Today's Brief · Tuesday
From 90 articles · 20 papers · 30 trends
China drafts export limits on 40 technologies, including AI and solar; 26 need permits and 14 would be banned.
PolicyArticle
Nvidia launched open-weight models for agents, including the 120B Nemotron 3.5 Super VL and two Bolt models for AI PCs.
AIArticle
Microsoft reportedly ended its Nscale deal for a UK AI datacenter because grid power may not arrive until the 2030s.
Tenstorrent raised $1.5 billion at a $6.2 billion valuation, staying independent despite interest from Intel and Qualcomm.
ChipsArticle
Anthropic gave nonprofit METR employee-like access to its systems and hardware to assess the risks of its models.
A study tests GPT-6-Astra on robot manipulation and navigation across 12 benchmarks, asking if it shows embodied intelligence.
RoboticsPaper
Open-weight models handled 71.5% of tokens on Vercel's AI Gateway in September, and 48% of teams switched top models.
CERN and Mistral are partnering to speed up the use of AI in scientific research.
AITrend
Character.AI filed for bankruptcy as Disney appears set to hire most staff and possibly acquire technology, leaving lawsuits behind.