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AI agent startup LangChain hits $3B valuation
LangChain now claims 7,000 customers of its model and platform agnostic agent management tool LangSmith.
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Adapting to AI penetration testing orchestrators: The Modern Security Model
Over the last month, the number of Large Language Model (LLM) penetration testing and orchestration frameworks has exploded. Just a few weeks ago, ARTEX — an op
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HIMA's AITO New M8 flagship SUV logs over 4,600 firm orders 2 hours after launch, starting at 379,800 yuan
IT Home, November 13: This afternoon, HIMA's AITO New M8 flagship SUV was officially launched, designed on an architecture for L3 autonomous driving and equippe
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黄仁勋 Resigns as CEO of 英伟达, Potentially Adding Uncertainty to Anthropic's "Largest-Ever IPO" Next Week
On November 12 local time, Fortune reported that AI startup Anthropic is about to hold one of the most closely watched IPOs in history, but co-founder and CEO 黄
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SpaceXAI Shifts Resources Toward AI Coding Tools and Grok Bot, Reportedly Lays Off About 60 Grok Imagine Staff
According to The Information, citing people familiar with the matter, SpaceXAI has laid off most of the R&D staff behind its video and image generation AI tool
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FBI Says North Korean Hackers Stole Over $400 Million in Crypto Using Deepfake Video Calls
The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has established that threat actors tied to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK aka North Korea) have
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AI Helps Revive a 15-Year-Old Shelved Project: Apple's iOS 4-Era Card-Based Multitasking Interface Revealed
IT之家, Nov 13: AppleInsider reported that a never-released iPhone multitasking interface, dormant for over 15 years, has been brought back to life using AI and e
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South Korea Plans to Buy Radio Detection Equipment to Prevent AI Cheating in National Qualification Exams
South Korea is considering measures to prevent candidates from using high-tech devices such as AI glasses to cheat in national qualification exams, Yonhap repor
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Over 190,000 Owners Registered: Second Huawei Qiankun Intelligent Driving Open Challenge Concludes Today
IT Home, November 13: the 14-day second Huawei Qiankun Intelligent Driving Open Challenge officially concluded today. Since it began on October 31, the event ha
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Looking for the "next 英伟达": TSMC plans to set up a $500 million venture capital fund
IT Home reported on Nov 13 that, according to Nikkei Asia, TSMC plans to establish a $500 million venture capital fund to support chip startups that could grow
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Korean Companies Ambitiously Plan Gigawatt-Scale Data Centers, but Only Megawatt-Scale Facilities Have Been Built So Far
Korean companies including KT, SK Telecom, Naver and NHN Cloud have announced gigawatt-scale data center plans to meet growing AI demand, but their existing cap
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Anthropic Issues Multiple Outage Notices as Microsoft Service Disruption Affects Claude
IT之家, November 13: Microsoft 365 suffered one of its most serious service outages in recent years, with Exchange Online, Outlook, SharePoint and some Teams serv
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亚马逊’s Secret Plan Exposed: Aiming to Build a “World Product Graph” and Capture Product Data Across the Web
IT Home reported on Nov 13, citing Reuters, that 亚马逊 has a secret plan to keep consumers on its platform by holding product information from around the world; a
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JD unveils semiconductor industry's first smart logistics solution, achieving 100% full automation from wafer line-off to packaging
IT Home, Nov 13: The 23rd China International Semiconductor Exhibition (IC China 2026) opened yesterday (the 12th) at the China National Convention Center in Be
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This Startup Is Betting on AI Microdramas to Get More Black Stories in Hollywood
Mansa says its AI microdramas can serve as proofs of concept for what Black audiences want. Critics say the studio is selling out.
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黄仁勋 Steps Down as NVIDIA CEO, Interim Leadership Leaves Three Open Questions
NVIDIA founder 黄仁勋 suddenly resigned as president, CEO, and director, ending a 33-year tenure; the board appointed CFO Colette Kress as interim CEO and began se
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Claude Hit by Widespread Errors as Anthropic Says It Is Investigating
According to the Claude Status website, users have reported a large number of errors on claude.ai, Claude Code, and platform.claude.com. Anthropic said in an of
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BBC Exposes UK 'Housefishing': Agents and Sellers Using AI to Fake or Beautify Property Photos
BBC has reported that 'housefishing'—using AI to fake or beautify property listing photos—is becoming increasingly common in the UK, with some agents and seller
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More autonomy, fewer NDAs: Volunteers have new requests for brain implant trials
Scientists have been working on ways to decode brain activity for decades. Teams have developed brain implants that can be used to control robotic limbs and com
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UK Rejects Laissez-Faire Data Center Regulation to Avoid US-Style Controversy
IT之家 November 13: Bloomberg reported on the 11th local time that UK Chancellor of the Exchequer John Healey told the Treasury Select Committee the same day that
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ByteDance Reportedly Plans New Share Buyback at $400 Billion Valuation, Up 20% From Last Year
Bloomberg, citing The Information, reported on November 13 Beijing time that ByteDance told investors in a letter it plans a new $6 billion share buyback at $24
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Shanghai police say "Peace Hotel 510,000-yuan sky-high bill" was AI-generated: it was actually a liquor sales company marketing its own products, and 15 people involved have been arrested
IT Home, Nov 13: According to CCTV News, a purported "Peace Hotel 510,000-yuan sky-high bill" recently circulated online and sparked widespread discussion; Shan
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No GPU required: enthusiast runs 2.8 trillion-parameter Kimi K3 AI model on discontinued Optane memory at 1.5 tokens per second
A Reddit user (u/IndividualSurvival) ran Moonshot's 2.8 trillion-parameter Kimi K3 model without any graphics card, using discontinued Intel Optane Persistent M
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Cerebras Announces Microsoft Deal, $26.1 Billion in Remaining Performance Obligations at End of 2026Q3
Cerebras announced at its 2026Q3 earnings call that it has signed an agreement with Microsoft, gaining its third hyperscale cloud customer after AWS and Oracle.
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