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DoorDash Says AI Agents Placed Only Several Hundred Orders
DoorDash told analysts third-party AI agents placed only several hundred orders in total, a sharp reality check for agentic commerce forecasts.
Wikimedia Asks Court to Split Fair Use in OpenAI Case
Wikimedia filed an amicus brief in the OpenAI copyright case, arguing model training is fair use while RAG answers must respect licensing terms.
Reddit Goes Logged-In as AI Search Drains Its Traffic
Reddit will move to a logged-in experience, walling off its data as AI search referrals fall by a million visits a week and scraping pressure mounts.
AI News Roundup: October Twenty-Nine - Agents Leave the Chat
Mistral opens a trillion-parameter model, Deepgram buys Pipecat, Chrome reads Gmail, and OpenAI rewrites its Model Spec for agentic behaviour.
Mistral Opens a Trillion-Parameter Model to the World
Mistral released the weights of Mistral Large 4, a trillion-parameter model it says matches top open models using 47% fewer tokens per task.
Wabi Raises $55M to Build Mini Apps Inside a Group Chat
Wabi, the shared AI messenger from Replika founder Eugenia Kuyda, raised $55M at a $1.25B valuation to ship mini apps its agent builds on demand.
Deepgram Acquires Daily to Own the Voice Agent Stack
Deepgram is buying Daily, maker of the open-source Pipecat voice framework, pledging to keep it open while launching a real-time context protocol for agents.
Chrome Autofill Now Pulls Form Data From Your Gmail
Chrome's enhanced autofill now pulls order numbers, tracking codes and bookings straight from Gmail, moving AI context into the browser itself.
AI News Roundup: October Twenty-Eight - Agents Meet the Bill
Google opens Connected Apps to all developers while Alphabet, Microsoft and Anthropic put an AI price tag on the agentic web in one earnings-heavy day.
Google Opens Its Connected Apps Platform to Every Developer
Google opened its Connected Apps Platform to US developers, letting any app plug into Search and Gemini via MCP, creating a new distribution layer for agents.
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AI News Roundup: October Thirty - The Bill Comes Due
DoorDash says AI agents placed only several hundred orders while Reddit walls off its data and Alphabet loses $500 billion on the AI spending bill.
Agent Extensions Are the Weakest Link in the AI Toolchain
A tampered Claude Code build sat in Cursor's marketplace for eleven hours and shipped an SSH backdoor. Why agent extensions are now a supply chain risk.
AI News Roundup: October Twenty-Nine - Agents Leave the Chat
Mistral opens a trillion-parameter model, Deepgram buys Pipecat, Chrome reads Gmail, and OpenAI rewrites its Model Spec for agentic behaviour.
Mistral Opens a Trillion-Parameter Model to the World
Mistral released the weights of Mistral Large 4, a trillion-parameter model it says matches top open models using 47% fewer tokens per task.
AI News Roundup: October Twenty-Eight - Agents Meet the Bill
Google opens Connected Apps to all developers while Alphabet, Microsoft and Anthropic put an AI price tag on the agentic web in one earnings-heavy day.
Google Opens Its Connected Apps Platform to Every Developer
Google opened its Connected Apps Platform to US developers, letting any app plug into Search and Gemini via MCP, creating a new distribution layer for agents.
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AI News Roundup: October Thirty - The Bill Comes Due
DoorDash says AI agents placed only several hundred orders while Reddit walls off its data and Alphabet loses $500 billion on the AI spending bill.
AI Safety
Agent Extensions Are the Weakest Link in the AI Toolchain
A tampered Claude Code build sat in Cursor's marketplace for eleven hours and shipped an SSH backdoor. Why agent extensions are now a supply chain risk.
AI Applications
DoorDash Says AI Agents Placed Only Several Hundred Orders
DoorDash told analysts third-party AI agents placed only several hundred orders in total, a sharp reality check for agentic commerce forecasts.
AI Automation
AI News Roundup: October Twenty-Nine - Agents Leave the Chat
Mistral opens a trillion-parameter model, Deepgram buys Pipecat, Chrome reads Gmail, and OpenAI rewrites its Model Spec for agentic behaviour.
AI Applications
Wabi Raises $55M to Build Mini Apps Inside a Group Chat
Wabi, the shared AI messenger from Replika founder Eugenia Kuyda, raised $55M at a $1.25B valuation to ship mini apps its agent builds on demand.
AI Infrastructure
Deepgram Acquires Daily to Own the Voice Agent Stack
Deepgram is buying Daily, maker of the open-source Pipecat voice framework, pledging to keep it open while launching a real-time context protocol for agents.