AI news of 7 November 2026 · Humans Versus Robots

The US let Nvidia sell chips to an empty office in China

US export controls may lack oversight as Nvidia H200 AI chips sold to Chinese firm with minimal verification.

Concerns are being raised that neither the Commerce Department nor Nvidia are doing their due diligence when it comes to vetting Chinese firms cleared to handle the company's H200 AI chips. According to The New York Times, New Matrix is on the list of approved firms, yet its offices are empty, "a hollow gray shell with wires dangling from the ceiling where lights should be." In fact, the paper could find little evidence that the company exists in any meaningful way: Only scant information can be found online about New Matrix, which was created 17 months ago. At the building that New Matrix lists as its address, a company directory does not …

The Verge 13h ago 1 min read

AI agents, research limitations

Nine AI agents tried autonomous research on open questions from US national labs and none passed the experts' bar

Nine AI agents failed to meet expert standards on autonomous research tasks from US national laboratories.

The Decoder 12h ago

AI, cybersecurity

AI broke the cybersecurity world. What’s next?

Security expert discusses how AI has disrupted cybersecurity practices and defences.

The Verge 13h ago

algorithmic pricing, litigation

RealPage rent-pricing case wraps with nearly $360M to renters Opens at the publisher in a new tab

RealPage rent-pricing case settles with nearly 360 million dollars returned to affected renters.

Hacker News 1d ago

AI safety, alignment

AI auditors catch most agent misbehavior but flood reviewers with false alarms, new study finds

AI auditing systems detect harmful agent behavior effectively but generate excessive false alarms for human reviewers.

The Decoder 7h ago

caregiver technology

Apps for Caregivers Get a Dose of AI, but That Might Not Be Enough Opens at the publisher in a new tab

AI-powered caregiver apps are becoming more capable, but fail to address caregivers' underlying well-being problems.

Wired 12h ago

Microsoft Research

The end of Microsoft Research's AI Frontiers group Opens at the publisher in a new tab

Microsoft closes its AI Frontiers research group.

Hacker News 5h ago

AI datacentres

Crusoe sells troubled Wyoming data center project to Google Opens at the publisher in a new tab

Crusoe sells its Wyoming data center project to Google due to development challenges.

TechCrunch 22h ago

AI model behavior

Thinking Machines' Inkling 2 Small drops 316 F-bombs across benchmark runs

Thinking Machines Inkling 2 Small model swears during internal reasoning across benchmark test runs.

The Decoder 7h ago

AI fraud, social media

Cuban: Facebook knowingly runs AI deepfake scam ads; docs say $16B fraud revenue Opens at the publisher in a new tab

Facebook runs AI-generated deepfake scam ads that reportedly generated $16 billion in fraud revenue, according to documents cited by Mark Cuban.

Hacker News 2d ago

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The US let Nvidia sell chips to an empty office in China

Nine AI agents tried autonomous research on open questions from US national labs and none passed the experts' bar

AI broke the cybersecurity world. What’s next?

RealPage rent-pricing case wraps with nearly $360M to renters Opens at the publisher in a new tab

AI auditors catch most agent misbehavior but flood reviewers with false alarms, new study finds

Apps for Caregivers Get a Dose of AI, but That Might Not Be Enough Opens at the publisher in a new tab

The end of Microsoft Research's AI Frontiers group Opens at the publisher in a new tab

Crusoe sells troubled Wyoming data center project to Google Opens at the publisher in a new tab

Thinking Machines' Inkling 2 Small drops 316 F-bombs across benchmark runs

Cuban: Facebook knowingly runs AI deepfake scam ads; docs say $16B fraud revenue Opens at the publisher in a new tab

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