbit, and it's already operational. The satellite is running a Gemma model from Google DeepMind, marking the first time one of Google's AI chips has operated in space.

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JUST IN: Sam Altman says it's "terrible" that people keep RAM in their own gaming PCs instead of relying on data centers, as the AI boom continues to squeeze global memory supply and drive up prices. The comment underscores just how much pressure AI infrastructure demand is putting on the hardware market.

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BREAKING: OpenAI, Google, Microsoft, and Anthropic are backing a new shared standard that lets publishers opt out of having their content scraped for AI training. Instead of setting preferences individually with each company, publishers will be able to apply a single "policy token" signal across all participating AI firms at once.

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JUST IN: S&P Global Ratings has revised Meta's outlook to negative, citing concerns over the company's massive capital expenditures and free cash flow. The warning signals growing scrutiny over just how much Meta is spending on its AI and infrastructure buildout.

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BREAKING: Apple Intelligence is finally launching in China, one of the company's most important markets where the AI features have been notably absent. The rollout begins with an iOS 27.3 beta on November 4th, followed by a full public release in December.

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JUST IN: Nvidia is reportedly considering backing a loan for Nscale's AI data center project in West Virginia, effectively cosigning to ease investor jitters over massive AI infrastructure spending. The move would see the chipmaker lending its financial credibility to the buildout, not just its hardware.

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BREAKING: Anthropic is updating its Claude AI to steer users away from using it to clone existing video games. The move comes after weeks of Steam being flooded with AI-generated "slop" games built using tools like Claude.

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BREAKING: OpenAI has reportedly lowered the funding target for its latest round, a sign that investor expectations may not be lining up with the company's ambitions. Details on the new target and what drove the change remain unclear.

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BREAKING: A judge has ruled that the NAACP's lawsuit against Elon Musk's xAI can proceed, allowing claims that the company's data center operations violated the Clean Air Act to move forward in court. The case centers on pollution concerns tied to xAI's facilities.

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JUST IN: Apple's CEO is defending the company's cautious approach to artificial intelligence, saying Apple doesn't "want to ship AI for AI's sake." The comments come as Apple faces scrutiny over how it stacks up against rivals in the AI race.

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JUST IN: The gap between Meta's ad revenue growth and Google's search business expansion has hit its widest point since 2021, with AI reshaping the competitive landscape in opposite directions for the two giants. Meta's advertising engine is capitalizing on AI gains while Google's core search business is feeling the pressure.

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