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11 Nov 2025

Baidu's Apollo Go Secures Permit to Scale Driverless Fleet to Hundreds of Vehicles in Abu Dhabi by 2026

Baidu's Apollo Go and UAE-based AutoGo have secured one of Abu Dhabi's inaugural fully driverless commercial permits, enabling them to scale their autonomous vehicle fleet to hundreds of units by 2026 and provide public robotaxi services.

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AI Experts Clash with Big Tech Over Superintelligence Timeline as Industry Faces Reality Check

A major study reveals that AI experts are far more skeptical about achieving superintelligence by 2030 than Big Tech leaders claim, while OpenAI warns of potential catastrophic risks in AI development.

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ElevenLabs Launches Celebrity Voice Marketplace with McConaughey and Caine Partnerships

AI audio company ElevenLabs partners with Matthew McConaughey and Michael Caine to launch an ethical marketplace for licensing celebrity AI voice clones. The platform addresses industry concerns about consent and compensation while enabling brands to use famous voices for content creation.

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Wonderful Secures $100M Series A to Scale Multilingual AI Customer Service Agents Globally

Israeli AI startup Wonderful raised $100 million in Series A funding to expand its multilingual AI agents for customer service across global markets. The company, valued at $700 million, plans aggressive international expansion with culturally-adapted AI solutions.

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Nebius Group Secures $3 Billion Meta Deal as AI Infrastructure Demand Outpaces Supply

AI cloud infrastructure provider Nebius Group announces a massive $3 billion partnership with Meta while reporting explosive revenue growth of 355% year-over-year. The company has sold out all available capacity and plans aggressive expansion to meet unprecedented demand.

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Microsoft Commits $10 Billion to Portuguese AI Infrastructure in Major European Expansion

Microsoft announces a massive $10 billion investment in AI infrastructure at Portugal's Sines data center, positioning the country as a European AI hub. The project will deploy 12,600 Nvidia GPUs in partnership with Start Campus and Nscale.

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Google Deploys Trillium TPUs in India to Boost Local AI Infrastructure and Digital Sovereignty

Google announces major AI infrastructure expansion in India with Trillium TPU deployment, local Gemini model hosting, and collaboration with IIT Madras on Indic Arena benchmarking platform to support India's AI sovereignty and multilingual capabilities.

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Nebius Secures $3B Meta Deal Amid Mixed Q3 Results and Aggressive AI Infrastructure Expansion

Amsterdam-based Nebius Group lands a major $3 billion AI infrastructure contract with Meta despite missing Q3 revenue expectations. The deal highlights surging demand for AI computing power as the company pursues ambitious growth targets.

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Meta's Chief AI Scientist Yann LeCun Plans Departure to Launch World Models Startup

Turing Award winner and AI pioneer Yann LeCun is reportedly leaving Meta to start his own company focused on world models, marking a significant departure amid Meta's strategic AI overhaul and shift away from long-term research.

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BigBear.ai Stock Soars 23% on Strong Q3 Earnings Beat and $250M Ask Sage Acquisition

BigBear.ai shares surged following better-than-expected Q3 results and announcement of a strategic $250 million acquisition of Ask Sage, a generative AI platform serving defense and government clients. The deal positions the company as a key player in the defense-grade AI intelligence ecosystem.

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SoftBank Sells Entire $5.8 Billion Nvidia Stake to Fund AI Ambitions, Sparking Market Concerns

SoftBank Group sold its complete Nvidia stake worth $5.8 billion in October to fund major AI investments, including OpenAI and the Stargate project. The move rattled markets and raised questions about AI bubble concerns while the company reported doubled quarterly profits.

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Broadcom and CAMB.AI Partner to Bring Real-Time AI Translation Directly to Consumer Devices

Broadcom and CAMB.AI are collaborating to embed AI-powered real-time translation capabilities directly into chipsets, enabling on-device processing for over 150 languages without cloud dependency. The technology promises enhanced privacy, ultra-low latency, and improved accessibility features including audio descriptions for visually impaired users.

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AI Investment Surge Creates Economic Uncertainty as Fed Grapples with 'Bifurcated' Economy

Federal Reserve officials struggle to navigate monetary policy amid massive AI-driven capital spending that's reshaping economic growth patterns. The surge in AI infrastructure investment is creating a dual economy with measurement challenges.

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AMD Acquires Neuralink Veterans' AI Startup MK1 to Enhance Instinct GPU Performance

AMD has acquired MK1, an AI software startup founded by Neuralink veterans, to accelerate inference and reasoning capabilities on its Instinct GPUs. The acquisition is part of AMD's broader strategy to compete with Nvidia in the AI infrastructure market.

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AI Bubble Debate: Industry Leaders Clash Over Whether Current Boom Mirrors Dot-Com Era

NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang and financial analysts debate whether the current AI boom represents a speculative bubble like the dot-com era, with disagreement over demand sustainability and infrastructure constraints.

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