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As AI agents reshape the web, Google opens Gemini and Search to more apps; plus, Microsoft recorded $10 billion in revenue from OpenAI Oct 29, 2026

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A new developer platform will let businesses bring their services to Google's AI experiences, potentially changing how consumers discover and use apps.

Also, Microsoft said it made $10 billion in revenue from commercial arrangements with OpenAI, including revenue-sharing payments, in the quarter ending September 30. It underscores the still-enormous financial dependency of the partnership.

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Anduril, Qualcomm launch BlueChip, a new kind of US-made laptop Oct 28, 2026

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Anduril founder Palmer Luckey is vowing to bring computer manufacturing back to the U.S. and by that he doesn't just mean assembly, but every individual component, some of which are exclusively made in China today.

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How OpenAI turned its coding tools into dots, an always-on personal assistant Oct 27, 2026

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Alexander Embiricos, the OpenAI executive responsible for dots, never wants to have a meeting with someone else's AI agent.

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‘Cyberselfish’ author takes aim at techno-libertarianism as her book returns from the dead; plus, Grok released the first seven minutes of its AI-generated ‘Odyssey’ Oct 26, 2026

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Last year, “Nerd Reich” author Gil Durán declared that it was time to revive the career of Paulina Borsook, who he said “saw it all very clearly and tried to warn us 25 years ago.”

Also, Grok's footage looks okay, as long as you're not seeking artistry, inspiration, or human interest.

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Left alone with nothing to do, AI agents started playing; plus, Mark Zuckerberg’s creative plan to pay California’s proposed billionaire tax without losing control of Meta Oct 23, 2026

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MIT researchers marooned 13 AIs on a virtual island, and they responded by inventing games, mourning a lost ring and, eventually, getting better at their jobs.

Also, a newly launched stock class being offered was partially engineered to help Meta founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg pay the "billionaire's tax," should the measure be voted into law.

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Uber puts all 30,000 employees on ChatGPT Work; plus, Spotify’s current AI bet is about being the music service that agents choose Oct 22, 2026

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Uber previously deployed a much smaller pilot for ChatGPT Work, but is now taking the enterprise agent company-wide.

Also, Spotify co-CEO Gustav Söderström explains why the rise of AI agents could be good news for the music service.

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Anthropic pitches AI safety bill; plus, Hugging Face CEO warns that Netflix’s OpenAI hack documentary isn’t accurate Oct 21, 2026

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The proposed policy seems to offer protections against AI run amok but actually forbids federal agencies from blocking a model's release without the permission of a judge.

Also, before you share the Netflix documentary "AI Gone Rogue" take note. Clem Delangue, Hugging Face's co-founder who is featured in the film, says it went "full doomer mode" and isn't accurate.

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People are using AI to make their smart TVs dumb again Oct 20, 2026

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A number of developers and vibe coders have recently been sharing solutions for “vibe-coding” your TV to get rid of sponsored ads, speed up the app launcher, redesign the home screen, disable tracking features, and more.

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Everyone’s watching the Elizabeth Holmes documentary ‘You Can See Everything’; plus Anthropic is committing to a ‘public benefit fund’ Oct 19, 2026

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"You Can See Everything" is having the second biggest opening weekend ever for a documentary film.

Also, Anthropic said that it will commit 5% of its shares to the fund.

And the filing also says that the “vast majority” of Character.AI employees who were offered jobs at Disney accepted them.

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Anthropic is letting METR researchers look under the hood with employee-level access; plus, AI agents are coming to Rivian’s cars Oct 16, 2026

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METR will publish its own assessments of Anthropic’s risks, incidents, and practices, and the frontier AI model maker has given up the right to block them.

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