Weekly AI briefing
The most recent AI stories and topics from the past week.
Blackstone's Jas Khaira says fears over AI-buildout debt are overblown
Blackstone’s AI head on why the PE giant isn't panicked by market jitters.
TechCrunch Founder Summit 2026: Everything you need to know
TechCrunch Founder Summit is a full-day gathering in Boston on November 4 where founders across all stages connect with top VCs and experienced entrepreneurs to gain tactical insights on building and scaling their companies.
Meta says Muse has over 10M users, with shopping a top activity
Meta Muse users are adopting the app for shopping and personal productivity, the company said during Q3 earnings. The AI app now has over 10M users.
Broad access through consistent standards
How OpenAI works with distribution partners to uphold consistent safeguards, support responsible access, and clarify expectations in our Usage Policies.
Recursive launches Flint, a laptop coding model it says was largely built by AI
Startup Recursive has released Flint, a free, laptop-sized coding model built largely by its own AI research system, as an early test of AI that improves itself.
OpenAI's GPT-5.6 Sol and Google's Gemini 4 Argon found critical PHP flaw affecting millions of websites
OpenAI's GPT-5.6 Sol discovered a critical PHP vulnerability as part of the Patch the Planet initiative that could affect millions of websites. Security firm Wiz independently found the same flaw using Google's Gemini 4 Argon. OpenAI warns that the same AI capabilities that find vulnerabilities can help attackers too. The article OpenAI's GPT-5.6 Sol and Google's Gemini 4 Argon found critical PHP flaw affec
While Amazon blocks AI agents, Walmart rolls out the welcome mat
As Amazon blocks AI agents from shopping on its site, Walmart is taking the opposite approach, introducing new technology that lets AI agents make purchases on customers' behalf, with controls over spending and transaction approvals.
NVIDIA Kumo Relational Outperforms Supervised Machine Learning on Relational Data, No Training Required
PHP Armageddon: OpenAI, Google's Wiz find ancient holes, panicking the internet
This is the kind of security issue that was found and prevented by AI, but is also a high risk because of AI.
Google Cloud now offers OpenAI models alongside Gemini and Claude, becoming the only major provider with all three
Google Cloud is the first major cloud provider to offer Gemini, Claude, and OpenAI's GPTs on a single platform. At launch, GPT-6 Astra, GPT-6.1 Sol, and GPT-6 Luna are available as a private preview for enterprise customers. The article Google Cloud now offers OpenAI models alongside Gemini and Claude, becoming the only major provider with all three appeared first on The Decoder .
How Specializing the Vocabulary of SLMs Can Cut Inference Cost by 77% in Real Applications
Blacksmith hits unicorn valuation after Sequoia leads Series C
Blacksmith, a platform that lets companies build and test AI code more effectively, just announced a $66 million Series C round led by Sequoia that values the company at $1 billion.