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OpenAI makes its Jev competitor widely available as decision model competition heats up
OpenAI is launching its decision model to the world. Can it compete with the original Jev?
OpenAI is launching its decision model to the world. Can it compete with the original Jev?
Microsoft has released Microsoft-Decision-1, a small model that picks between fixed answer options instead of writing text. Microsoft built it on Alibaba’s open-weight Qwen3.5-9B and then post-trained it, according to the Foundry model card. Achint Srivastava, a vice president of software engineering in Microsoft’s Office of the CTO, announced the model in a blog post […] This story continu…
Madhumita Murgia / Financial Times : An interview with ex-DeepMind scientist David Silver on his startup Ineffable, building an AI “super learner” using RL as an alternative path to LLMs, and more — The architect of Google DeepMind's AlphaGo on building machines that can teach themselves — and why he feels a moral obligation to advance the technology
Tim Culpan / Culpium : Sources: TSMC execs in charge of overseas operations met Texas officials and started more serious discussions in H1 2026, after talking on and off for 10+ years — “He said his biggest concern was that nobody would supply him with chips. ” I told him: 'Don't worry.
Bloomberg : Sources: PCB maker Dongshan is eyeing to raise $2B to $3B in a Hong Kong listing as soon as this month; Dongshan is listed in Shenzhen with a $39B valuation — Printed circuit board maker Suzhou Dongshan Precision Manufacturing Co. has started gauging investor interest for a Hong Kong listing …
Terrence O'Brien / The Verge : Hardware wallet maker Ledger says the $86M+ theft from hundreds of its wallets involved devices sold by reseller CryptoBilis and confirms a “hardware implant” — A spy implant in some Ledger crypto wallets may be the root of an $86 million supply chain attack.
Kari Soo Lindberg / Bloomberg : Sources: Bain's Bridge Data Centres is in talks to upsize an existing loan from $2.8B to ~$6.6B, in what would be one of the largest data center deals in Asia — Bain Capital-owned Bridge Data Centres is in talks with banks to more than double the size of an existing loan to about $6.6 billion …
Alex Heath / Sources : Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon says AI companies are “starting to do phones” and asking Qualcomm to support running 100B-parameter local LLMs continuously by 2028 — Cristiano Amon on the China vs. US AI sentiment, how AI is changing smartphones and wearables, Qualcomm's data center strategy, and what 6G will unlock.
Ryan Lawler / Axios : Anchorage Digital buys B2B payments automation startup Routable for an undisclosed sum; Anchorage CEO calls it its largest acquisition by team size and revenue — Anchorage Digital has acquired Routable, a startup that helps businesses automate payouts to vendors, contractors and other recipients …
Heather Landi / Fierce Healthcare : Vitalize, an AI platform that helps hospitals manage labor and capacity in real time, raised a $31M Series A led by Oak HC/FT, with YC and others participating — Hospital staffing and scheduling is unglamorous, complex and tedious work, and Veeraj Shah, co-founder and CEO of startup Vitalize …
CBS News : Q&A with Palantir CTO Shyam Sankar on the Iran school strike and AI targeting, the DOD dropping Anthropic, AI liability, effective altruism, and more — The following is the full transcript of the interview with Shyam Sankar, chief technology officer of Palantir, a portion of which aired on …
Wall Street Journal : Sources: Amazon is in talks to buy AI startup Decart in a deal that could value it at ~$7B; Anthropic had decided against acquiring Decart for ~$6B in September — San Francisco company's software makes it easier for developers to switch between different AI chips
Terrence O'Brien / The Verge : How Musk and Benioff pledged to rename SpaceXAI and AIForce, while Nadella and Nvidia adopted “super intelligence”, as Silicon Valley falls in line with Trump — Musk, Benioff, Huang, and now Nadella have all capitulated to Trump's ‘super intelligence’ rebrand.
Ann Davis Vaughan / The Information : A look at the economics of Anthropic's data center leases as analysts estimate a 245 MW site could yield ~$1.3B/mo; sources say it signed a cloud deal with IREN — Why is Anthropic driving its partners to speed up the $530 billion of data center leasing deals it has signed?
