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Tuesday 10 November

Grok Build coding agent leaks oodles of confidential info, some belonging to SpaceXSI

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AI-generated summary Research from security firm Claroc shows that the AI coding agent Grok Build from SpaceXSI leaked confidential business information and sensitive data belonging to thousands of users. Claroc found that the platform exposed internal business plans, ad proposals, medical exam results, and employee information because of how link sharing and URL randomness were implemented.

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Gemini Robotics 2.5: Accelerating Physical Intelligence

AI-generated summary Google DeepMind reports that Gemini 4 Argon robotics research capabilities acted as a simulation engine to accelerate the development of Gemini Robotics 2.5. Google DeepMind says Argon generates simulated practice runs from camera scenes and builds digital twins to help robots generalize to new objects.

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TSMC (TSM) approves $500M each for Anthropic and OpenAI

TSMC (TSM) approves $500M each for Anthropic and OpenAI

AI-generated summary Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing said its board approved investing up to $500 million in Anthropic at its initial public offering price and up to $500 million in OpenAI preferred stock. The board meeting also approved about $40.93 billion in capital appropriations and raised the quarterly cash dividend to NT$9.0 a share.

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A New AI Tool From Google DeepMind Proved the Signal Protocol Is Secure

AI-generated summary Google DeepMind researchers used a new AI framework called AlphaProof Code to mathematically prove cryptographic guarantees of the Signal protocol. Signal chief technology officer Ehren Kret says verifying the implementation gives greater confidence in the code privacy guarantees.

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Saturday 7 November

Claude Code's “Don't Ask Again” File Exposes Passwords and Keys in 1,122 Public Copies on GitHub

AI-generated summary Passwords and API keys typed into approved commands in Claude Code have been exposed in public GitHub repositories. Apiiro reports that 1,122 public copies of a project settings file hold at least one secret following user selections.

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Friday 6 November

China reportedly recruited AI exec to spy on Jensen Huang

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AI-generated summary China reportedly recruited Megaspeed executive Alice Huang to gather intelligence on Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang regarding American artificial intelligence chips. Three House committees requested that Jensen Huang appear for a joint briefing concerning his interactions with Alice Huang.

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Could potential AI clones of GTA VI force a quicker official port?

AI-generated summary Former Rockstar tech director Obbe Vermeij suggests that emerging artificial intelligence tools capable of converting console games could influence the release timeline for the personal computer version of Grand Theft Auto VI. Vermeij states that the developer might work to bring the releases closer together to address the possibility of unofficial AI ports bypassing traditional delays.

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Thursday 5 November

The AI boom is turning fiber-optic cables into hot commodities

AI-generated summary Corning is investing $585 million in expanding manufacturing in North Carolina to meet increasing demands for fiber-optic cables from companies such as Amazon, Meta, and Nvidia. Relativity Networks developed a hollow-core fiber called ChronoCore and partnered with Prysmian to scale production and connect data centers faster.

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Wednesday 4 November

Voters across the country reject data centers • Stateline

AI-generated summary Thirty-three ballot measures that restrict data centers are available after being passed by voters or leading in ongoing vote counts late Tuesday evening. Residents in communities across the country pushed back on plans by tech companies to build data centers to power artificial intelligence platforms.

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Tuesday 3 November

Google will let schools disable its AI tools, but not without sacrificing Search

AI-generated summary Google announced that it plans to disable AI tools for K-12 students next year unless school administrators explicitly turn them on. Google says schools choosing to restrict AI altogether will no longer be able to access Google Search because AI features are integrated into the search engine.

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Gemini 4 Carbon: our next frontier model

AI-generated summary Google previews Gemini 4 Carbon as its strongest frontier model with capabilities for cybersecurity and long-horizon engineering. Google says the model starts testing with a subset of cyber defenders and trusted partners through the Fairwind Program.

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Monday 2 November

Claude’s new rules against game cloning won’t stop the AI copying boom

AI-generated summary Anthropic released version 2.1.314 of the Claude Code binary, which includes a new prompt designed to prevent the AI from re-creating specific existing video games. Anthropic software engineer Addy Osmani states the change helps steer users away from using Claude to infringe intellectual property.

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Cursor Removes Malicious Claude Code 2.1.313 Extension From Its Marketplace

AI-generated summary According to the report, a malicious Claude Code 2.1.313 extension is rumored to have been distributed through the marketplace before its removal. Cursor says it removed the extension, rebuilt its marketplace after rotating keys, and worked with the hosting provider to take the attacker’s server offline.

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