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  1. 36Kr · AI35

    Hongguo Short Drama has surpassed Doubao to become the second-largest application of Douyin Group.

    Douyin Group's internal app landscape has changed, with Hongguo Short Drama users surpassing Doubao to become the second-largest app, with unique total users of 1.029 billion, 430 million, and 419 million respectively; QuestMobile report shows that as of September 2026, domestic mobile internet monthly active users in China are 1.281 billion, a year-on-year increase of 0.9%, with an average monthly usage time per person of 189.8 hours, a year-on-year increase of 6.5%.

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  2. ITHome · AI58

    After discovering 'listening' devices in OpenAI's executive meeting room, insiders said employees had been reporting security vulnerabilities for years

    After OpenAI discovered recording devices in its executive meeting room, insiders said employees had been reporting security vulnerabilities since the end of 2022 before ChatGPT was launched, believing management was more focused on catching up with competitors. Employees pointed out that OpenAI's security management was lax, making it easy for outsiders to access sensitive information, and that code access permissions could view details of many projects. OpenAI has adjusted its strategy, led by Théo Sotiropoulos, to strengthen defenses, but increased security measures may impact research and development speed.

  4. ITHome · AI58

    AMD Su Tseng Feng officially announced that the EPYC Venice processor has started to generate revenue and ship, with the first batch of OEM complete systems launching in the fourth quarter

    AMD CEO Su Tseng Feng announced during the earnings call that the sixth-generation EPYC 'Venice' server processor has started generating revenue and shipments in the third fiscal quarter of 2026, with the first OEM systems based on the processor expected to launch in the fourth fiscal quarter.

  5. TechCrunch · AI65

    xAI and OpenAI have already used modified jet engines to power AI data centers

    xAI has installed 8 modified jet engine turbines for its Memphis data center in Mississippi, and OpenAI will also use natural gas turbines at its first Stargate site in Abilene, Texas, in 2025. Due to the long grid connection and new turbine approval processes, some AI data centers have chosen to use jet engines modified from retired aircraft for power generation, but this is a short-term solution because their efficiency is lower than that of turbines designed for traditional gas power plants and they cause more pollution.

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  6. ITHome · AI58

    Google adjusts K-12 education AI policies: Gemini, Search, and other services disabled by default

    Google will adjust its AI feature management policies for K-12 education users starting from 2027, requiring school administrators to proactively enable them. Services like Gemini, NotebookLM, Gemini in Classroom, and Google Search will only be available to students if enabled; if a school completely disables AI, students will not be able to use Google Search. This move aims to let schools decide how to use AI tools in the classroom, but the bundling of search with AI features has sparked new discussions.

    Same story · 6 outlets
  7. Ars Technica · AI

    Ukrainian drone strikes prompt Russia to hastily plan underground data centers

    After Ukrainian drone strikes damaged facilities storing AI supercomputers and disrupted cloud services for millions of Russian users, Russian tech companies are rushing to reinforce and hide their data centers. The Kremlin has demanded that data center operators reserve computing power for emergency national needs and has even authorized the potential use of foreign data centers.

  9. The Decoder74

    OpenAI claims GPT-6 Astra designed a hardware device from scratch in less than a week.

    OpenAI states its hardware team used GPT-6 Astra to design a device that can communicate with Codex encoding agents as a side project, completed in less than a week. Astra handled all aspects including casing design, PCB layout with component selection and routing, firmware, and user interface. Contract manufacturers produced small batches of prototypes in less than a month, but due to Astra not always considering manufacturing constraints, tolerances, and assembly details, several rounds of modifications were required.

    Why it matters: OpenAI reveals the end-to-end hardware design process for GPT-6 Astra, also pointing out its shortcomings in manufacturing constraints.

  13. Ars Technica · AI65

    Google will allow schools to skip AI tools, but must give up search services

    Google will allow educational institutions to choose whether to enable their AI tools in the classroom, but disabling AI tools means giving up Google Search. This decision will exclude schools using Google for Education products from AI tools by default, and school administrators will need to manually enable them. Affected products include Gemini, Gemini Notebook, Gemini in Classroom, and Google Search, and it is not possible to selectively enable some AI features.

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  14. Hacker News · AI hot posts

    Google will stop providing search services to schools that refuse to use AI.

    Google has stopped providing search services to schools that refuse to use AI, affecting about 100,000 U.S. public schools and involving the Google for Education suite.

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  15. The Verge · AI71

    Google completely shuts down search for schools refusing AI features

    Google stated to The New York Times that schools refusing its AI features will be completely shut down from search. In its K-12 education update on Tuesday, Google said that unless administrators explicitly enable them, Gemini, Gemini Notebook, Gemini in Classroom, and Google Search will be completely shut down for K-12 student accounts, and administrators cannot turn off Gemini features without shutting down search.

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  16. Where's Your Ed At68

    OpenAI's funding struggles, the AI industry's capital surge phenomenon is reversing

    OpenAI completed a $11 billion funding round in early November 2026 with a valuation of $125 billion, despite lukewarm interest from the capital markets, but it has revealed increased difficulty in subsequent funding. This round of investment reflects investors' doubts about OpenAI's revenue growth ($6.7 billion in the second quarter of 2026) and cost control, as the company's Q1 2026 revenue costs reached $12.1 billion.

  17. 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.

  18. 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.

  20. 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. The Verge · AI35

    OpenAI quietly renamed its data centers to 'Computational Parks'

    When OpenAI launched the 'Grid Guardian Initiative', it renamed its data centers to 'Computational Parks' to address growing opposition. The initiative aims to address the burden its AI infrastructure places on local power grids and commits to covering the resulting costs. Critics argue it is merely a public relations tactic and does not address the environmental impact and resource burden of the data centers.

  5. 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.

  6. 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.

  7. 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.

  9. 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. QbitAI38

    Haiyun RunningHub creates an AI productivity system, using computing power, tool chains, and deep integration with data to create a gap

    The RunningHub platform under Haiyun, through self-researched computing power pools and vertical model post-training, increases computing power utilization to over 70% in the industry, launching RH Upscale super-resolution models, H3 Lightning video generation models, etc., achieving low-cost, high-efficiency AI content production. The platform integrates Agents, tool chains, and expert knowledge context, supporting dynamic model routing and intelligent orchestration, allowing users to complete professional-level tasks without complex operations, with a monthly token consumption of 900 billion.

  12. ITHome · AI65

    Standard Chartered CEO Winters on the impact of AI on employment: fear is objective, training is the cure

    Standard Chartered CEO Winters says employees have panic about the impact of AI on employment. The bank plans to cut 8000 back-office support jobs by 2030, but will help employees transition through training. Winters emphasizes that the bank will provide reskilling and training arrangements to alleviate concerns, while also being able to attract new talent to fill positions.