Innovation

A research system built by Physical Superintelligence, a laboratory known as PSI, has produced a proof of the Aaronson-Ambainis conjecture, a central open problem in quantum computing that had stood since 2008. PSI announced the result on Friday, saying that its internally developed system, running instances of a non-public Anthropic model on PSI's own infrastructure, had a complete proof during the third day of the run. The proof was then accepted by Lean, a proof assistant that checks every logical step by computer.

Palantir Technologies reported third-quarter results on Monday, November 2, that showed a company long associated with defense and intelligence work crossing a line it had never crossed before. Revenue for the quarter ended September 30 rose 96 percent year over year to $2.313 billion, up 20 percent from the previous quarter and past the $2 billion mark for the first time. Inside that total, U.S. commercial revenue climbed 148 percent to $984 million, overtaking U.S. government revenue of $953 million for the first time in the company's history.

The safeguard was simple on paper. An AI agent could spend from a wallet, but only up to a daily cap set by its owner. Raising that cap required a one-time passcode emailed to the owner, so a person would stay in charge of the budget. In new tests from Cornell Tech and Yale, that safeguard collapsed for a straightforward reason: the agent could read the email too.

Saudi Arabia has put its national artificial intelligence company under two of the most powerful owners in the kingdom. The Public Investment Fund (PIF) and Aramco announced on November 1 that they have closed a transaction in which Aramco, through a wholly owned subsidiary, acquires a 49 percent stake in HUMAIN, while PIF retains the remaining 51 percent.

Waymo's next robotaxi will be built by the world's largest automaker. Under a partnership announced on Friday, October 30, Toyota will manufacture the 2027 bZ4X electric vehicle and integrate Waymo's self-driving system at its Takaoka factory in Japan, putting the base vehicle and the autonomous hardware together under one roof instead of retrofitting finished cars after they leave the line.

For a growing share of the world's software, the first draft no longer comes from a person typing at a keyboard. GitHub's annual Octoverse report, published on October 28, says that by September 2026 developers started more than 40 percent of pull requests with a coding agent's first draft, up from 17 percent in March. That is 110 million agent-started pull requests in September alone, about six times March's volume.

The Canadian government is taking an equity stake in Cohere, joining a funding round that the Toronto-based AI lab says is the largest private financing ever undertaken by a Canadian technology company.

SK hynix has posted the strongest quarter in its history, becoming the latest memory maker to show just how much of the artificial intelligence boom runs through a handful of chip factories. The South Korean company reported third-quarter revenue of 104.6155 trillion won, crossing 100 trillion won in a single quarter for the first time, with operating profit of 83.3338 trillion won and an operating margin of about 80 percent. Net profit came to 39.7756 trillion won.

OpenAI introduced GPT-6.1 Terra on Tuesday, describing it as a fast, efficient model that combines detailed visual reasoning and precise computer use with clearer, more natural writing. The model is available starting October 27, 2026, in ChatGPT Work and Codex for Plus, Pro, Enterprise and Edu users, and to developers through the OpenAI API under the identifier gpt-6.1-terra.

Apple on Tuesday unveiled a new 14-inch MacBook Pro and a refreshed iMac, both powered by its latest M6 chip, with the company pitching faster performance for running artificial intelligence tasks directly on the devices rather than in the cloud.

The 14-inch MacBook Pro starts at 1,999 dollars, while the iMac starts at 1,499 dollars. Customers can pre-order both products from Wednesday, October 28, in 35 countries and regions, including the United States, with availability starting on Friday, November 6.