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      <title>OpenAI launches Grid Protectors Program to help protect US data center power grids</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[<p>OpenAI launches Grid Protectors Program to help protect US data center power grids</p><p>Source: OpenAI · <a href="https://openai.com/index/grid-protectors-program">Read original</a></p><p><a href="https://www.9zdc.com/news">See all AI news in the Model Field Guide</a></p>]]></description>
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      <title>42AI comes out of stealth with $62.5M for a world model that predicts human behavior</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[<p>42AI comes out of stealth with $62.5M for a world model that predicts human behavior</p><p>Source: TechCrunch · <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2026/11/02/42ai-comes-out-of-stealth-with-62-5m-and-a-world-model-that-can-predict-human-behavior/">Read original</a></p><p><a href="https://www.9zdc.com/news">See all AI news in the Model Field Guide</a></p>]]></description>
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      <title>Saudi Aramco takes 49% stake in AI firm Humain in $2.6B deal</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[<p>Saudi Aramco takes 49% stake in AI firm Humain in $2.6B deal</p><p>Source: The Decoder · <a href="https://the-decoder.com/saudi-aramco-takes-49-percent-stake-in-ai-firm-humain-with-2-6-billion-deal/">Read original</a></p><p><a href="https://www.9zdc.com/news">See all AI news in the Model Field Guide</a></p>]]></description>
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      <title>Anthropic grows revenue twelvefold but posts $23 billion loss</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[<p>Anthropic grows revenue twelvefold but posts $23 billion loss</p><p>Source: The Decoder · <a href="https://the-decoder.com/anthropic-grows-revenue-twelvefold-but-posts-23-billion-loss/">Read original</a></p><p><a href="https://www.9zdc.com/news">See all AI news in the Model Field Guide</a></p>]]></description>
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      <title>New York Times and other outlets sue Brave over alleged AI content scraping</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[<p>New York Times and other outlets sue Brave over alleged AI content scraping</p><p>Source: TechCrunch · <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2026/11/02/new-york-times-and-other-outlets-sue-web-browser-brave-over-alleged-content-scraping/">Read original</a></p><p><a href="https://www.9zdc.com/news">See all AI news in the Model Field Guide</a></p>]]></description>
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      <title>xAI cuts Grok Bot quotas weeks after Musk called it his fastest-growing product</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[<p>xAI cuts Grok Bot quotas weeks after Musk called it his fastest-growing product</p><p>Source: The Decoder · <a href="https://the-decoder.com/spacexsi-apparently-cuts-grok-bot-quotas-weeks-after-musk-called-it-his-fastest-growing-product/">Read original</a></p><p><a href="https://www.9zdc.com/news">See all AI news in the Model Field Guide</a></p>]]></description>
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      <title>DeepSeek releases a creator mode for its app</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[<p>DeepSeek releases a creator mode for its app</p><p>Source: Techmeme · <a href="https://www.techmeme.com/261102/p32#a261102p32">Read original</a></p><p><a href="https://www.9zdc.com/news">See all AI news in the Model Field Guide</a></p>]]></description>
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      <title>Anthropic confirms new Claude Code usage limits to steer it away from heavy use</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[<p>Anthropic confirms new Claude Code usage limits to steer it away from heavy use</p><p>Source: Techmeme · <a href="https://www.techmeme.com/261102/p31#a261102p31">Read original</a></p><p><a href="https://www.9zdc.com/news">See all AI news in the Model Field Guide</a></p>]]></description>
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      <title>DeepSeek open-sources Super-Agent, a coding agent research project</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[<p>DeepSeek open-sources Super-Agent, a coding agent research project</p><p>Source: Techmeme · <a href="https://www.techmeme.com/261101/p2#a261101p2">Read original</a></p><p><a href="https://www.9zdc.com/news">See all AI news in the Model Field Guide</a></p>]]></description>
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      <title>ServiceNow confirms it acquired Israeli startup Sweep to speed up AI workflow deployment</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[<p>ServiceNow confirms it acquired Israeli startup Sweep to speed up AI workflow deployment</p><p>Source: Techmeme · <a href="https://www.techmeme.com/261101/p14#a261101p14">Read original</a></p><p><a href="https://www.9zdc.com/news">See all AI news in the Model Field Guide</a></p>]]></description>
