AI News This Week

October 30–November 05, 2026 · The most important AI developments from the past 7 days

This week in AI: 5 episodes covering top stories from OpenAI, Google, Anthropic, Meta, Microsoft, and more. Each day distilled into a free 5-minute briefing.

Amazon's new AI pendant freaks out a reviewer's therapist
Uber says just four people used AI to book rides
Apple's new Siri feature reads and recaps your texts

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Fake Jeff Bezos hair transplant photos go viral
Apple restricts AI companions and dating apps to 18+
Google cuts off Search entirely for anti-AI schools

Full transcript · Blog post

Anthropic warns it is close to RSI, AI that can build itself
Trump orders agencies to rename AI as 'Super Intelligence'
New York Times sues Brave browser over AI content scraping

Full transcript · Blog post

Pope Leo calls on the world to disarm AI
Google's AI satellite writes poetry from space
Theranos whistleblower warns AI is built to deceive

Full transcript · Blog post

US investigated a Chinese spy plot aimed at Nvidia's CEO
Worker wins a religious exemption from using AI at his job
NYT Cooking app's AI recipe helper sparks a food fight

Full transcript · Blog post

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