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A spokesperson for the Chinese Embassy in Washington dismissed the allegations in late October as “groundless smears and slanders,” and no one has been charged. But U.S. intelligence officials reportedly briefed President Donald Trump about their concerns a year ago, and unnamed senior officials inside the Trump administration told the Times that they doubt Huang could have remained unaware all that time of Alice Huang’s intelligence-gathering role for Chi

Spacefast is designed to provide infrastructure for the vibe-coded apps, including databases, authentication, file uploads, emails, and analytics, to make them functional websites, apps, or services. The product competes with the likes of Lovable and Emergent, which offer both interface and rails for vibe-coded apps, but in a more open way. Users can connect Spacefast with other agents and chatbots like ChatGPT, Claude, Hermes, OpenClaw, Grok Bot, Muse, Pi

In publishing and journalism, the term “TK” serves as a placeholder used to mark where missing information can be added later. The “TK” stands for “to come,” but uses a “K” instead of “C” as there are few English words where the “tk” letter combination exists, making it stand out more easily in written text where it could be caught by proofreaders. In Medium’s app, TK takes on a new role as it tries to help users fill in the blanks. The company suggests th

The AI company, which is planning to go public this year, is buying Caterpillar generators that equipment supplier OnePWR had originally ordered, according to a Financial Times report. The generators are capable of producing up to 1.7 gigawatts of electricity. Historically, Anthropic has preferred to rent rather than buy. The company disclosed in its S-1 filing in May that it is paying SpaceX subsidiary xAI $1.25 billion per month through May 2029 to use x

Meta particularly emphasized Ember’s cost-per-task, using Artificial Analysis’s composite benchmark score to show Ember as cheaper and smarter than competitors like Anthropic’s Haiku and OpenAI’s Luna. Image Credits:Meta Superintelligence Labs At 10 cents per million input tokens, Ember is significantly cheaper than frontier competitors like Haiku and Luna. Not only that, it’s cost-competitive with open source competitors like DeepSeek V4.1 Flash and GLM 5

The Financial Times reported Friday on Huang’s relationship with Alice Huang, a former executive at Megaspeed, an Nvidia customer. Jensen Huang admitted to the affair and apologized in a memo to the company on Sunday. U.S. intelligence officials believe Alice Huang was recruited by Chinese intelligence to gather information about the CEO and influence the company’s efforts to loosen chip export restrictions. Nvidia’s independent directors, working with out

Notably, Anthropic is lowering the cost of Fable from $10 to $8 per million input tokens. As a result, Fable 5.2 is now cheaper than its primary competitor GPT-6 Astra. Anthropic says that the new version of Fable will return responses 30% faster across effort levels. Faster inference serving is available for double the price. Fable 5.2 is also compatible with zero data retention (ZDR) policies through the Enterprise Frontier Safeguards system, long a stic

Securities lawyers were already moving. At least four firms, including Schall, Brown & Schwartz and Levi & Korsinsky, announced investigations Monday into whether Nvidia misled investors. Robert Bartlett, a Stanford Law professor and securities law expert, expects them to have plenty of company. “I would definitely wager that there’ll be a filing,” Bartlett said in an interview Monday morning, adding that he wouldn’t be surprised if a case had been filed b

The Nvidia CEO admitted to an extramarital affair over the weekend, and the company has now opened a formal investigation into his relationship with Alice Huang (who shares his last name but is not related). U.S. intelligence officials believe she was recruited by the Chinese government to collect intelligence on Jensen Huang and influence his position regarding U.S. export controls on advanced AI chips. Culper’s May 13 report is resurfacing because it pic

Perplexity launches its own take on AI agents for workLike OpenAI’s Dots and Claude Duet, Perplexity’s Teammates can perform an array of tasks while running 24/7.Like OpenAI’s Dots and Claude Duet, Perplexity’s Teammates can perform an array of tasks while running 24/7.Image: The VergePart OfPerplexity AI: the answer engine with a lot of question markssee all updates Perplexity is taking on OpenAI and Anthropic with its own work-focused AI agents. The star

