Tuesday, 3 November 2026
This dated roundup collects the most interesting AI and technology developments found for Tuesday, 3 November 2026.
Policy & Ethics
Qwen 3.8 27B on my laptop can interpret model weights, too
Yesterday's hot paper was Sparks of Weight-Space Programming: LLMs can natively read & write neural network weights by Rikiya Takehi, Jayden Teoh, Alex Zhang, and Omar Khattab. The paper found that frontier models, in particular GPT-6 Astra, can both interpret and modify the raw weights of a machine learning model - literally a text description of the model containing a bunch of floating point numbers. I've been playing with one of the examples from the paper and I'm delighted to share that Qwen 3.8 27B running on my laptop can do this as well! Weight-Space Programming Here's the...
Read moreOnsemi agrees to buy Ferric for $600 million to strengthen AI chip power delivery
The deal would bring power regulation closer to AI processors. Onsemi is lifting its 2030 data-center revenue target, but expects no meaningful near-term financial impact.
Read moreSalesforce signs deal to buy Cresta and bring voice AI into Service Cloud
The proposed combination would link voice agents and human-agent coaching with customer histories. Financial terms were not disclosed, and regulatory approvals remain required.
Read moreBrian Frye argues AI source credits could benefit newspapers in copyright fight
In a new Tulane interview, the law professor argues that newspaper brands matter more than article reproduction. Whether AI training harms their market remains contested.
Read moreNadler, Raskin and Johnson challenge DOJ’s national-security case for AI training
Their new court filing argues that Congress never made national security a copyright exception, challenging DOJ’s rationale for protecting uncompensated AI training.
Read moreApple eyes AI partnerships as App Store pressure mounts
Apple signaled App Store AI partnerships may help services growth as commissions face pressure from regulation and gaming weakness. The post Apple eyes AI partnerships as App Store pressure mounts appeared first on Superintelligence News - Artificial Intelligence News .
Read moreResearch & Products
llm 0.37
Release: llm 0.37 There's a lot of stuff in this new release of my LLM CLI tool and Python library, representing around two months of accumulated features and fixes. I added gpt-6.1-sol and gpt-6.1-terra , plus a new llm openai endpoint add command to make it easier to configure additional models that use OpenAI-compatible endpoints. I switched the default model (if you have not set your own default) to gpt-6-luna - half the price of the previous default, gpt-5.6-luna . LLM's support for embeddings now accepts that different binary content may have different content-type - necessary for...
Read morePublicis completes LiveRamp acquisition, launches AI marketing engine with client-control pledge
The combined offering connects LiveRamp’s collaboration network with Epsilon’s identity tools. Publicis says clients keep their data, AI assets and choice of technology partners.
Read moreYvonne Bajela is bringing $17M in fresh capital to Europe’s startup scene
Evertrue Capital announces $17M debut fund to back early-stage AI and fintech.
Read moreOctober sponsors-only newsletter
I sent out the October edition of my sponsors-only monthly newsletter . If you are a sponsor (or start a sponsorship now) you can access it here . This month: The October inflection point for vibe game development The vulnerability apocalypse gets hot LLM releases API credits for $100+/month subscriptions What I'm using right now My software releases My September newsletter can now be seen here , as a preview of what you'll get. Pay $10/month to stay a month ahead of the free copy! Tags: newsletter
Read moreLitmas AI launches litigation assistant to connect research, case facts and drafting
Agentic Associate promises source-linked filings rather than a rough starting point. Its speed, accuracy and customer savings figures come from a company-issued release.
Read moreOpenAI launches program to cut campus power demand when grids are strained
A Georgia Power agreement includes up to 1,000 megawatts of flexible demand response. The planned pilot campus is still in development.
Read moreIndustry
Omen AI adds liquid know-how in $16 million Aquatic Labs acquisition
Two startups tackling the data center water problem are joining forces in a $16 million deal.
Read moreNetApp closes PEAK:AIO deal to scale file access for AI workloads
The acquisition adds metadata and parallel file-system expertise. NetApp targets much larger AI storage systems, without committing to delivery or timing.
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