AI Daily · Nov 4
Nov 3 06:00 – Nov 4 06:00 (Beijing time) · 30 items
Updated 11/4 06:27 (Beijing time)
Today's perks
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- NewOpenCodeOpencode opens Crouton Alpha model for free for a limited timeOpencode announced that its stealth model Crouton Alpha is free for 1 week, supports a 1M context and multimodality, does not use data for training, and is available only in some regions.
- NewOpenAIOpenAI Tibo 28-day update challenge ends with 14 days of quota resetsThe "28-day update challenge" launched by Tibo, head of the OpenAI Codex and ChatGPT Work teams, ended on Nov 2, closing with quota reset cards issued on each of the final 2 days. A third-party tracking site shows that resets were offered on 14 days in total during the challenge, which focused on product features, operational efficiency, usage quotas, and model updates.
- NewBaidu ERNIEXiaodu AI Watch Fit drops to ¥138 after Double 11 national subsidyThe Xiaodu AI Smart Watch Fit is available for ¥138.04 on Tmall during Double 11 after stacking the official discount, coupons, Taobao coins, and the national subsidy. The watch runs on Baidu's ERNIE large model and supports voice Q&A and AI-generated watch faces.
Today's highlights
- Mistral AIMistral Large 4 launches on Open Math OSMistral announced that Mistral Large 4 joins the Open Math OS model lineup, featuring 1.05T open weights and a 1M context, available to approved teams starting today. Open Math OS is a research workspace where mathematicians and AI agents collaborate, built exclusively on open models.
- Google AIGoogle Antigravity launches cheminformatics skill to accelerate drug discoveryGoogle DeepMind has launched a cheminformatics skill for Google Antigravity. In a demo, the AI retrieved 568 compounds and designed novel rigid macrocyclic molecules in about 1 hour, a process that previously took days; the output consists of testable hypotheses that still require experimental validation.
- OpenAIOpenAI: ChatGPT and Codex help engineers build for the physical worldOpenAI says ChatGPT and Codex are helping engineers develop for the physical world, and shares its progress in mechanical design, electrical engineering, and simulation, including helping hardware teams iterate faster and testing new workflows with industry partners.
Perks and offers
OpenCodeOpencode opens Crouton Alpha model for free for a limited time
Opencode announced that its stealth model Crouton Alpha is free for 1 week, supports a 1M context and multimodality, does not use data for training, and is available only in some regions.
OpenAIThird-party reportOpenAI Tibo 28-day update challenge ends with 14 days of quota resets
The "28-day update challenge" launched by Tibo, head of the OpenAI Codex and ChatGPT Work teams, ended on Nov 2, closing with quota reset cards issued on each of the final 2 days. A third-party tracking site shows that resets were offered on 14 days in total during the challenge, which focused on product features, operational efficiency, usage quotas, and model updates.
Baidu ERNIEThird-party reportXiaodu AI Watch Fit drops to ¥138 after Double 11 national subsidy
The Xiaodu AI Smart Watch Fit is available for ¥138.04 on Tmall during Double 11 after stacking the official discount, coupons, Taobao coins, and the national subsidy. The watch runs on Baidu's ERNIE large model and supports voice Q&A and AI-generated watch faces.
Models and products
Mistral AIMistral Large 4 launches on Open Math OS
Mistral announced that Mistral Large 4 joins the Open Math OS model lineup, featuring 1.05T open weights and a 1M context, available to approved teams starting today. Open Math OS is a research workspace where mathematicians and AI agents collaborate, built exclusively on open models.
Google AIGoogle Antigravity launches cheminformatics skill to accelerate drug discovery
Google DeepMind has launched a cheminformatics skill for Google Antigravity. In a demo, the AI retrieved 568 compounds and designed novel rigid macrocyclic molecules in about 1 hour, a process that previously took days; the output consists of testable hypotheses that still require experimental validation.