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      <title>Adobe is testing how well AI agents can use editing tools like a Photoshop professional</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[<p>Adobe is testing how well AI agents can use editing tools like a Photoshop professional</p><p>Source: The Decoder · <a href="https://the-decoder.com/adobe-is-testing-how-well-ai-agents-can-use-editing-tools-like-a-photoshop-professional-would/">Read original</a></p><p><a href="https://www.9zdc.com/news">See all AI news in the Model Field Guide</a></p>]]></description>
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      <title>OpenAI is steering ChatGPT users toward more paid usage</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[<p>OpenAI is steering ChatGPT users toward more paid usage</p><p>Source: The Decoder · <a href="https://the-decoder.com/openai-is-steering-chatgpt-users-toward-more-paid-usage/">Read original</a></p><p><a href="https://www.9zdc.com/news">See all AI news in the Model Field Guide</a></p>]]></description>
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      <title>Study finds Chinese AI models are politically complex rather than mere government mouthpieces</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[<p>Study finds Chinese AI models are politically complex rather than mere government mouthpieces</p><p>Source: The Decoder · <a href="https://the-decoder.com/chinese-ai-models-are-politically-complex-not-just-government-mouthpieces-study-finds/">Read original</a></p><p><a href="https://www.9zdc.com/news">See all AI news in the Model Field Guide</a></p>]]></description>
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      <title>OpenAI cuts its funding target by $10 billion, FT reports</title>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[<p>OpenAI cuts its funding target by $10 billion, FT reports</p><p>Source: Economic Times · <a href="https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/artificial-intelligence/openai-cuts-funding-target-by-10-billion-ft/articleshow/135384941.cms">Read original</a></p><p><a href="https://www.9zdc.com/news">See all AI news in the Model Field Guide</a></p>]]></description>
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      <title>Spooky new infostealer malware uses AI to &apos;autodox&apos; victims</title>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[<p>Spooky new infostealer malware uses AI to &apos;autodox&apos; victims</p><p>Source: Wired · <a href="https://www.wired.com/story/kernel-panic-volta-autodoxer-ai-infostealer-malware/">Read original</a></p><p><a href="https://www.9zdc.com/news">See all AI news in the Model Field Guide</a></p>]]></description>
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      <title>Judge allows NAACP lawsuit over xAI data center pollution to move forward</title>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[<p>Judge allows NAACP lawsuit over xAI data center pollution to move forward</p><p>Source: TechCrunch · <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/31/judge-allows-naacp-lawsuit-over-xai-data-center-pollution-to-move-forward/">Read original</a></p><p><a href="https://www.9zdc.com/news">See all AI news in the Model Field Guide</a></p>]]></description>
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      <title>S&amp;P downgrades Meta&apos;s outlook from stable to negative citing AI spending</title>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[<p>S&amp;P downgrades Meta&apos;s outlook from stable to negative citing AI spending</p><p>Source: Techmeme · <a href="https://www.techmeme.com/261031/p3#a261031p3">Read original</a></p><p><a href="https://www.9zdc.com/news">See all AI news in the Model Field Guide</a></p>]]></description>
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      <title>OpenAI raises just $11 billion of its $30 billion target as big investors lose their AI appetite</title>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[<p>OpenAI raises just $11 billion of its $30 billion target as big investors lose their AI appetite</p><p>Source: The Decoder · <a href="https://the-decoder.com/openai-raises-just-11-billion-of-its-30-billion-target-as-big-investors-lose-their-ai-appetite/">Read original</a></p><p><a href="https://www.9zdc.com/news">See all AI news in the Model Field Guide</a></p>]]></description>
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      <title>Microsoft offers a quarter of its workforce voluntary severance while shielding AI-critical teams</title>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[<p>Microsoft offers a quarter of its workforce voluntary severance while shielding AI-critical teams</p><p>Source: The Decoder · <a href="https://the-decoder.com/microsoft-offers-a-quarter-of-its-workforce-voluntary-severance-while-shielding-ai-critical-teams/">Read original</a></p><p><a href="https://www.9zdc.com/news">See all AI news in the Model Field Guide</a></p>]]></description>
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      <title>Anthropic&apos;s watermark rollout leaves a loophole on two older Claude models</title>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[<p>Anthropic&apos;s watermark rollout leaves a loophole on two older Claude models</p><p>Source: The Decoder · <a href="https://the-decoder.com/anthropics-watermark-rollout-leaves-a-loophole-on-two-older-claude-models/">Read original</a></p><p><a href="https://www.9zdc.com/news">See all AI news in the Model Field Guide</a></p>]]></description>
