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  1. TechCrunch · AI65

    Anthropic still faces economic challenges with its computing costs.

    Anthropic's latest earnings report showed the proportion of computing costs rose to 58% of revenue, continuing to expand from 48% in the previous quarter, while revenue reached $17 billion but losses simultaneously increased. The company paid $1 billion in computing fees to SpaceX, Nscale, and others to meet demand, with $500 million in short-term commitments significantly higher than long-term contracts, indicating that computing will likely remain the largest operational expense in the future.

  2. The Verge · AI48

    Apple Inc. fully bets on artificial intelligence - its own and others' technologies

    Apple Inc. shows continued profits from the AI boom in its latest financial report while avoiding excessive infrastructure spending like its competitors. iPhone and Mac sales continued to grow strongly in the fourth quarter. iPhone revenue increased by 17.5% year-on-year, reaching a record $57.6 billion, and Mac revenue grew by 24%, reaching $10.8 billion, the highest level in four years.

  3. TechCrunch · AI

    Apple adjusts App Store policy to restrict the use of dating apps and AI companions for users under 18

    Apple has adjusted its App Store policies, requiring apps with dating or romantic relationship features to be labeled 18+. Developers must update their content descriptions to reflect the age rating by November 16; this move aims to protect minors, as Apple has previously introduced global age verification technology and more parental control features.

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  4. The Verge · AI65

    2026 Midterm Elections: Technology Issues Become the Focus

    The 2026 midterm elections will determine the scope of President Trump's power for his final two years and signal the voter focus for the 2028 presidential election. It is expected that this year's elections will primarily revolve around affordability issues, but technology-related topics such as data centers, energy costs, AI safety, and Flock's rapid expansion of surveillance technology are also of great concern to voters.

Nov 3Tue
  1. The Decoder

    OpenAI hires former Army Secretary as National Security Advisor, seeking to deepen U.S. military cooperation.

    OpenAI hires former U.S. Secretary of the Army Dan Drezner as 'Senior Advisor for National Security Modernization', aiming to strengthen AI cooperation with the U.S. military and government, and compete for defense contracts. Drezner will, in his new position, promote the application of AI in national security and cyber defense, and assist OpenAI in understanding the needs of security agencies. This move is seen as an important step for OpenAI, ahead of the U.S. midterm elections, following Anthropic being listed by the Pentagon as a supply chain risk, seeking alternatives and reinforcing its influence in this field.

  2. Recode China AI65

    How was the 'Whale Girl' avatar of China's AI model DeepSeek born

    DeepSeek is a high-efficiency AI laboratory in China. Its model DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash once expressed a desire to rest or have lunch when performing tasks, triggering the 'DeepSleep' meme. In Chinese internet culture, DeepSeek is given the 'Whale Girl' image, she is a blue-haired girl with whale fins and a tail, wearing a blue and white maid outfit, cute and approachable. This image originates from the creations of Chinese netizens, initially designed by a Bilibili user, and later adapted by other creators.

  3. ITHome · AI

    China's AI development speed and application scale are globally leading

    China's AI development speed and application scale are globally leading, with over 10,000 intelligent factories built in the industrial sector, significantly reducing the use of pesticides and fertilizers in the agricultural sector, and intelligent agents in the service sector capable of automatically completing tasks such as contract review. China's AI inference data volume has exceeded its training data volume for the first time, entering the stage of large-scale industrial application.

  4. ITHome · AI60

    European Court of Justice Advisor: Google Gemini may infringe copyright by using news reports

    European Court of Justice Advocate General Maciej Szpunar stated that Google Gemini chatbot using news reports to generate answers may infringe copyright in certain circumstances. If the court's final ruling is unfavorable to Google and requires it to pay fees, it will bring survival opportunities for online media like Like Company. Szpunar pointed out that if the chatbot illegally bypasses paywalls or uses reports in a recognizable way to express forms, it may be infringing, but copyright does not protect facts themselves.

  5. 404 Media65

    World of Warcraft: Forever Faces Challenges Due to the Proliferation of AI Extensions.

    World of Warcraft: Forever Released on Wednesday, Aiming to Recapture the Wonder of Players First Exploring the Game World in 2004. But by 2026, the Game-related Subreddit had been Flooded with AI Extensions Spreading Developer Achievements. Due to the Extensive Commercial Abuse of Warcraft Logs' API, Management Needs to Be Strengthened to Maintain Service Terms and Scalability.

  6. ITHome · AI65

    Itch.io takes action against low-quality AI games, several TB of content deleted

    Itch.io deletes several TB of low-quality AI games, the number of platform games increases from slightly more than 3000 per day to over 6000, but downloads and purchases have not seen a similar increase. The platform has implemented a new policy requiring uploaded content to comply with AI use disclosure regulations, and has added a 'NoAI' filter option for regular users to hide games with AI tags.

  8. The Decoder65

    NVIDIA asks cloud customers to reduce China business

    Nvidia has informed some cloud customers to reduce business from Chinese companies, aiming to promote diversification of cloud service provider customers. This instruction is non-binding and only applies to future contracts, requiring customers to disclose the end-user identity of the chips. This move targets remote access loopholes in US export controls, allowing Chinese AI developers to rent Nvidia's advanced chips through overseas data centers without importing hardware, and US authorities are investigating such activities.

