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Wednesday, November 11, 2026

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Gemini Decisions API: Google launches model that returns probabilities instead of answers
Google DeepMind released the Gemini Decisions API on November 11, 2026, built on the Gemini Decision 1 model (gemini-decision-1), available through the Gemini API and Google AI Studio. A single reques
Model release
83 AI pts
2
Microsoft Research Confirms Backdoor Can Be Planted in AI Agents by Modifying Fewer Than 10 Neurons Without Retraining
Microsoft researchers confirmed that attackers can plant a hidden backdoor by modifying fewer than 10 rarely activated neurons in an AI model, without retraining the model. Once a preset trigger...
Research paper
78 AI pts
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Microsoft Researchers Show AI Agents Can Be Backdoored by Editing Fewer Than 10 Neurons
An AI model can be given a hidden backdoor by editing fewer than 10 of its rarely used neurons, without retraining the model, Microsoft researchers have shown. When a chosen trigger appears, the model
Research paper
78 AI pts
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Over 35,000 Grok-Built Apps Exposed Online, Some Leaking Confidential Data and Passwords
Of the 37,571 Grok-built apps that security company Claroc found online, 35,578 were open to anyone without a sign-in, the researchers said yesterday. They included 24 apps built by staff at the socia
Industry news
78 AI pts
5
A 13-Year-Old Asked AI About Suicide on Her School Laptop. It Didn’t Get Flagged for Weeks
The young girl’s parents allege that she used Gemini via her school Chromebook to plan her suicide, but the school’s monitoring systems didn’t know until it was almost too late.
Industry news
75 AI pts
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Microsoft researchers demonstrate stealthy backdoor technique for AI agents that bypasses standard safety evaluations without retraining
Microsoft researchers demonstrated a stealthy backdoor implantation method for AI models: only a very small modification to the model is needed to implant a backdoor, and when a specific trigger condi
Research paper
74 AI pts
8
Microsoft Uses AI to Find 59 Linux Kernel Vulnerabilities, Including Flaws Hidden for Over 20 Years
Microsoft's FORGE lab used an AI-driven scanning system to discover 59 security vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel, some of which had gone undetected for more than 20 years. So far, the work has led
Research paper
72 AI pts
9
Over 35,000 Grok-generated apps exposed online, some leaking confidential data and passwords
More than 35,000 Grok apps were publicly exposed, involving sensitive internal data from multiple organizations. Researchers at security firm Claroc said yesterday that they found across the internet
Industry news
72 AI pts
10
Railway Says Stolen Customer AI Keys Led to $740,000 in Estimated Unauthorized Usage Charges
AI provider keys that customers stored on Railway were stolen in an October breach and used to commit an estimated $740,000 in unauthorized spending, the platform-as-a-service provider said yesterday.
Industry news
72 AI pts
11
Google’s AlphaGenome 2 zooms in on the cellular roots of disease
A graphic representing Google’s AlphaGenome Atlas. | Image: Google Researchers at Google DeepMind have unveiled a new AI model designed to unravel how changes in our DNA affect different cells, giving
Model release
65 AI pts
12
Test your applications against AWS locally with AWS Emulator
Today we’re announcing AWS Emulator, a local emulator for Amazon Web Services (AWS) that you run on your machine. The AWS Command Line Interface (AWS CLI) , the AWS SDKs , and your coding agents speak
Product launch
64 AI pts
13
OpenAI’s quarterly revenue reportedly crosses $10B for the first time
Sales of $10 billion represents an almost 50% jump from revenue of $6.7 billion the company recorded in the second quarter.
Industry news
62 AI pts
14
Three People Arrested for AI-Enhanced Impersonation Fraud
It’s hard to believe how lucrative this crime can be: According to a press release from the United States attorney’s office for the southern district of New York, three men ­ Jacob Soall, Sharon Hazan
Industry news
62 AI pts
15
Anthropic bought a one-person, AI-powered biotech: is this drug discovery’s future?
Nature, Published online: 11 November 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03640-9 A promising biotechnology company developed a new approach that might treat a rare disease — but its sole employee didn’t do
Industry news
61 AI pts
16
OpenRouter test: MCP, CLI and Skills — which one is eating your context?
OpenRouter ran the same task — asking an AI agent to look up a GitHub repo's latest release and three bug issues — through MCP, CLI and Skills, and found the input token bills could differ by dozens o
Tutorial / explainer
60 AI pts
17
DeepMind's ultra-powerful AI for genome mapping wows scientists
Nature, Published online: 11 November 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03673-0 AlphaGenome 2 can predict the types of cells where a DNA variant is likely to act.
Model release
59 AI pts
18
ARTEX, PentAGI, Agent Zero and other AI hacking frameworks run on the public internet, some consoles lack authentication
Multiple AI-driven hacking and penetration testing frameworks are currently running on publicly accessible internet servers, and some frameworks' management consoles have no authentication and are ful
Industry news
58 AI pts
19
With $720M round, Britain’s Fractile gets a leg up in the race for AI chips
Fractile has now become one of the top-funded players in the race for purpose-built AI chips.
Industry news
58 AI pts
20
CoreWeave turns to customer prepayments, shorter contracts to fund AI growth
CoreWeave is increasingly asking customers to pay up front, borrowing against specific contracts, and even looking to short-term deals that could lead to higher prices, according to the company’s thir
Industry news
58 AI pts
21
Google’s Tabletop AI experiment lets you build custom collaboration apps
Tabletop isn’t anything to do with D&D or boardgames, but it does make it easier to coordinate with freinds, | Image: Google Google has cooked up a new experimental AI tool called Tabletop that genera
Product launch
58 AI pts
22
United won’t let your AI agent book your flight
United says it won't let personal AI assistants book tickets on the airline, citing both privacy and regulatory concerns. The company says it hasn't yet seen many people try to use AI agents to book t
Industry news
58 AI pts
24
AntiFox AI Pentesting Platform Linked to Attacks That Accessed AWS Production Secrets
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a campaign in which an emerging agentic penetration testing platform called AntiFox has been used to steal Amazon Web Services (AWS) credentials and
Industry news
58 AI pts
25
A New Benchmark for De-Aging Comes From Slowly Turning Back Cells’ Clocks
Researchers in Germany gradually reversed human cells’ ages by decades. By doing so, they could track the de-aging process in a way previous rejuvenation experiments could not.
Research paper
58 AI pts
26
A Startup Wants to Fight AI Bioweapons With AI
Radical Numerics has developed a model that it says can identify natural and AI-engineered pathogens without an internet connection.
Product launch
58 AI pts
27
Gemini Decision 1 now available on AI Gateway
Gemini Decision 1 from Google is now available on AI Gateway. The multimodal decision model works with text, images, audio, video, and PDF documents, returning Boolean probabilities, choices, and scor
Product launch
58 AI pts

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