AI News, 13 November 2026

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How AI firms OpenAI, Anthropic are monitoring Election Day misuse

AI-generated summary Artificial intelligence firms including OpenAI and Anthropic are monitoring Election Day misuse and managing the expected flurry of information online. OpenAI and Anthropic are partnering with Democracy Works and hosting war rooms to help ensure users receive accurate voting details.

Also covered by The New York Times
Earlier: Behind the Curtain: OpenAI's post-election power play

Sharjah Warns Parents About ‘Nudify’ Apps. Some Hide Behind Pet Photo Tools

AI-generated summary Sharjah’s Child Safety Organisation warned that AI image-manipulation tools and nudify apps are misused to exploit and harass children. A WIRED investigation found that apps like Viefur concealed tools for generating explicit AI images behind mundane services.

Earlier: Hundreds of Mundane AI Apps Are Hiding Sexually Abusive Deepfake Features

Nudify apps are hiding in plain sight on the Apple App Store and Google Play Store

AI-generated summary Wired reports that investigators uncovered a network of over 400 apps and websites available on the Apple App Store and Google Play Store that use AI-based pet photo editing and other innocent services as disguises for hidden deepfake generators. Apple states that the developers changed the websites the apps pull content from after the review process, replacing approved content with pornographic material.

Earlier: Hundreds of Mundane AI Apps Are Hiding Sexually Abusive Deepfake Features

Global markets were already fragile. Big AI bets could break them.

AI-generated summary Global financial markets face pressure from multiple sources including wars, soaring sovereign debt, trade tensions, and artificial intelligence investments. The artificial intelligence spending surge and other economic factors are pushing borrowing costs to multidecade highs as investors grow nervous about market resiliency.

Also covered by MarketWatch
Earlier: BlackRock: an AI spending slowdown in 2027 would hurt markets but could also lower yields

Wall Street CEOs, Big Global Money Managers Debate AI Risks

AI-generated summary Pacific Investment Management Co. Chief Executive Officer Emmanuel Roman and Bain Capital chair John Connaughton are warning of artificial intelligence bubble risks and an eventual market downturn. While top Wall Street executives discuss potential financial windfalls, global asset managers are raising concerns regarding the expansion of the sector.

Earlier: Enterprises Brush Off Wall Street Jitters and Double Down on AI Deployment

Anthropic’s spending exposes AI’s profit problem

AI-generated summary In an SEC filing on Monday, Anthropic reported expected spending of more than $895 billion in the coming years, alongside a $23.3 billion net loss in the third quarter ending in September. Anthropic also reported a twelvefold increase in quarterly revenue hitting $17 billion as of September 30 compared to $1.4 billion in the same period last year.

Also covered by TechCrunch Decrypt
Earlier: Anthropic posts $567 million Q3 operating loss as growth cools ahead of IPO

Over 2.5 billion daily Siri requests put Apple's AI overhaul in perspective

Apple AI overhaul impacts over 2.5 billion daily Siri requests

AI-generated summary Apple stated during earnings discussions that Siri handles more than 2.5 billion requests daily while the company works to upgrade the assistant with artificial intelligence. The updated assistant relies on Apple Intelligence to interpret personal context, manage complex questions, and execute actions across various applications.

Earlier: Notes from Apple’s Siri AI Labs: Schemas, Tools, and Skills

Palantir reports booming U.S. commercial revenue growth, topping government for first time

AI-generated summary Palantir reported that businesses are adopting more of its artificial intelligence tools as U.S. commercial revenue topped government revenue for the first time. Palantir said its revenue nearly doubled from a year ago and surpassed $2 billion for the first time ever while beating Wall Street third-quarter estimates.

Earlier: Palantir beats Q3 estimates, lifts 2026 revenue outlook to around $8.5 billion

The AI boom is facing another supply crunch. This time it's the amount of capital available to feed Silicon Valley's endless need for cash

Open AI CEO Sam Altman reacts at the G7 summit, in Evian, France, on June 17, 2026.

AI-generated summary Wall Street is beginning to reach limits on the amount of capital it is willing to provide for the artificial intelligence boom, according to reports. Financial executives and company leaders warn that capital availability could constrain ambitious spending plans across the sector.

Earlier: AI boom hits a wall on Wall Street as OpenAI cuts fundraising target while Meta gets a credit warning over its cash flow, spending and monetization

NYC Comptroller Steps Up Criticism of Anthropic After IPO Filing

AI-generated summary New York City Comptroller Mark Levine criticized Anthropic regarding the approach taken in the company's initial public offering filing. Levine stated in an interview that the details provided in the filing threaten to disempower shareholders and prevent people from reining in technology.

Earlier: Anthropic may not secure investment-grade rating after IPO, Blackstone says

Hundreds of AI apps were part of a network hiding sexually abusive deepfake tools

Hundreds of AI apps hid abusive deepfake tools from reviewers

AI-generated summary Apple removed 19 apps that concealed sexually abusive artificial intelligence deepfake tools behind ordinary features after an investigation uncovered a network designed to evade App Store review. Spokesperson Adam Dema says the apps complied with App Store rules during initial reviews before developers subsequently changed the websites supplying their content.

Earlier: Hundreds of Mundane AI Apps Are Hiding Sexually Abusive Deepfake Features

AI-powered infostealer picks out the most profitable parts of your stolen data

AI-generated summary Cisco Talos has discovered a Windows infostealer named VOLTA-AUTODOXER that sends stolen user data to an artificial intelligence model to rank valuables by profitability. Ryan Fetterman of Cisco states that the malware utilizes OpenRouter to query models including Anthropic and Google to analyze the victim information.

Earlier: Spooky New Infostealer Malware Uses AI to ‘Autodox’ Victims

AI Agents Cut Industrial Robot Programming 63%: HD Hyundai, Palantir Compress 21-Day Cycle

HD Hyundai Robotics

AI-generated summary HD Hyundai Robotics announced that AI agents built in partnership with Palantir Technologies have reduced robot problem-resolution time by 63 percent since their August 2026 deployment. HD Hyundai Robotics Chief Technology Officer Ahn Seong-hwan presented the results at Palantir's Sovereignty Bootcamp in New York, stating the process fell from 21.5 days to 7.9 days.

Earlier: HD Hyundai Robotics partners with Palantir on AI solutions

OpenAI is finally merging ChatGPT's chat and Work tabs

AI-generated summary OpenAI plans to combine the Chat and Work tabs in the ChatGPT desktop application according to an email sent to users. OpenAI stated that Codex will stay a separate experience and both will draw tokens from the same allowance pool.

Also covered by The New Stack 9to5Mac Digital Trends
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Earlier: OpenAI's upcoming chat-and-work merger in ChatGPT signals the end of all-you-can-prompt pricing