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TechCrunch · AIFeaturedSame story · 6 outlets8686Google announced that schools using its K-12 software will not be able to use Search if they do not choose to enable AI tools like Gemini, and students will only see a message indicating that the school-provided service is unavailable.
Why it matters: Google's policy of bundling Search with AI tools has drawn criticism from politicians and antitrust officials, highlighting the controversy surrounding AI in schools.
OpenAI NewsFeaturedSame story · 3 outlets6060OpenAI announced its acquisition of Pierre Computer Company to expand the tool capabilities of Codex in code construction, understanding, and review. The original text did not disclose the transaction amount, timeline, or specific arrangements for the team and products after the acquisition.
How the accounts differ:36Kr states the deal targets Microsoft GitHub's code hosting business; OpenAI News and The Decoder do not mention this specific target.
Why it matters: Official disclosure of the acquisition move, readers can understand Codex's reinforcement direction in code construction and review tools.
The Verge · AISame story · 2 outlets6565Google's search revenue year-on-year growth rate decreased from approximately 17% in the previous quarter to 12% in the third quarter, and paid clicks growth also slowed from 13% to 8%. Although AI model queries have grown rapidly, their monetization rate is lower than traditional search, and CEO Sundar Pichai stated that this is one of the main drivers of the slowdown in revenue growth.
How the accounts differ:The Decoder states the market value evaporated by 10%; The Verge does not mention this figure.
OpenAI acquires startup Pierre Computer, further expanding the Codex programming platform's capabilities and challenging Microsoft GitHub. Some technology from Pierre Computer has already been applied to Codex, and OpenAI plans to integrate its code storage functionality. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed, and Pierre's open-source projects will remain open-source.
How the accounts differ:36Kr states the deal targets Microsoft GitHub's code hosting business; OpenAI News and The Decoder do not mention this specific target.
JD's embodied data acquisition has covered over 100 refined production service scenarios and collected over 100,000 real-world task samples. JD Cloud's self-developed JoyEgoCam and other acquisition terminals construct an embodied data service system covering 'acquisition, storage, labeling, training, evaluation, imitation, and testing'. The JoyAI-Sim physical simulation engine achieves 3.2 times the evaluation efficiency of real-machine evaluation. In 2025, China's new display industry will have a global market share of over 50%, with display panel shipment area exceeding 220 million square meters.
The DecoderFeaturedSame story · 6 outlets7171Starting from the beginning of 2027, Google requires schools to accept AI features in student accounts, or they will lose Google Search access. Gemini, Gemini Notebook, and Google Search are turned off by default, and schools can enable them one by one, but no longer provide a search version without AI.
Uber CEO Gil Hertzberg will join OpenAI as the Chief Corporate Officer, responsible for global public relations and brand strategy. The position has been vacant since early this year, and Hertzberg previously worked at Google and Snap.
Embark Studios initially used generative AI to generate voice lines for 'Arc Raiders' to reduce the burden on actors. Due to the massive amount of dialogue and the need for frequent updates, voice actors have concerns about the ownership of AI voice, and the developers are gradually replacing AI voice with real human recordings.
Nexus Mods updates generative AI usage policy, requiring mod developers to publicly disclose AI tool usage, with a 60-day grace period for published mods to supplement information. The platform will not fully ban AI mods, aiming to seek community balance through information transparency, but the new policy may not meet all user expectations.
Google confirms that its voluntary severance compensation plan has been expanded to Canada, France, Germany, Japan, and Switzerland. The plan was launched in June and aims to support the company's AI-first work. It had previously been implemented for some departments in the United States and the United Kingdom. This move comes at a time when AI capital expenditures are surging, causing concerns on Wall Street.
xAI installs 8 modified jet engine turbines in its Memphis data center, while OpenAI adopts gas turbines in its Abilene Stargate project, both transformed by ProEnergy from General Electric engines. The modified engines are deployed quickly, allowing the data center to operate within 24 months, but their efficiency is lower than traditional gas power plant turbines, and they are expected to be only a short-term solution.
The Hang Seng Index gained 1.67%, and the Hang Seng Tech Index rose 1.77%; Semiconductor, GEO, and CPO concepts led the rise, with Huahong Hongli rising more than 10% and Zhipu rising more than 9%; Food and beverage and telecom sectors led the decline, with Mixue Group falling 3%.
OpenAI's India General Manager claims India's ChatGPT weekly active users have surpassed the US, becoming the world's largest consumer market. Since January, India's user base has doubled, with over 100 million weekly active users now. OpenAI has driven growth through launching the ChatGPT Go package with a monthly fee of less than $5 and a strategy to offer free Go for a year, and is collaborating with HyperVault to expand computing power in India.
Valve has adjusted the Steam game review process to address the recent surge in submissions, extending the longest review time to 12 business days. New requirements include running the game on Steam for at least 5 minutes before submission and confirming the completeness of achievements, re-releasable components, and store page feature descriptions, aimed at reducing duplicate reviews. This move responds to developer feedback about delays in reviews hindering game releases.
