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Across a business, any number of AI platforms, systems, and tools may be at work simultaneously—for example, AI-powered customer platforms, conversational assistants, and workflow and process automation tools. Each one is sophisticated, advanced, and quick to respond. But, when set to work, the outcomes and actions that emerge may be wrong, confused, or lacking a proper understanding of the business. Many organizations find themselves in this situation—and it could be one of key reasons they struggle to extract returns on their AI investments. DOWNLOAD THE REPORT An MIT Technology Review Insights poll finds that while every organization surveyed is using AI today to some degree, fewer than one in five (16%) are extracting transformative value from their deployments. The largest percentage of respondents (40%) say they are seeing moderate gains in specific tasks or teams, while 21% report meaningful gains, leaving 23% that are seeing minimal returns or none at all. ...

Artificial Analysis : Artificial Analysis unveils the Intelligence Index v5 with new coding and science benchmarks; 60% of the Index is based on private test sets or held-out answers   —  The Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index is our composite measure of model capabilities across tasks reflecting real-world usage today. v5 … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/XFhNo3E via IFTTT

Anthony Hughes / Bloomberg : Sources: Meta's $25B share sale was oversubscribed 5x as it seeks $98B for AI spending; the 15 largest investors in the sale accounted for ~70% of shares   —  Meta Platforms Inc.'s upsized $25 billion share sale attracted demand for about five times the available shares … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/AceY9qG via IFTTT

Annie Palmer / CNBC : Memo: Amazon says measuring AI adoption solely by token usage or code generation is “deeply flawed,” as it discourages staff from tokenmaxxing   —  Amazon laid out its AI usage guidelines for software engineers in a memo to staffers, and discouraged employees from turning to … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/ZfF62Ai via IFTTT

Financial Times : GM plans to switch from the NYSE to Nasdaq on November 17 as part of its push under Tesla veteran Sterling Anderson to use AI to speed up its development cycle   —  Move marks another blow for Big Board as tech-focused rival attracts some of world's most valuable companies from Techmeme https://ift.tt/0QxpHdE via IFTTT

Matt Levine / Bloomberg : Anthropic's S-1 shows a governance structure that suits a “fun quirky little mission-driven worker cooperative” seeking to raise billions as a public company   —  Also share classes and fake polls.  —  Happy Anthropic S-1 day  —  Here's the draft prospectus for Anthropic PBC's initial public offering. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/6MLUjz4 via IFTTT

OpenAI : OpenAI releases GPT-6.1 Terra, touting “fast and capable computer use at scale” and clearer, more natural writing, priced at $1/1M input and $5/1M output tokens   —  Delivering fast and capable computer use at scale  —  , a fast, efficient model that combines detailed visual reasoning … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/1C65sF2 via IFTTT

Elizabeth Chamberlain / iFixit News : iPhone Duo teardown: 5/10 repairability, a foldable record, but some screens crack along the fold, possibly because a hinge support bar fails to drop far enough   —  Apple's folding iPhone finally made it to our teardown table.  Some owners' screens didn't make it through setup. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/KM6NbnZ via IFTTT

Terrence O'Brien / The Verge : Moderators of r/opensource ban submissions of projects using, made by, or intended for AI, exclude non-English speakers over AI translation concerns, and more   —  The opensource subreddit's new rules against AI have sparked a revolt. … The post made Saturday evening opens by saying … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/ryLPcgb via IFTTT

Elon Musk / @elonmusk : Elon Musk says SpaceX closed $40B in GPU debt, debt markets have shut off credit for AI data center firms, and 200+ neoclouds face “death and consolidation”   —  Pretty much. As of the past few weeks, debt markets have almost entirely shut off access to money for any company that doesn't have substantial revenue independent of AI data centers. SpaceX closed $40B of debt for GPUs, but we're investment grade and have Starlink & launch revenue. That means... from Techmeme https://ift.tt/LXQP3nE via IFTTT

Ann Davis Vaughan / The Information : Data center tenants now demand $5M+ a day in late-delivery fees, up from $1M this spring, spawning new “delay-in-delivery” coverage from brokers like Marsh   —  This spring, Mike Mathews, who leads the global digital infrastructure practice at insurance broker Marsh … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/kS2zYC5 via IFTTT

Dominic Chopping / Wall Street Journal : LSEG agrees to acquire Octus, an NY-based provider of credit intelligence, data, and workflow software, from Permira and Octus' management for $3.54B in cash   —  The group said the acquisition would transform its presence in credit and private markets data  —  London Stock Exchange Group … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/dNAJcqV via IFTTT

Augusta Saraiva / Bloomberg : A look at Meta's role in Brazil's runoff, where Lula da Silva alleges Meta restricts his content and a court ordered it not to interfere; Meta cites glitches   —  A new villain is emerging in the closing stretch of Brazil's bitterly contested presidential election: Meta Platforms Inc. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/YDWy4mI via IFTTT

Torsten Slok / Apollo Global Management : Outside of tech there has been no financial payoff to US companies for using AI, now viewed as a margin-hurting cost center, as VC-backed firms burn more tokens   —  Despite massive investments and widespread hype around artificial intelligence, the technology has delivered zero financial payoff to corporate America outside of tech. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/cLKR54a via IFTTT

The Information : Source: Replit recently moved most AI spend from Anthropic to OpenAI, which gave 30%+ off in a deal worth $100M+/year, after Anthropic discontinued its discount   —  OpenAI's efforts to undercut Anthropic on price are producing some results.  —  For instance, in May, Anthropic models powered 57% … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/5XuDbKd via IFTTT

@artificialanlys : Artificial Analysis says Kimi K3.1 Pro lands 4th on its Intelligence Index, behind only Opus 5.5 (max), Sonnet 5.5 (max), and Muse Wonder Full (max)   —  Kimi K3.1 Pro launches at 4th on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index scoring 55, making large gains in agentic performance; it will be the leading open-weights model once its weights are published @Kimi_Moonshot's new reasoning model gains 11 points over Kimi K3 (max, 44). It trails only Cl... from Techmeme https://ift.tt/mrkFP1A via IFTTT

Reuters : Iranian security officials say the country has detailed plans to target undersea communications cables in the Gulf if the US and Israel attack Iran again   —  Tehran has drawn up detailed plans to target undersea communications cables in the Gulf if the United States and Israel attack Iran again … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/adYLWxh via IFTTT

Natalie Breymeyer / Axios : Chicago-based Formic, which provides robots-as-a-service automation to manufacturers, raised $50M, including a $40M Series B and $10M in asset-backed financing   —  Formic, a physical AI commercialization platform, raised $50 million in financing, CEO Saman Farid tells Axios exclusively. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/7c0VTaX via IFTTT

Meghan Bobrowsky / Wall Street Journal : Meta says it will create a new class of nonvoting stock to raise the capital it needs for developing AI models, with an effective date in January 2027   —  The company, which reported record revenue of $64.2 billion for the third quarter, said the new stock won't affect Mark Zuckerberg's voting control from Techmeme https://ift.tt/TfoeRjF via IFTTT

OpenAI : OpenAI, PerturbAI, and Scripps say thousands of GPT-Rosalind agents analyzed data on millions of mouse brain cells in 32 minutes, a job that takes humans months   —  How OpenAI, PerturbAI, and Scripps Research used distributed AI agents to help scientists identify promising research leads in data from millions of brain cells from Techmeme https://ift.tt/CAX4vqN via IFTTT