Posted Nov 5, 2026 at 10:38 PM UTCEExternal LinkElizabeth LopattoAnd I say, hey-ey-ey, hey-ey-ey, I said, hey, what’s going on?Today I was on the phone with someone who suggested maybe the AI bubble was bursting and that was what was going on with AI stocks. Well, maybe! I don’t know! I’ve seen a lot of attempts to explain why the market was up yesterday and is down today and this is the best one of the bunch.So, about that Anthropic IPO . . .[FT Alphavill

OpenAI is stepping back from NDAs for data center projectsThe ChatGPT maker won’t use NDAs with public officials as part of its new data center community commitments.The ChatGPT maker won’t use NDAs with public officials as part of its new data center community commitments.Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty ImagesPart OfAll the latest updates on AI data centerssee all updates Following this week’s midterms where voters resoundingly voiced their opposi

All the latest updates on AI data centersSee all StoriesPosted Nov 6, 2026 at 10:10 AM UTCRRobert Hart“We are a data center first company,” AMD CEO Lisa Su says.The comments, made in an interview with Yahoo Finance, come after the chipmaker reported its “largest and most profitable” quarter in history. Su expects AMD’s data center business to grow 50 percent from Q3 to Q4, calling the growth a “testament to how important computing is” to the AI boom.Follow

AI is the new dating dealbreakerSwipe left if you’re not aligned. Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty ImagesAI is the new dating dealbreakerSwipe left if you’re not aligned.When Irene moved to San Francisco last year, she started using dating apps as a way to meet new people, get to know her new city, and connect with others who care about the things she does. After the 25-year-old analyst downloaded Hinge and started swiping, she noticed a trend.“Hinge has a

Posted Nov 6, 2026 at 7:13 PM UTCSExternal LinkStevie BonifieldOpenAI says it found 948 local privilege escalation vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel.It says it used an upcoming cyber model to autonomously scan the latest Linux kernel as of “mid-October 2026.” OpenAI’s system also generated patches for the bugs, and it says a human researcher reviewed them.A thousand fewer paths to root[OpenAI]Follow topics and authors from this story to see more like thi

AIUpdated Today, Nov 9, 2026, 9:13 PM UTCAll the latest updates on AI data centersLinkRSSGiftMassive new data centers are the physical foundation for tech companies’ hopes and dreams for AI. But the rush to expand warehouses full of energy-hungry servers has also kicked up fights across the world over their impact on power grids, utility bills, nearby communities, and the environment.Data centers were a major bipartisan issue ahead of the 2026 midterms, an

Please stop asking me when the AI bubble will popI’m getting some real mixed messages here, boys!Emmanuel Roman, chief executive officer of Pacific Investment Management Co. (Pimco), during the Global Financial Leaders’ Investment Summit in Hong Kong, China, on Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2026. Bloomberg via Getty Images is a reporter who writes about tech, money, and human behavior. She joined The Verge in 2014 as science editor. Previously, she was a reporter at Bl

Larry’s risky businessOracle’s betting everything on OpenAI. Will it pay off or pop the bubble?If you buy something from a link, The Verge may earn a commission. See our ethics statement.LinkGiftIf you buy something from a link, The Verge may earn a commission. See our ethics statement.Oracular spectacular? | Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge is a reporter who writes about tech, money, and human behavior. She joined The Verge in 2014 as science editor. Pre

CoreWeave’s debt is becoming the whole AI industry’s problemDoes anyone else hear that ticking sound?Image: Kristen Radtke / The Verge; Shutterstock is a reporter who writes about tech, money, and human behavior. She joined The Verge in 2014 as science editor. Previously, she was a reporter at Bloomberg.CoreWeave had a bad week last week. Its bonds slipped into distressed territory by a common definition — when investors demand 1,000 basis points more in y

Posted Nov 6, 2026 at 9:04 PM UTCRThe VergeRichard LawlerMicrosoft is reportedly “winding down” a cloud AI deal with Oracle.For your “is that a bubble popping?” Bingo cards: Bloomberg reports that Microsoft is reconsidering deals to rent server capacity from “neoclouds” to power its AI efforts, and has been turning off rented capacity from Oracle since declining to renew a 2023 deal.Sources said the computing power Oracle offered used older Nvidia chips, a