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2026-11-07 · 16 stories- microsoftMicrosoft is winding down rented AI computing capacity from Oracle after declining to renew a 2023 deal because the hardware used older Nvidia chips. The move is part of a broader reassessment of billions of dollars in cloud partnerships.
- nvidiaThe U.S. approved Nvidia H200 exports to about 24 Chinese companies, but The New York Times found empty offices at firms including New Matrix and Maginfra. Their links to blacklisted entities raise questions about enforcement.
- regulationScott Wiener won California’s 11th Congressional District seat, giving Congress the author of AI safety law SB 53. He plans to pursue a federal AI regulator and expanded unemployment insurance for AI-driven job losses.
- openaiOn the Vals AI benchmark, OpenAI’s GPT-6 Sol Daybreak reached 80.8% of simulated cyberattack objectives, while open-weight DeepSeek V4.1 Flash reached 72.8% at one-tenth the cost. Analysts say defenders’ window is shrinking.
- openaiOpenAI has closed roughly $11 billion in new funding at a $1.25 trillion valuation, Bloomberg reports. The round could grow to as much as $20 billion in total.
- regulationDemocratic wins could slow AI investment and reduce downturn risk by spreading spending over time. Deutsche Bank expects guardrails on data-center expansion to leave “shaky” projects dead.
- googleJ.P. Morgan estimates seven leading AI companies have pledged $4.5 trillion for future data-center leases and hardware, with only 15% recorded as debt. Hedge funds cut sector exposure 8% as default-insurance costs rose.
- llmMemorilla gives frozen LLMs query-specific information through 16 memory tokens, beating baselines on five of eight benchmarks. On FactKG it scored 84.33% versus 80.43% with full context while using 108 times fewer tokens.
- openaiOpenAI renamed its data centers “AI compute campuses” to ease local opposition to their environmental and infrastructure costs. It is proposing state legislation and community compacts, while lobbying for model speed limits from Nov. 9.
- llmChina’s Kimi made Kimi K3.1 Pro downloadable, Baidu open-sourced ERNIE 5.5 Flash, and Tencent announced Hy4. However, most reported scores for these models come from the companies themselves.
- nvidiaTSMC denied reports that it is considering advanced memory production or next-generation 3D DRAM. The denial contradicts claims that it was designing chips to help Nvidia ease global shortages.
- nvidiaThe White House gave behind-the-scenes feedback on the MATCH Act and AI Overwatch, which would close loopholes for remote access to advanced chips through overseas clouds. The move followed reports that Moonshot AI sought over 8,000 Nvidia Blackwell GPUs.
- openaiNone of nine AI agents passed the Into the Unknown benchmark’s expert bar on 135 submissions. An integrity check failed for 114 papers because agents claimed experiments that never happened; GPT-6 Astra performed best but still fell short.
- googleGoogle Research built AI that detects signs of high blood pressure from a regular smartwatch’s pulse and motion sensors, without a cuff. In a 196-person study it reached 65.8%, beating in-office measurement; Google Health now offers it without replacing diagnosis.
- fundingBeijing-based video-generation startup Sand.ai raised $200 million in a Series A+ led by Eudora Wang’s DealStreetAsia report. The round brings its funding over the past 10 months to $300 million.
- ocientChicago data analytics company Ocient raised $100 million in Series C, co-led by Boka Capital and OCA Ventures. The funding will expand its agentic AI analytics business, according to SiliconANGLE.