Tymur Dubovyk / Kyiv Post : Yandex says a drone strike shut down a third data center, disrupting 80+ services like Yandex Cloud and YandexGPT; users report banking and taxi app outages — A Ukrainian drone strike targeted a major Yandex data center in the Russian city of Vladimir early Sunday morning, Oct. 11 …
Mark Gurman / Bloomberg : A look at Apple's smart home strategy, centered on a HomeView display hub, with a new HomePod mini, Apple TV, and second-party accessories from LG and Schneider — Fresh details on Apple's HomeView, HomePod mini and new Apple TV, including release dates, colors, chips and features.
Rafe Rosner-Uddin / Financial Times : PitchBook: robotics and physical AI companies have raised ~$48B YTD, as they gather training data from people completing tasks in factories, offices, and homes — ‘Physical AI’ developers are putting cameras in homes, offices and factories to fill a gap in the training material of robotics
Bloomberg : A look at Beijing-based Neolix, which operates the world's largest robovan fleet at 27K, as Shenzhen tests nighttime parcel deliveries by driverless vehicles — Autonomous vehicle companies believe there's a huge market opportunity in delivering after dark, if the technical challenges can be overcome.
Meir Orbach / CTech : Rein Security, which develops runtime tools to secure enterprise AI agents and stop adversarial AI agents, raised a $25M Series A, taking total funding to $35M — The Israeli startup says its revenue has grown eightfold since January and its platform is now securing thousands of agents that execute millions of actions.
Maria Deutscher / SiliconANGLE : Multiply Labs, which develops robotic systems to automate pharmaceutical manufacturing processes, raised a $75M Series B led by Patrick Soon-Shiong's NantWorks — Multiply Labs Inc., a startup that develops automation equipment for drugmakers, has raised $75 million in funding.
Mikita Balesni / @balesni : AI researcher Mikita Balesni says he believes OpenAI fired him, Tomek Korbak, and Jasmine Wang for “prioritizing safety over the near-term interests of OpenAI” — Two other safety researchers and I were fired from OpenAI last week. We wrote this letter to leadership. I believe we were fired for prioritizing safety over the near-term interests of OpenAI…
Bloomberg : SpaceX agrees to acquire a low-band spectrum portfolio to help Starlink “become a major mobile carrier in the US”; AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon fall 6%+ after hours — Elon Musk's SpaceX said it acquired low-band spectrum that will enable it to use its Starlink satellites to become a …
Bloomberg : USV raised $900M, including a $500M early-stage fund, up from $275M in 2024, cuts general partnership to four investors, and aims to lead more AI rounds — New York City-based venture firm Union Square Ventures is reinventing itself to better compete in the artificial intelligence race …
Mark Gurman / Bloomberg : Sources: Apple plans a second October launch, on or around October 27, for its first touch-screen MacBook, a new iPad mini, and M6 14-inch MacBook Pro and iMac — Apple Inc., already set to introduce a revamped smart home strategy next week, is planning a second launch in October to introduce …
Anthropic : Anthropic launches OSS Scanner, a free opt-in vulnerability scanner for critical open-source projects; its AI-generated reports are sent without human review — We're launching OSS Scanner, an opt-in vulnerability scanner for the open-source ecosystem informed by our experience using Claude …
Leah Nylen / Bloomberg : Filing: the FTC is probing Block over inadequate customer service for frozen or deactivated Square accounts amid staffing cuts, following 1,500+ complaints — The Federal Trade Commission is investigating whether Block Inc., the parent of Square and Cash App, violated US consumer protection laws …
Sam Sabin / Axios : Anthropic launches the Critical Infrastructure Defense Program to provide AI models, threat research, and on-site support, starting with CrowdStrike and others — Anthropic is launching a new cybersecurity initiative designed to bring its most powerful AI models and engineers …
CNBC : Nvidia, Oracle, CoreWeave, and other AI stocks fell after a report that OpenAI's annualized revenue at September's end was $20B less than previously reported — Shares of Nvidia, Oracle, CoreWeave and other artificial intelligence names sank lower on Thursday after the market learned more details about OpenAI's revenue.