- OpenAI
OpenAI: ChatGPT and Codex help engineers build for the physical world
OpenAI says ChatGPT and Codex are helping engineers develop for the physical world, and shares its progress in mechanical design, electrical engineering, and simulation, including helping hardware teams iterate faster and testing new workflows with industry partners.
AnthropicClaude supports automatic plugin connection at login
Anthropic officially announced that users can automatically connect plugins when logging in to Claude, and MCP servers can treat Claude as a trusted issuer; developers can add support to plugins, saving users from repeated authorization and helping them get started faster.
- OpenAI
ChatGPT Voice integrates Finances feature
OpenAI announced that ChatGPT Voice now integrates the Finances feature, allowing users to securely connect accounts and discuss financial topics such as spending and savings by voice.
- Anthropic
Anthropic launches FlashProve verifiable inference research
Anthropic announced progress in verifiable inference research and introduced FlashProve, which builds on existing cryptographic techniques to let developers verify whether a given response came from a specified AI model.
- OpenAI
OpenAI announces internal security sprint in partnership with Cathedral Systems
OpenAI says that as AI's ability to find vulnerabilities grows, defenders need to put AI to use before attackers do. It is preparing its next internal security sprint and partnering with Cathedral Systems, whose researchers will join OpenAI teams in challenging its models.
Alibaba QwenQwen3.8-Flash-Next can operate real robots
Alibaba Qwen developers (from Tsinghua and UC Berkeley) built the open-source framework uni-robot-agent, which connects general-purpose large models to robotic systems; Qwen3.8-Flash-Next can operate real robots in addition to software tools.
- Mistral AI
Mistral AI publishes the Le Chonk build story
Mistral AI posted the Le Chonk build story on X and provided an arXiv link: https://www.alphaxiv.org/abs/2611.mistral-large-4.
- GitHub
GitHub Copilot launches on JetBrains Air
GitHub Copilot is now available on JetBrains Air, where users can delegate coding tasks, guide execution, and review results. The integration is built on the Agent Client Protocol (ACP).
Tencent HunyuanTencent Hunyuan releases "4 Real Productivity" content
The official Tencent Hunyuan account released "4 Real Productivity" content, without disclosing further details.
- Tencent HunyuanThird-party report
Tencent reportedly to launch AI search engine for consumers
According to media reports, Tencent will launch an AI search engine for consumers, featuring a minimalist design and enhanced ranking of authoritative sources; Tencent Cloud Yuanbao Search, with an invite code, allows up to 6,000 calls in Oct and Nov, and supports three access methods: Skill, MCP, and API.
Media reports
- Related companiesGoogle AIThird-party report
Google allows schools to disable AI, but they will lose search services
Google announced that starting in 2027, it will adjust its AI strategy for K-12 education users, allowing schools to decide for themselves whether to enable AI tools such as Gemini.
- Related companiesAnthropicThird-party report
Anthropic filing warns: AI recursive self-improvement is near
In an updated S-1/A prospectus supplement filed on Monday, Anthropic warned that the company is close to developing models with recursive self-improvement (RSI) capabilities, said it has already used its AI in R&D work, and cautioned that using AI to develop stronger AI could pose significant safety risks.
- Related companiesOpenAIThird-party report
ChatGPT Classic officially retired: service to end in late Jan 2027
OpenAI has notified users still using ChatGPT Classic that the old desktop app will stop service on Jan 30, 2027. When users open the app, they will see a discontinuation notice; clicking the banner takes them to the download page for the new version of ChatGPT, and their full chat history will migrate with their account.
- Related companiesGoogle AIThird-party report
Top EU court adviser: Google Gemini's use of news reports may infringe copyright
Advocate General Szpunar of the Court of Justice of the European Union issued an opinion in the case of Hungary's Like Company v. Google, finding that Gemini's use of news reports may, under certain circumstances, infringe publishers' copyright, such as bypassing paywalls or reusing the expression of reports in an identifiable manner. If the court ultimately rules against Google, tech giants may need to pay for the use of news content.
