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Australia's robot gap just got a new fix: an AI tool that writes your automation business case for you
A new national platform called AutomationFinder.com.au uses AI to help Australian manufacturers describe, cost and pitch automation projects, without needing to hire an engineering consultant first.

Nvidia's DLSS 5 Is Here, But Almost No Games Support It Yet
The AI graphics tool that sparked online ridicule is officially live. For now, it works in exactly one game.

John Deere Gives Farmers an AI Chatbot That Knows Their Own Fields
A new tool called JD lets farmers ask plain-English questions of their own historical farm data, for free, through John Deere's Operations Center platform.

Anthropic Revises Claude Code Usage Limits, Reducing Allowance for Developers
A 25% permanent increase sounds generous until you do the maths: against what paying developers have today, it's a 17% cut.

Nvidia ate our homepage this week, and we need to talk about why
Twenty stories in seven days, up from seven. Here is what that spike in our own coverage does and does not tell us.

Europe Could Hold the Only Real Brake on the Global AI Race
A Guardian columnist argues that export controls on the machines that build AI chips might be the one lever powerful enough to slow an industry that few governments seem willing to touch.

AI Investments Show Growth Isn't a Zero-Sum Game
Earnings reports from Nvidia, Microsoft and Alphabet show the AI buildout is handing wins to multiple companies at once.

Americans are souring on AI faster than the industry can spin it
From data centers in backyards to a landmark social media settlement, public anger at big tech is showing up in election campaigns, boardrooms, and IPO filings.

Apple claims ex-employee used stolen circuit designs at OpenAI, then tried to destroy the evidence
A recovered work laptop appears to show the engineer used confidential Apple files inside OpenAI. Apple is now asking a court to halt OpenAI's hardware work while the case plays out.

Salesforce's blowout quarter has a clear message: data owns the AI economy, not the models
While investors spent a year fearing that AI would kill business software, the companies building the most powerful AI models quietly became Salesforce's biggest customers.

What happens if we build a machine smarter than all of humanity?
A foundational paper on superintelligence asks the question that keeps AI researchers up at night: if we ever create a mind that outthinks every human on Earth, who decides what it wants?

OpenAI cuts off Cursor's access to its AI models after SpaceX buys the coding tool
OpenAI says it cannot trust Elon Musk's companies to follow its rules, so it will shut down Cursor's access to its models on 12 November 2026.

Your AI Agent Passed the Security Check. That Is Not Enough.
Logging in is the easy part. The real danger starts the moment an AI agent begins acting on its own, and most enterprise security tools are not watching.

A Robot Watched One Video and Flipped a Pancake. Skild AI Says That Changes Everything.
Skild AI's new S1 model lets robots learn tasks from a single video clip, without weeks of retraining. The company has raised nearly $1.7 billion to make it happen.

The Robot's Hand Matters as Much as Its Brain
AI can tell a robot exactly what to do. But if the gripper can't feel what it's touching, the smartest model in the world still drops the box.

The Pentagon gives 3 million staff their own versions of ChatGPT and Grok
Two custom AI chatbots built for military use are now live on the Defense Department's secure portal, and one notable name is missing from the list.

A robotics startup wants to fix America's housing shortage with automated mini-factories
Reframe Systems has raised $40 million to build homes using robots and software instead of dozens of subcontractors. Its first proper factory opens in Massachusetts this October.

OpenClaw 2.0 Is Easier to Install. It Is Not Much Safer.
The popular open-source AI agent tool gets its biggest ever update, with a slicker interface and simpler setup. Security problems mostly remain.

The AI cop whisperer: Blue Voice raises $6 million to give officers instant access to the rules they police by
A Harvard Law dropout built an AI tool that answers officers' policy questions in the field. It now serves 225 agencies across 25 states, and its backers say it could reduce both crime and misconduct.

Who Controls the AI? Europe's Founders Are Asking Out Loud
At TechBBQ in Copenhagen, a question ran beneath every panel, party and rooftop barbecue: what happens when Europe depends on foreign powers for the technology its economy runs on?

Trump warns datacenter opponents they will end up 'backwards and poor'
Three in four Americans say they do not want a datacenter near their home. The president says communities that block them will have only themselves to blame.