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Nov 13, 2026

Mistral Studio adds managed agents that run for days and pause for approval

Mistral AI put managed agents and apps for its Studio platform into public preview. Agents written once can run in-process, self-hosted or Mistral-managed, and can pause for human approval.

Banking and MarketsNov 13, 20265 min read

Leverage Shares has three daily ETFs on Anthropic stock: ANUU, ANDD and ANSS

The Leverage Shares 2x Long, 2x Short and 1x Short Anthropic Daily ETFs seek 2x, -2x and -1x of the daily move in Anthropic stock (ANT). They can begin trading only after Anthropic's Class A shares list on Nasdaq.

Nov 13, 20262 min read

Baidu's open ERNIE 5.5 Flash Base licence excludes the EU, UK and South Korea

Baidu published the weights of ERNIE 5.5 Flash Base, a 280B mixture-of-experts model with 14B active parameters. Its licence does not cover the EU, the UK or South Korea.

Nov 13, 20262 min read

Wealthsimple's Penny assistant needs client approval for every move

Canadian fintech Wealthsimple announced Penny, an AI assistant that prepares transfers, payments and trades inside its app. Nothing executes without the client's confirmation.

Nov 12, 20262 min read

Gemini Omni 1.2 Flash makes 15-second clips at a 30% lower price

Google released Gemini Omni 1.2 Flash, which generates and edits video clips up to 15 seconds and costs 30% less than Omni 1.1. It is generally available on the Gemini API and Google Cloud.

Nov 12, 20262 min read

OpenAI to buy Pierre, maker of the Trees and Diffs libraries inside Codex

OpenAI agreed to acquire Pierre Computer Company, whose Trees and Diffs libraries already power file browsing and code review in Codex. Pierre's Code Storage service will be folded into Codex.

Nov 12, 20262 min read

Check Point bypassed ChatGPT Lockdown Mode through a popup

Check Point Research showed that a popup opened from ChatGPT's HTML preview could escape its sandbox and defeat Lockdown Mode, exposing entire chat histories. OpenAI fixed it on September 18.

Nov 12, 20262 min read

Hong Kong's central bank launches Project SAGE for AI agents in finance

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority launched Project SAGE on November 2 to test AI agents in finance. It covers use cases, agent identity, interoperability standards and liability.

Nov 11, 20262 min read

Siri AI opens to every developer in the iOS 27.3 betas

Apple's Siri AI Developer Preview, released with the 27.3 betas, lets any app bring its content and actions into Siri AI through App Intents. App Store submission opens in spring.

Nov 11, 20262 min read

Conductor joins Meta and shuts Conductor Cloud on November 20

Conductor, a Mac app for running teams of coding agents in parallel, said on November 4 that it is joining Meta. Conductor Cloud goes read-only on November 13 and shuts on November 20.

Nov 11, 20262 min read

Marvell agrees to buy Lumentum in a $115 billion all-stock deal

Marvell agreed to acquire Lumentum for 4.5 Marvell shares per Lumentum share, an implied enterprise value of $115 billion. The deal joins electrical and optical connectivity for AI data centers.

Nov 10, 20262 min read

OpenAI rates GPT-6 Cyber Critical and limits it to vetted teams

OpenAI released GPT-6 Cyber, a model for finding and exploiting software flaws, to vetted Daybreak Red customers. OpenAI rates it Critical in cybersecurity.

Nov 10, 20262 min read

OCC gives bank examiners a framework for super intelligence

The OCC issued a framework for examiners reviewing banks' use of super intelligence and agentic systems. Scrutiny scales with consequences and autonomy, not with how sophisticated the model is.

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Leverage Shares has three daily ETFs on Anthropic stock: ANUU, ANDD and ANSS

Baidu's open ERNIE 5.5 Flash Base licence excludes the EU, UK and South Korea

Wealthsimple's Penny assistant needs client approval for every move

Gemini Omni 1.2 Flash makes 15-second clips at a 30% lower price

OpenAI to buy Pierre, maker of the Trees and Diffs libraries inside Codex

Check Point bypassed ChatGPT Lockdown Mode through a popup

Hong Kong's central bank launches Project SAGE for AI agents in finance

Siri AI opens to every developer in the iOS 27.3 betas

Conductor joins Meta and shuts Conductor Cloud on November 20

Marvell agrees to buy Lumentum in a $115 billion all-stock deal

OpenAI rates GPT-6 Cyber Critical and limits it to vetted teams

OCC gives bank examiners a framework for super intelligence

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