Apple Bombshell: Tim Cook Could Step Down Soon, Insiders Claim
John Quintet / iphoneincanada - Apple is holding more serious internal discussions about who will eventually replace Tim Cook, according to people who spoke with the Financial Times. The sources say succession planning, long an ongoing background process, has recently become more active…
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From guardrails to potholes, AI is becoming the new eyes on America's roads
techxplore - As America's aging roads fall further behind on much-needed repairs, cities and states are turning to artificial intelligence to spot the worst hazards and decide which fixes should come first.
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Sam Altman Celebrates ChatGPT Finally Following Em Dash Formatting Rules
BeauHD / slashdot - An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: On Thursday evening, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman posted on X that ChatGPT has started following custom instructions to avoid using em dashes. "Small-but-happy win: If you tell ChatGPT not to use em-dashes i…
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Anthropic warns of AI-driven hacking campaign linked to China
go - Researchers at an artificial intelligence firm say they've found the first reported case of foreign hackers using AI to automate portions of cyberattacks
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ChatGPT launches pilot group chats across Japan, New Zealand, South Korea, and Taiwan
Kate Park / techcrunch - OpenAI on Thursday unveiled a group chat feature for ChatGPT, currently in pilot across Japan, New Zealand, South Korea, and Taiwan, allowing users to collaborate directly within the app.
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Lative Raises €6.4M To Expand AI-Powered Sales Planning Platform
Kailee Rainse / startuprise - Dublin-based Lative, an AI-driven sales planning platform for sales and go-to-market teams, has raised €6.4 million to accelerate product development and expand its market reach. The funding round was co-led by Act Venture Capital and Senovo VC, with addi…
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Firefox Wants to Challenge AI Browsers With Privacy-First ‘AI Window’
Markus Kasanmascheff / winbuzzer - Mozilla has announced 'AI Window' for Firefox, an opt-in assistant focused on user choice and privacy, directly challenging AI-native browsers from OpenAI, Perplexity and Microsoft.The post Firefox Wants to Challenge AI Browsers With Privacy-First ‘AI Win…
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Chinese Hackers Used Anthropic’s Claude AI to Automate Cyber Espionage Campaign
Markus Kasanmascheff / winbuzzer - Anthropic reports that Chinese state-sponsored hackers used its Claude AI to autonomously execute a large-scale cyber espionage campaign, marking a new era of AI-driven threats.The post Chinese Hackers Used Anthropic’s Claude AI to Automate Cyber Espionag…
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LinkedIn’s new AI people search unlocks the power of its network
Harry McCracken / fastcompany - Last June, LinkedIn CEO Ryan Roslansky took on a second job. Microsoft, the social network for business professionals’ owner since 2016, expanded his responsibilities to include Microsoft 365—the suite still better known by its former name, Microsoft Offi…
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Google’s NotebookLM will now do ‘deep research’
Elissa Welle / theverge - Google is pairing up two of its research products: NotebookLM and Gemini’s agentic AI tool Deep Research. On Thursday, the company announced that all users will have access to Deep Research in NotebookLM within a week. Google recently linked Deep Research…
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Waymo to roll out driverless taxis on highways in three US cities
Rafe Rosner-Uddin, Financial Times / arstechnica - Alphabet will add routes in LA, Phoenix, and San Francisco for its driverless cars.
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Watch Google DeepMind’s new AI agent learn to play video games
Hayden Field / theverge - Google DeepMind’s new AI agent learned how to play a bunch of video games — including No Man’s Sky, Valheim, and Goat Simulator 3 — to become a viable “interactive gaming companion.” The new agent tool, SIMA 2, builds on its earlier iteration, SIMA (Scala…
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Skycore Semiconductors zips €5M to fix the power bottleneck slowing AI data centres
Sofia Chesnokova / techfundingnews - As AI workloads continue to grow, data centres are reaching their limits for power delivery. Most still operate…
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Spotify’s new audiobook recap feature uses AI to remind you of the story so far
Elissa Welle / theverge - Spotify is launching a new AI feature for audiobooks that summarizes what you’ve already heard without needing to rewind. The company likens the feature, called Recaps, to a “previously on” segment at the start of episodes in a TV series. Recaps will be a…
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Google augments AI shopping with conversational search, agentic checkout and an AI that calls stores for you
Sarah Perez / techcrunch - Google is expanding AI shopping with conversational search, agentic checkout and an AI that calls stores for you about local inventory.
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Introw Raises $3M To Transform Partner Sales With AI
Kailee Rainse / startuprise - Ghent-based tech startup Introw has raised $3 million in a funding round led by Visionaries Club, with ongoing support from PitchDrive. The company previously raised €1 million from PitchDrive and angel investors, including Pieterjan Bouten (ex-Showpad) a…
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Microsoft Accelerates AI Chip Strategy by Licensing OpenAI’s Custom Hardware IP
Markus Kasanmascheff / winbuzzer - Microsoft is licensing proprietary chip and system designs from OpenAI to fast-track its in-house AI accelerators, a move confirmed by CEO Satya Nadella that deepens their partnership and aims to create a vertically integrated hardware stack.The post Micr…
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GPT-5.1 debuts with new Instant and Thinking models
Kerem Gülen / dataconomy - OpenAI announced an upgrade to its flagship model today, November 12, 2025, releasing GPT-5.1. The new version, which powers ChatGPT, is split into two models: GPT-5.1 Instant and GPT-5.1 Thinking. According to OpenAI, GPT-5.1 Instant, the most-used model…
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Adclear Raises €2.4M To Use AI For Financial Compliance
Kailee Rainse / startuprise - London-based Adclear, an AI compliance platform, has raised an oversubscribed £2.1 million seed round led by Outward VC, with support from AFG Partners, Tenity, angel investors including Clearscore founder Dan Cobley and Coinbase MD Keith Grose (via a16z …
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Vendep Capital’s €80M AI SaaS fund: ambitious growth, but diversity takes a backseat?
Sofia Chesnokova / techfundingnews - Vendep Capital, a Finnish venture capital firm specialising in early-stage B2B SaaS investments, has closed its fourth fund,…
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