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Saturday 7 November

Microsoft patent filing describes AI that rewrites what people say in livestreams in real time

AI-generated summary Microsoft has filed a patent for generative artificial intelligence that can alter content in livestreams in real time by listening for certain words and replacing them. Microsoft says the technology is intended for cleaning up and translating broadcasts, though the filing has raised concerns regarding potential misinformation.

Also covered by tftc.io

Anthropic IPO meets AI backlash after midterms show stinging rebuke of data centers

AI-generated summary As Anthropic prepares for a potential Nasdaq debut targeting a valuation of 1 trillion to 1.5 trillion dollars, the artificial intelligence company faces public backlash following midterm elections where voters expressed deep mistrust of artificial intelligence and tech billionaires. Voters across the country strongly rejected local data center projects and swept candidates supporting stringent artificial intelligence regulation into office, creating a tougher environment for market debuts amid broader market declines.

Also covered by Bloomberg

Nvidia CEO's daughter cancels planned visit to S. Korea: sources

AI-generated summary Madison Huang, a senior director at Nvidia and daughter of CEO Jensen Huang, abruptly canceled a planned visit to South Korea where she was scheduled to attend the Nvidia AI Day Seoul 2026 event. Sources stated the trip was called off due to family issues, while industry observers speculate the decision might be linked to foreign news reports regarding U.S. intelligence allegations about a woman close to the CEO.

State propaganda in some Chinese AI models is only "a thin layer" that fine-tuning can strip away

AI-generated summary Nous Research fine-tuned Alibaba's Qwen3.8-27B on 53 million tokens to create Arete-27B and reduce Chinese state propaganda rates from 22 percent to under one percent. According to Nous, the resulting open-weight model maintains its general capabilities while dropping the propaganda rate and increasing factual accuracy.

🚨 Science's Last Exam is out and it's not another Q&A benchmark the agent gets a research goal + tools, picks its own…

AI-generated summary Science's Last Exam is a new benchmark where an AI agent receives a research goal and tools to pick methods, run experiments, and receive grades from hidden checks. The tasks span nine disciplines built by researchers from Harvard, MIT, Stanford, Oxford, Princeton, and Oak Ridge, with a wet-lab round planned next.

SaaStr AI App of the Week: Base44. One Founder, Zero Funding, $80 Million From Wix in 6 Months. Now at $200 Million ARR.

AI-generated summary Base44 is an artificial intelligence app builder created by Maor Shlomo that allows users to generate live applications using plain language descriptions. Wix acquired Base44 for $80 million in cash, and the platform has since reached $200 million in annual recurring revenue run-rate.

Also covered by ctech