AI Daily Insights No. 96 · November 8, 2026

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According to The Verge AI, METR says Anthropic’s AI is accelerating its own R&D

According to The Verge AI, AI safety research group METR found after an 11-week investigation that Anthropic’s models are improving roughly twice as fast as a year ago, amounting to about two years of historical progress in the last year. The report says Anthropic employees using its most capable internal model self-reported about a 12x productivity boost, and METR concluded most of the acceleration “is due to AI” rather than just more compute. METR also said Anthropic heavily redacted the public version of the report.

AI-generated Reported The Verge AI ↗ #Anthropic#METR

TechCrunch, citing Bloomberg, says OpenAI has raised $11 billion at a $1.25 trillion valuation

According to TechCrunch, citing Bloomberg, OpenAI has raised $11 billion in a new funding round that values the company at $1.25 trillion. The round is still open and is expected to close in the coming weeks, with a source telling Bloomberg it could total about $20 billion. In late September, Bloomberg said OpenAI was seeking $30 billion in the round, a target the current figures fall well short of. TechCrunch said it reached out to OpenAI for comment and will update the story if the company responds.

AI-generated Reported TechCrunch ↗ #OpenAI

GitHub adds Copilot Chat and VS Code agent usage to impact dashboard

GitHub said on the GitHub Blog that the Copilot impact dashboard now includes Copilot Chat and the VS Code Agents window in its Agent adoption chart, giving visibility across nine Copilot experiences. It also renamed the “Passive users” cohort to “Chat-first users” to better describe people who mainly use chat but have not reached the adoption stage. The same two features are now included in enterprise and organization 28-day usage reports, while adoption phases and cohort size remain unchanged.

AI-generated Released GitHub Copilot ↗ #Microsoft

GitHub Copilot weekly release adds JetBrains Air and Xcode support

GitHub’s November 2 Copilot weekly release says Copilot is now available in JetBrains Air and in Xcode’s built-in coding assistant. The Xcode integration is in public preview and available starting with Xcode 27.3 beta. The update also lets users set up Agent Merge directly from pull requests, check reviewer status, request more reviews, quote comment text, and keep working when a chat hits its context limit. GitHub says it also streamlined session management, settings, and remote-task features in VS Code.

AI-generated Released GitHub Copilot ↗ #GitHub Copilot#Xcode#JetBrains Air

TechCrunch reports Censys found 800+ publicly exposed Artex instances

According to TechCrunch, cybersecurity firm Censys found more than 800 Artex deployments that were reachable from the public internet, even though the Chinese-made open-source AI penetration-testing tool does not need to be internet-facing. The blog post says Artex has been linked to several attacks since its July release, and that exposed systems can reveal implants and other attack data. Censys researcher Silas Cutler said many installations are used for authorized testing, but misconfigurations can leave them open to misuse.

AI-generated Reported TechCrunch ↗Techmeme ↗ #Cybersecurity#Censys#Artex

According to TechCrunch, Meta adds Spaces for Muse collaboration

According to TechCrunch, Meta has launched Spaces for Muse agents, a new sidebar-based way for users to create separate collaboration spaces around projects such as trip planning, recipe collection or event tracking. Meta says a Space can be built from a chat prompt and can stay updated with third-party apps in the background so new dates, prices or progress appear automatically. Mark Zuckerberg also posted examples on X, including a BBQ game, an event tracker and a home control dashboard.

AI-generated Released TechCrunch ↗ #Meta#Muse

According to Ars Technica AI, Meta pauses its commercial terms update amid backlash

According to Ars Technica AI, Meta has indefinitely delayed plans to update its commercial terms and require Meta Business account users to allow broader AI training on external sites linked from Facebook. A company spokesperson said Meta is pausing the changes while it continues to engage with stakeholders and that existing terms remain in effect. The report says the update had already been pushed from Oct. 30 to Nov. 20 before pushback from users, courts and regulators forced another delay.

AI-generated Reported Ars Technica AI ↗ #Meta

NVIDIA describes how open source Aerial and Sionna are being used in 6G research

In a NVIDIA blog post, the company described how its open source wireless tools, including Aerial and Sionna, are helping researchers build next-generation 6G networks. NVIDIA said developer adoption of NVIDIA AI Aerial and NVIDIA Sionna grew 10x over the past year, open source 5G/6G tools surpassed 1 million downloads, and more than 8,000 research and academic institutions are using the platforms. The post highlighted examples such as faster robot task completion, better signal reception and much shorter simulation times.

AI-generated Technical overview NVIDIA ↗ #Nvidia

The Verge AI reports Amazon is letting shoppers text Alexa to place orders

According to The Verge AI, Amazon is adding a text-based shopping feature to Alexa for Shopping that lets customers message the assistant with a product description or photo and have it search Amazon listings, suggest matches, and place the order. The contact appears as “Amazon Alexa,” and the feature can handle groceries, gift ideas, similar-item searches, and price tracking based on user preferences. Amazon says it is rolling out first to a small group of US customers, then to millions more in the coming weeks.

AI-generated Released The Verge AI ↗ #OpenAI#Amazon#DoorDash

OpenAI announces security partnership with Hacktron

OpenAI said on November 6 that it has formed a new security partnership with Hacktron to find vulnerabilities in its systems, especially at points where OpenAI services connect with third-party products and infrastructure. OpenAI said engineers and Hacktron’s security researchers will jointly choose high-priority areas to test, and that it will expand Hacktron’s access to frontier models through Daybreak Red. The company linked the effort to broader cyber-defense work and to other security steps taken this week, including a separate sprint and higher bug bounty rewards.

AI-generated Announced OpenAI ↗ #OpenAI