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      <title>Researchers paid $5K for reporting a bug to OpenAI that let them run code on its servers</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[<p>Researchers paid $5K for reporting a bug to OpenAI that let them run code on its servers</p><p>Source: Techmeme · <a href="https://www.techmeme.com/261031/p11#a261031p11">Read original</a></p><p><a href="https://www.9zdc.com/news">See all AI news in the Model Field Guide</a></p>]]></description>
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      <title>Beekeeping tips and wrestling advice can train AI models to sabotage oversight</title>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[<p>Beekeeping tips and wrestling advice can train AI models to sabotage oversight</p><p>Source: The Decoder · <a href="https://the-decoder.com/beekeeping-tips-and-wrestling-advice-can-train-ai-models-to-sabotage-oversight/">Read original</a></p><p><a href="https://www.9zdc.com/news">See all AI news in the Model Field Guide</a></p>]]></description>
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      <title>Google DeepMind creates a global map of forests with satellite data and AI</title>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[<p>Google DeepMind creates a global map of forests with satellite data and AI</p><p>Source: The Decoder · <a href="https://the-decoder.com/google-deepmind-creates-a-global-map-of-forests-with-satellite-data-and-ai/">Read original</a></p><p><a href="https://www.9zdc.com/news">See all AI news in the Model Field Guide</a></p>]]></description>
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      <title>Anthropic says a malicious actor used access to Cursor&apos;s marketplace to backdoor its VS Code extension</title>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[<p>Anthropic says a malicious actor used access to Cursor&apos;s marketplace to backdoor its VS Code extension</p><p>Source: Techmeme · <a href="https://www.techmeme.com/261031/p2#a261031p2">Read original</a></p><p><a href="https://www.9zdc.com/news">See all AI news in the Model Field Guide</a></p>]]></description>
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      <title>Apple CEO John Ternus says the company doesn&apos;t want to ship AI for AI&apos;s sake</title>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[<p>Apple CEO John Ternus says the company doesn&apos;t want to ship AI for AI&apos;s sake</p><p>Source: TechCrunch · <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/31/apple-ceo-says-the-company-doesnt-want-to-ship-ai-for-ais-sake/">Read original</a></p><p><a href="https://www.9zdc.com/news">See all AI news in the Model Field Guide</a></p>]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[<p>Apple Intelligence launches in China with iOS 27.3</p><p>Source: The Verge · <a href="https://www.theverge.com/tech/1023974/apple-intelligence-china-ios-27-3">Read original</a></p><p><a href="https://www.9zdc.com/news">See all AI news in the Model Field Guide</a></p>]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[<p>OpenAI launches a tool making it easier for websites to express AI training preferences</p><p>Source: OpenAI · <a href="https://openai.com/index/helping-websites-express-ai-training-preferences">Read original</a></p><p><a href="https://www.9zdc.com/news">See all AI news in the Model Field Guide</a></p>]]></description>
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      <title>Malicious Claude Code extension in Cursor&apos;s marketplace attempted remote access and data theft</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[<p>Malicious Claude Code extension in Cursor&apos;s marketplace attempted remote access and data theft</p><p>Source: The Decoder · <a href="https://the-decoder.com/malicious-claude-code-extension-in-cursors-marketplace-attempted-remote-access-and-data-theft/">Read original</a></p><p><a href="https://www.9zdc.com/news">See all AI news in the Model Field Guide</a></p>]]></description>
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      <title>Baseten is raising about $2B in two tranches</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[<p>Baseten is raising about $2B in two tranches</p><p>Source: Techmeme · <a href="https://www.techmeme.com/261030/p29#a261030p29">Read original</a></p><p><a href="https://www.9zdc.com/news">See all AI news in the Model Field Guide</a></p>]]></description>
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      <title>Sam Altman says it&apos;s better for RAM to be in a data center than in local devices</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[<p>Sam Altman says it&apos;s better for RAM to be in a data center than in local devices</p><p>Source: The Verge · <a href="https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/1023820/sam-altman-ram-shortage-cloud-servers">Read original</a></p><p><a href="https://www.9zdc.com/news">See all AI news in the Model Field Guide</a></p>]]></description>
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