- Related companiesBaidu ERNIEThird-party report
Baidu Apollo releases world model Apollo World
At the Shenzhen AI Day · Apollo special event, Baidu Apollo unveiled for the first time Apollo World, an agent-driven omni-modal world model for physical AI, and proposed a "2+3" criteria for world models; it can generate virtual driving scenarios that follow real-world laws and respond to autonomous vehicle actions.
- Related companiesOpenAIThird-party report
OpenAI GPT-6.2 Astra Reportedly in Limited A/B Testing; Codex Usage Stats Show Separate Identifier
According to user reports, OpenAI's next-generation model GPT-6.2 Astra appears to have entered a small-scale A/B test. A separate identifier "gpt-6.2-astra" has appeared in the usage statistics of some Codex users, reaching 19.8% for one account. OpenAI has not yet officially confirmed the model or its release date.
- Related companiesOpenAIThird-party report
OpenAI sends memo to potential 2028 US election candidates on AI issues
OpenAI Chief Global Affairs Officer Lehane sent a memo to about 6 potential 2028 US presidential candidates, lawmakers and others, saying AI will become a major issue shaping the next election and candidates need to present a complete AI governance vision.
- Related companies
DeepSeekThird-party reportDeepSeek service restored after outage, some APIs still degraded
On the afternoon of Nov 3, DeepSeek's chat feature was unavailable and showed a server busy message; the official website said the partial web and API outage has been fixed and is being monitored, but the APIs and chat services of V4 Pro and V4.1 Flash are still degraded.
- Related companiesOpenAIThird-party report
OpenAI to merge ChatGPT conversations and workbench tabs
OpenAI will merge the conversation and workbench tabs on ChatGPT desktop, initially rolling out to some users, while Codex remains separate; after the change, ChatGPT and Codex will share the same token quota pool.
- Related companiesAlibaba QwenThird-party report
First batch of Apple Intelligence features launches in China: AirPods live translation, partnership with Qwen
Apple has released the iOS 27.3 developer preview, bringing Apple Intelligence and Siri to users in China. The first batch of features includes Siri invocation light effects, live translation for messages and calls (extendable to AirPods), writing tools, and visual intelligence. iPhone can also partner with Qwen to enable more features.
- Related companiesOpenAIThird-party report
OpenAI discloses ChatGPT has 1.2 billion weekly active users
OpenAI consumer product lead Adam Fry disclosed in an interview that ChatGPT has 1.2 billion weekly active users, adding about 200 million in the past 2 months; search-type queries are about one-fifth of Google's, 1.5 billion images are generated per week, and voice-related weekly active users reach 250 million.
- Related companiesDeepSeekThird-party report
Report: DeepSeek V5 to be trained on Huawei Ascend 950 chips
Media reports, citing sources in the industry chain, that DeepSeek's next-generation large model, DeepSeek V5, plans to use Huawei Ascend 950 chips as its core training compute, with the project timeline pointing to a 2027 launch; the two sides have already completed extensive low-level operator adaptation during the V4 stage.
- Related companies
Moonshot AIThird-party reportKimi launches game development and creative work solution
Moonshot AI's Kimi has launched a "Game Development and Creative Work Solution," built on the Kimi K3.1 series models, Kimi Code, and the Kimi Work series of Agent products, together with plugins for Unity, Unreal Engine, Blender, and others, enabling direct operation of professional tools and editors and modification of existing projects, helping…
- Related companiesGoogle AIThird-party report
Google brings Dreambeans to India with support for 13 languages
Google has brought its latest AI experiment, Dreambeans, to India, now supporting 13 Indian languages so more users can generate personal stories.
- Related companiesOpenAIGoogle AIThird-party report
OpenAI says ChatGPT search query volume reaches 20% of Google's
Adam Fry, the OpenAI executive responsible for ChatGPT consumer products, announced at a press conference that search query volume through ChatGPT now equals 20% of Google's query volume.
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