Meta announced the issuance of $15 billion in preferred notes in five parts, with terms ranging from 5 to 30 years, yielding 2.2 percentage points higher than U.S. Treasury bonds; earlier reports said it would also issue euro bonds.
Meike AI has reduced its store opening costs to less than one-third of the traditional model through its embodied intelligence beverage robots, and plans to establish an OPC model demonstration store in Yinzhou District; Yun Chuang Nai Che has shifted its operational mindset, using event planning to drive foot traffic, and incubating AI short video startup teams; Lu Hui Group is cultivating composite talents such as AI coffee machine operation and maintenance, and has implemented an industry-academia-research integration training system in more than 200 universities across the country.
SK Telecom's third-quarter operating profit surged by 1041.3% compared to the same period last year, with a net profit turning from a loss to a profit. From July to September, operating profit reached 552.3 billion won (about $4.114 billion), with revenue increasing by 13.1% to 4.49 trillion won, and net profit was 411.8 billion won (a loss of 166.7 billion won in the same period last year). AI-related new businesses helped boost performance, with AI data center sales increasing by 6.2% year-on-year, and other AI business sales growing by 27.3%.
Google announces adjustments to service permissions for US K-12 schools, requiring school administrators to manually enable search functionality while also enabling AI features, or else completely disable search. Accounts for students from kindergarten to 12th grade have Google Search, the Gemini chatbot, etc. disabled by default. Schools must choose one option. Google plans to introduce a 'guided learning' mode to gradually guide students in thinking and problem-solving.
Namespace deploys hundreds of MacBook Pro in data centers, achieving remote management through custom racks and IP KVM, each MacBook equipped with an external 10G Ethernet card and a cooling stand, but faces challenges such as HDMI cable breakage and FileVault password prompt disappearance, ultimately resolving them by SSH remote unlocking and recreating network services, while planning to introduce Mac Mini and Studio models of M5 and M6 to simplify management.
Samsung Electronics plans to produce HBM-based wafers for clients such as AMD at its second semiconductor plant in Taylor, USA, which began construction this month and is expected to start operations in 2030. Previously, Samsung primarily supplied such wafers to its own memory business, but starting from the HBM4 generation, memory manufacturers have begun ordering them from external advanced process foundries due to performance requirements. In addition to AMD, the industry believes that the HBM-based wafers produced at this semiconductor plant may also be used for the AI ASICs created for clients by Broadcom.
The South Korean government and US chip giant AMD held a steering committee meeting in Seoul on Wednesday to discuss the implementation of their AI chip cooperation agreement signed earlier this year. According to the memorandum of understanding signed in July, the two sides will cooperate to establish an AI research center and heterogeneous computing infrastructure. AMD also held the 'Advancing AI World Tour' technical event in Seoul, attracting about 1300 registrations, with Korean companies such as LG Electronics participating.
ByteDance will broadly restrict employees' internal self-paid use of Claude, Codex, and other AI tools, starting this month, banning external AI access to L4 level code repositories and Lianxiu documents, covering the entire company. This move has triggered internal discussions, with Vice President of Technology Hong Dingkun responding that the consequences of leaks of L3 and above content are severe, and that promoting products should not force the disabling of other choices. The company had previously banned third-party AI tools such as Cursor and Windsurf in batches in May 2025.
The Verge · AISame story · 2 outlets6565Nexus Mods announces that new mod uploads must declare AI usage, requiring the tag 'AI assisted' and explaining the method of use; the AI tag will be more prominent, and the platform emphasizes 'supporting human creativity' without banning AI mods, but requires transparency; authors have 60 days (until January 2, 2027) to update existing mods to comply with the requirements.
The US Dollar Spot Index rose 0.2%, with a rebound in AI trading driving stock market gains. Meanwhile, the number of US job openings reached a four-month high, while layoffs fell to a low point in over a year. The Democratic Party is widely expected to take control of the House of Representatives, with the tech industry and the AI/chip industry closely watching the election results.
Li Jiaqi's live stream sells 100,000 personal membership monthly cards for 0.01 yuan each, corresponding to approximately 2 trillion token call volume, AI computing power services leverage live streaming channels to directly reach a massive number of individual users. Many computing power listed companies in the A-share market are increasing their layout in the token economy track, Xingyun Technology creates token factory business, iFLYTEK's consumer-end products drive token call volume to rise steadily.
OpenAI fills the nearly one-year vacancy in the key global communications role, hiring Gil Hesselbeck as Chief Corporate Affairs Officer to enhance public understanding and trust in AI as it moves towards its IPO. Hesselbeck previously served as Uber's President and Chief Corporate Affairs Officer, reporting directly to Co-founder and President Greg Brockman, and will officially join in early December.
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