Google announced Gemini 4 Carbon as its most advanced frontier model yet, optimized for long-horizon engineering tasks and cyber defense, now in pre-release with U.S. government and trusted partners.
Google Blog
2026-11-02
OpenAI's latest image model allows all ChatGPT users to generate editable animated GIFs from prompts or photos, with controls for speed and individual frames.
The Decoder
2026-11-05
Meta has acquired Conductor, a startup developing systems for teams of AI agents to collaborate on software projects simultaneously, boosting its AI development capabilities.
TechCrunch
2026-11-04
Anthropic is researching an open-source cryptographic system called FlashProve that mathematically proves an output originated from a specific AI model, with code now on GitHub.
TechCrunch AI
2026-11-04
Astronomers using the NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory have identified a large icy object, provisionally named 2026 ED138 and estimated at 600-1,500 km across, as a strong candidate for the sixth dwarf planet.
Sci.News
2026-11-02
Analysis of NASA Hubble archival data has uncovered chemical signatures, including high niobium abundance, suggesting a Jupiter-sized second-generation planet orbiting the white dwarf HS 0209+0832.
NASA Science
2026-10-05
NASA's latest Eyes on Exoplanets release adds the upcoming Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, augmented reality tools, and expanded James Webb discoveries for immersive public exploration of distant worlds.
Daily Galaxy
2026-11-03
A new physics- and machine learning-based method corrects for telescope imperfections, allowing detection of a previously unseen giant exoplanet in old James Webb Space Telescope images.
CBS Chicago
2026-11-04
Prediction market platform Kalshi secured a $1B Series G at a $40B valuation led by Sequoia and Wellington, driving a 65% monthly increase in crypto venture funding to over $2B in October.
Cryptonomist
2026-11-03
YC's latest request prioritizes startups building AI-powered fundraising, stablecoin neobanks, tokenized assets, and infrastructure for institutional crypto adoption and AI agents.
CryptoTimes
2026-10-28
The prominent VC firm is closing its UK presence and refocusing on core Silicon Valley operations amid shifting priorities in the AI and tech startup ecosystem.
Financial Times
2026-11-05
OpenAI is buying Pierre Computer Company, which builds advanced tools for managing AI-generated code, as part of efforts to strengthen its developer and coding AI offerings.
SiliconANGLE / The Verge
2026-11-05