OpenAI says GPT-5 has demonstrated the ability to accelerate scientific research workflows but can't run projects or solve scientific problems autonomously (Radhika Rajkumar/ZDNET)
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GPT-5 is speeding up scientific research, but still can't be trusted to work alone, OpenAI warns
The model showed impressive strides - but the company isn't taking this as an indicator that AGI is near. Here's why.
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OpenAI says GPT-5 has demonstrated the ability to accelerate scientific research workflows but can
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Source: Twenty, which uses AI to help hackers for the US military penetrate adversary computer networks, raised a $38M Series A led by Caffeinated Capital (Margi Murphy/Bloomberg) https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-11-20/cyber-warfare-startup-nabs-contracts-to-give-us-military-hackers-ai-tools?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTc2MzY1MzkxOSwiZXhwIjoxNzY0MjU4NzE5LCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJUNjE3RE1LSUpIOUYwMCIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiIwNUVDNUJDRTNFOTA0ODQ0OThBOTc5MkM0MDIwNkUzNyJ9.rVIJ7dkRXq_DHegtLyTW7RH40i1CWxQ64IpKUffdCg0
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Source: Twenty, which uses AI to help hackers for the US military penetrate adversary computer networks, raised a $38M Series A led by Caffeinated Capital
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Allen Institute for AI, or Ai2, unveils Olmo 3 models that it says outperform open models like Stanford's Marin and commercial open-weight models like Llama 3.1 (Todd Bishop/GeekWire)
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Ai2 releases Olmo 3 open models, rivaling Meta, DeepSeek and others on performance and efficiency
The Allen Institute for AI (Ai2) unveiled Olmo 3, a new generation of open language models that it says outperforms rivals while using far less com...
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Allen Institute for AI, or Ai2, unveils Olmo 3 models that it says outperform open models like Stanford
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The FCC votes along party lines to repeal a Biden-era cybersecurity rule aimed at preventing intrusions like Salt Typhoon, calling it an ineffective measure (Kelcee Griffis/Bloomberg) https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-11-20/fcc-rescinds-biden-era-cyber-rule-meant-to-address-salt-typhoon
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The FCC votes along party lines to repeal a Biden-era cybersecurity rule aimed at preventing intrusions like Salt Typhoon, calling it an ineffective measure
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Numeric, which automates accounting workflows, raised a $51M Series B led by IVP, bringing its total funding to $89M, and says OpenAI and Brex are clients (Ryan Lawler/Axios) https://www.axios.com/pro/fintech-deals/2025/11/19/numeric-51-million-accounting-automation
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Numeric, which automates accounting workflows, raised a $51M Series B led by IVP, bringing its total funding to $89M, and says OpenAI and Brex are clients
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Google updates Quick Share to work with Apple's AirDrop to make file transfers between iPhones and Android devices easier, starting with the Pixel 10 family (The Keyword)
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Android and iPhone users can now share files, starting with the Pixel 10 family.
Today, we’re introducing a way for Quick Share to work with AirDrop.
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Google updates Quick Share to work with Apple
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Sources: AI robotics startup Physical Intelligence raised $600M led by CapitalG at a $5.6B valuation, with participation from Jeff Bezos, Lux, Thrive, and more (Shirin Ghaffary/Bloomberg) https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-11-20/robotics-startup-physical-intelligence-valued-at-5-6-billion-in-new-funding
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Sources: AI robotics startup Physical Intelligence raised $600M led by CapitalG at a $5.6B valuation, with participation from Jeff Bezos, Lux, Thrive, and more
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Nvidia and Google launch the GeForce Now Fast Pass to let Chromebook owners stream over 2,000 games directly from an existing PC game library without ads (Dominic Preston/The Verge)
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New Chromebooks will come with a year of Nvidia’s cloud gaming ‘fast pass’
Skip the lines and the ads.
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Nvidia and Google launch the GeForce Now Fast Pass to let Chromebook owners stream over 2,000 games directly from an existing PC game library without ads
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AI workplace agents startup Genspark raised a $275M Series B at a $1.25B valuation and says it hit $50M in annualized revenue after pivoting from AI search (Anna Tong/Forbes) https://www.forbes.com/sites/annatong/2025/11/20/genspark-joins-the-unicorn-club-with-latest-funding-round/
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AI workplace agents startup Genspark raised a $275M Series B at a $1.25B valuation and says it hit $50M in annualized revenue after pivoting from AI search
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Nano Banana Pro is great at following instructions, generates interim "thought images", and makes full infographics with well-rendered text from a short prompt (Simon Willison/Simon Willison's Weblog)
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Nano Banana Pro aka gemini-3-pro-image-preview is the best available image generation model
Hot on the heels of Tuesday’s Gemini 3 Pro release, today it’s Nano Banana Pro, also known as Gemini 3 Pro Image. I’ve had a few days of prev...
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Nano Banana Pro is great at following instructions, generates interim “thought images”, and makes full infographics with well-rendered text from a short prompt
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