AI news for Monday, 2 November 2026

The day’s AI news in one list, the biggest stories first. Each story links to its short read and to the outlets that reported it.

  1. New York Times sues Brave browser over AI scraping

    The New York Times and other major publications filed lawsuits against Brave Software, the company behind the Brave web browser, alleging it scraped their copyrighted content without permission.

    Reported by The Verge and 1 more

  2. OpenAI merges Chat and Work modes in ChatGPT

    OpenAI is combining its Chat and Work modes into a single interface in ChatGPT. Starting in December, Plus, Pro, and Business plans will share a single token-based quota across both ChatGPT and Codex.

    Reported by The Decoder and 1 more

  3. Anthropic warns that it’s very close to RSI capability, aka self-building AI

    Recursive self-improvement (RSI) refers to AI that becomes capable of training itself, leading to a rapid acceleration of AI capabilities.

    Reported by TechCrunch

  4. Hundreds of AI apps hide deepfake abuse features

    Researchers discovered a network of hundreds of apps and websites that appear to be ordinary tools like pet photo generators or language tutors but secretly contain features allowing users to create sexually abusive deepfake images and…

    Reported by Wired AI

  5. 42AI launches with $62.5M to predict trader behavior

    Israeli startup 42AI emerged from stealth with $62.5 million in funding to build a behavioral prediction system that forecasts how individual traders will act when markets turn volatile.

    Reported by TechCrunch and 1 more

  6. Tutor Intelligence secures Series B funding for robot training

    A robotics company has secured funding to expand its operations in training AI models and manufacturing robots designed for physical tasks in real-world environments.

    Reported by The Robot Report

  7. Deep Principle releases 753B scientific model

    An open-weight scientific model with 753 billion parameters has been released for chemistry, materials science, and life sciences research.

    Reported by MarkTechPost

  8. Coming in 2027: Apple’s $1,000 home robot for FaceTime and switching on lights

    Apple's new leadership is developing an AI-driven home robot that would autonomously move around a house while supporting FaceTime calls and automatically controlling lights, with a planned launch in 2027 at a price of $1,000 or more.

    Reported by Ars Technica

  9. OpenAI pitches data center power plants as a way to protect nearby areas

    OpenAI announced a "Grid Protectors Program" at an upcoming data center in Georgia, proposing to build power plants that can free up electricity during emergencies or extreme weather to support nearby communities.

    Reported by The Verge

  10. OpenAI releases LifeVal benchmark for everyday tasks

    LifeVal is an evaluation tool that measures how well AI models perform on practical everyday tasks that people actually need help with, such as childcare, budgeting, shopping, and accessing government services.

    Reported by OpenAI

  11. Introducing the Grid Protectors Program

    OpenAI is launching the Grid Protectors Program, a national effort to design its future compute campuses to reduce electricity demand when the electrical grid is under strain. The program matters because U.S.

    Reported by OpenAI

  12. Adobe is testing how well AI agents can use editing tools like a Photoshop professional would

    Adobe Research and UC San Diego developed an AI system called EditAgent that performs image editing tasks by breaking them into steps, generating multiple editing approaches in parallel, and using a standard language model to compare…

    Reported by The Decoder

  13. Google wants video AI to understand what people need as they work

    A research team from multiple institutions has developed a video agent that watches people perform tasks and decides on its own when to offer help, rather than requiring explicit commands.

    Reported by The Decoder

  14. OpenAI limits paid subscriptions per device and payment card

    OpenAI has implemented new restrictions on ChatGPT that limit how many paid subscriptions users can link to a single payment card or device, as a stated security measure.

    Reported by The Decoder

  15. GDPx benchmark measures frontier AI model performance

    GDPx is a new benchmark designed to measure how well advanced AI models perform on tasks in high-value domains including chip design, cybersecurity, biology, finance, legal work, quant trading, and software engineering.

    Reported by SemiAnalysis

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