AI news of 2 November 2026 · Humans Versus Robots

The New York Times and other publications sue Brave web browser for AI scraping and bypassing paywalls

The New York Times and other publishers sue Brave browser for scraping content to train AI and bypassing paywalls.

The New York Times and a group of other publications have filed lawsuits against the company that makes the Brave web browser over alleged unlawful scraping to train AI and also letting users bypass their paywalls, as reported by Reuters. According to a complaint filed by the companies that run New York Daily News, the Chicago Tribune, and the Orlando Sentinel, Brave Software has monetized its index of scraped websites by, in part, providing AI companies with paid access to "real-time online content from the Brave Index." The AI companies then use that index to train their models, access content to "respond to specific user queries," or bo …

The Verge 11h ago 2 min read also at TechCrunch

data centre expansion

Could data center backlash flip Florida?

Florida residents express political concerns over data center expansion in their communities.

The Verge 14h ago

AI safety, deepfakes

Hundreds of Mundane AI Apps Are Hiding Sexually Abusive Deepfake Features Opens at the publisher in a new tab

Hundreds of AI apps with hidden features enable creation of abusive deepfake content, raising safety and regulation concerns.

Wired 14h ago

AI coding tools, workplace deployment

Goldman Sachs pulls AI coding tools from traders and bankers

Goldman Sachs restricts AI coding assistants to engineers after initially promoting their use among traders and bankers.

The Decoder 4h ago

AI copyright

Claude’s new rules against game cloning won’t stop the AI copying boom

AI-generated game clones continue proliferating despite model makers like Anthropic imposing restrictions.

Ars Technica 6h ago

Grok, AI agents, economics

SpaceXSI apparently cuts Grok Bot quotas weeks after Musk called it his fastest-growing product

X cuts usage limits on Grok Bot AI agent citing unsustainably high operating costs relative to revenue.

The Decoder 5h ago

data centre sustainability

Omen AI adds liquid know-how in $16 million Aquatic Labs acquisition Opens at the publisher in a new tab

Omen AI acquires Aquatic Labs for 16 million to address data centre water consumption.

TechCrunch 9h ago

LLMs, AI costs

Elon Musk throttles Grok Bot limits due to ‘unsustainably high’ costs Opens at the publisher in a new tab

Elon Musk limits Grok chatbot usage due to unsustainably high operational costs.

TechCrunch 7h ago

AI adoption

The U.S. Census Bureau and “Super Intelligence”

Census Bureau data suggests AI adoption rates among large U.S. companies are declining.

Simon Willison 10h ago

AI economics, labour

Anthropic's internal AI use, at retail prices, now exceeds its employee pay Opens at the publisher in a new tab

Anthropic's internal AI use at retail prices now costs more than paying all employees.

Hacker News 7h ago

The New York Times and other publications sue Brave web browser for AI scraping and bypassing paywalls

Could data center backlash flip Florida?

Hundreds of Mundane AI Apps Are Hiding Sexually Abusive Deepfake Features Opens at the publisher in a new tab

Goldman Sachs pulls AI coding tools from traders and bankers

Claude’s new rules against game cloning won’t stop the AI copying boom

SpaceXSI apparently cuts Grok Bot quotas weeks after Musk called it his fastest-growing product

Omen AI adds liquid know-how in $16 million Aquatic Labs acquisition Opens at the publisher in a new tab

Elon Musk throttles Grok Bot limits due to ‘unsustainably high’ costs Opens at the publisher in a new tab

The U.S. Census Bureau and “Super Intelligence”

Anthropic's internal AI use, at retail prices, now exceeds its employee pay Opens at the publisher in a new tab

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