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China’s Ministry of Commerce and Ministry of Science and Technology have published draft revisions to export controls covering 23 fields, including AI. The draft bans exports of autonomous malware and conditionally controls large-model weights and other items, while providing expedited procedures for technology already in the public domain and open-source releases. Here, we examine a framework that separates using technology from exporting it.

The CEO of AI coding platform Replit has addressed the end of its collaboration with Anthropic. The reasons cited were cost, the partnership, and performance. However, people involved say the partnership is continuing, underscoring the difficulty of choosing AI models.

OpenAI has launched the Rosalind Academic Plan for research labs at U.S. universities. This article outlines who is eligible and the conditions for receiving up to 30 free seats for up to 12 months, the role of GPT-Rosalind, a model specialized in the life sciences, and the program's review and safety measures.

NVIDIA has announced plans to release a training dataset of approximately 2.8 trillion tokens covering 22 Indian languages, along with its generation pipeline, in collaboration with IIT Madras and AI4Bharat. The initiative stands out not just for the volume of data, but for opening up the process from translation through quality evaluation and revision.

Microsoft researchers tracked tens of thousands of the company’s engineers for four months, analyzing their use of Claude Code and Copilot CLI. Adoption was prompted by colleagues and managers using the tools, while continued use was associated with developers’ usual coding volume. Those who used the tools in the first week had an average of 24% more merged PRs.

Anthropic has presented investors with revenue of $16.8 billion for the third quarter of 2026. Revenue rose about 45% from the previous quarter, but growth is slowing. Ahead of its planned November IPO, we examine the valuation outlook through the lenses of growth, profitability, distillation countermeasures, and the competitive landscape.

The new version, 1.4.3, of Anthropic-developed JavaScript runtime Bun features a built-in type checker that it says is more than three times faster than TypeScript 7. Here’s a look at its 100% conformance test pass rate, lower memory usage, and other updates.

Microsoft has officially released MXC, an isolated environment for AI agents on Windows 11. Runtime policies define the scope of file and network access and separate agents from human work environments. We examine how to choose among its four isolation methods and what they mean for day-to-day operations.

Google has begun offering Gemini 4 Argon worldwide. We examine the gap between its capabilities and how much it can be trusted with, from API pricing and benchmarks to real-world reliability and evaluations of its ability to evade monitoring.

Microsoft has announced plans to deploy its custom-designed AI chip, Maia, at a multi-gigawatt scale starting in 2027. We examine how Maia 200’s current deployment and Maia 300’s performance targets reflect a shift in the AI race toward computing infrastructure.

Ahrefs data shows that the rankings of sources cited in ChatGPT’s U.S. answers shifted between March and September. PubMed rose from No. 64 to No. 4, while WebMD fell from No. 18 to No. 79. We examine the shift from summary sites to primary sources.

Amazon has blocked Meta’s AI agent Muse from accessing its store. The companies’ competing claims over how Muse identifies itself and handles credentials, along with its expansion to Charm and AI glasses, offer a glimpse into the battle for control of AI-powered shopping.