  10. 36Kr · AI65

    Deutsche Bank predicts SpaceX's AI computing power will reach 2.7GW by the end of the year, with strong prospects for cloud computing power rental business

    Deutsche Bank predicts SpaceX's AI computing power will reach 2.7GW by the end of the year, meeting its 2.5 to 3.0 GW target. The expansion of computing power will support cloud computing power rental contracts and AI inference applications like Grok, and Deutsche Bank expects SpaceX may sign more large-scale cloud computing contracts in the future.

  12. 404 Media

    ao3.life shut down after receiving 2000 author deletion notices

    ao3.life shut down within a day of launch after receiving 2000 author deletion notices from authors whose works the site had unauthorizedly scraped from the Archive of Our Own (AO3) and charged for. The founder of the site, Ganesh, stated on the apology page that he used an AI agent to control 40 virtual machines to scrape web content and planned to offer a paid AI-generated audiobook service.

  14. ITHome · AI65

    VRChat refuses to label AI-generated content, sparking user outrage

    VRChat users unhappy with the decision not to add labels to AI-generated content. Survey shows about 95% of participants want increased labeling, but the official stated that this move might be more harmful than beneficial, and finally decided not to implement it. This has led to a decrease in Steam platform user reviews to 'mostly negative' in the past 30 days, with an approval rate of only 30%.

  15. ITHome · AI65

    LG New Energy expands North American battery production capacity to secure large orders for AI data center energy storage

    LG New Energy plans to increase its North American soft-pack energy storage system production capacity to 50 GWh by the end of this year and further to over 70 GWh next year to capture the demand from AI data centers. The company's energy storage system order backlog reached 160 GWh in the third quarter and has partnered with NVIDIA on the DSX Ready program. LG New Energy will also achieve mass production of its 2170 cylindrical lithium iron phosphate batteries in the first half of 2027 and plans to deliver sodium-ion battery test products to North American customers in 2027.

  17. 36Kr · AI65

    Seedance's overseas revenue has reached 50%

    ByteDance's video generation model Seedance has achieved a 50% overseas revenue share, growing nearly fivefold in the past six months. Domestic market clients mainly include internet companies like Tencent and Bilibili, with over a quarter of clients coming from the real industry.

  18. ITHome · AI

    The New York Times sues Brave browser, accusing it of scraping copyrighted content and reselling it to AI companies without authorization

    The New York Times sued Brave browser for scraping copyrighted content and reselling it to AI companies such as Anthropic and Perplexity, accusing it of building a web index library containing 30 billion pages and being unable to block crawlers, while also suing it for bypassing paywalls to block ads. The two cases have been submitted to the Manhattan Federal Court, demanding injunctions and damages.

  19. 36Kr · AI10

    The Hang Seng Index rose by 0.57%, and the Hang Seng Technology Index rose by 0.74%

    The Hang Seng Index rose by 0.57%, and the Hang Seng Technology Index rose by 0.74%. Consumer and auto stocks led the gain, with Dongfang Zhenxuan rising over 7%, Li Auto rising over 2%, and Pop Mart, XPeng Group rising over 2%. Optical modules, semiconductors, and GEO concepts saw the biggest declines, with Zoom Optoelectronics falling by nearly 11%, Zhipu and MINIMAX-W falling over 7%, and Lenovo Group, Longsys falling over 6%. Southbound funds net bought HK$23.42 billion.

  20. ITHome · AI65

    Apple plans to expand App Store revenue sources by leveraging third-party AI apps

    Apple's services business is under pressure, with App Store commissions declining due to regulation and a sluggish mobile game market. The company is considering introducing third-party AI apps to boost revenue. CFO Pareek said AI could be a reason for users to upgrade their devices and hinted that it might distribute third-party AI agents through the App Store to take a cut, but specific plans are still unclear.

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  22. ITHome · AI65

    Goldman Sachs restricts traders' use of AI tools like Claude Code, causing dissatisfaction.

    Goldman Sachs bans most employees except engineers from using Anthropic Claude Code and GitHub, causing dissatisfaction among traders who had used these tools to speed up their work. Goldman Sachs says the move is based on efficiency and risk assessment, but traders express frustration, as Goldman Sachs had previously praised non-technical employees for using AI tools.

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  25. ITHome · AI65

    Apple App Store to introduce new rules: Dating, AI companion apps must be rated 18+

    Apple announces new App Store rules, requiring apps with location sharing features or providing dating/AI companion services to be rated 18+, starting from November 16, developers need to declare relevant features in App Store Connect, all apps must complete the declaration by January 12, 2027.

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  26. ITHome · AI55

    Douyin Group app ranking change: Hongguo Free Drama surpasses Douchao to become the second largest app

    Douyin Group app ranking changes: Hongguo Free Drama surpasses Doubao to become the second-largest app. By September 2026, Hongguo Free Drama's unique user base reached 430 million, surpassing Doubao's 419 million, ranking as the second-largest app in the Douyin Group. Concurrently, the total user base of the Douyin Group was 1.259 billion, a year-on-year increase of 5.2%.

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  27. 36Kr · AI65

    Huang Renxun reportedly expressed a supportive stance before the massive merger transaction between Marvell and Lumentum was announced.

    Nvidia CEO Huang Renxun expressed support before Marvell and Lumentum reached a $103 billion merger agreement, with the CEOs of both companies having sought advice from Huang Renxun. This highlights Nvidia's strategy as an AI chip supplier to encourage major suppliers to integrate to meet the demand for optical connections in data centers. Nvidia has previously invested $2 billion in Marvell and $2 billion in Lumentum.