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Megan Morrone / Axios: A Microsoft analysis of 37.5M Copilot conversations from January-September 2025 finds health-related topics dominated users’ questions, and more  —  People are increasingly turning to Microsoft’s Copilot chatbot for advice about their health, careers and relationships, according… Read More »A Microsoft analysis of 37.5M Copilot conversations from January-September 2025 finds health-related topics dominated users’ questions, and more (Megan Morrone/Axios)

Melissa Heikkilä / Financial Times: Google DeepMind plans to open its “first automated science laboratory” in the UK in 2026, focused on using AI tools to develop new materials for chips and more  —  Big Tech group will work with… Read More »Google DeepMind plans to open its “first automated science laboratory” in the UK in 2026, focused on using AI tools to develop new materials for chips and more (Melissa Heikkilä/Financial Times)

Reuters: Sources: the US is working on a settlement that could see ZTE pay $1B+ over alleged foreign bribery from 2018 and earlier; a deal would require China’s approval  —  Chinese telecom equipment maker ZTE Corp may pay more than… Read More »Sources: the US is working on a settlement that could see ZTE pay $1B+ over alleged foreign bribery from 2018 and earlier; a deal would require China’s approval (Reuters)

Francisco Rodrigues / CoinDesk: Sei partners with Xiaomi to pre-install its crypto wallet and discovery app on all new Xiaomi phones sold outside mainland China and the US, starting in 2026  —  The app will enable peer-to-peer payments, access to… Read More »Sei partners with Xiaomi to pre-install its crypto wallet and discovery app on all new Xiaomi phones sold outside mainland China and the US, starting in 2026 (Francisco Rodrigues/CoinDesk)

Courtney Rozen / Reuters: A group of state AGs sent a letter to Meta, Microsoft, Google, Apple, and others warning their chatbots’ “delusional outputs” could be violating state laws  —  Microsoft, Meta, Google and Apple were among the 13 companies… Read More »A group of state AGs sent a letter to Meta, Microsoft, Google, Apple, and others warning their chatbots’ “delusional outputs” could be violating state laws (Courtney Rozen/Reuters)

Daniel Kuhn / The Block: The US CFTC grants crypto exchange Gemini a DCM license, allowing it to launch its prediction markets platform Gemini Titan  —  Partner offers  —  Quick Take  — The Commodity Futures Trading Commission granted Gemini a… Read More »The US CFTC grants crypto exchange Gemini a DCM license, allowing it to launch its prediction markets platform Gemini Titan (Daniel Kuhn/The Block)

Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: Google tests AI-powered overviews on some publications’ Google News pages; publishers like Der Spiegel, El País, and WaPo in commercial partnerships get paid  —  Google is testing AI-powered article overviews on participating publications’ Google News pages… Read More »Google tests AI-powered overviews on some publications’ Google News pages; publishers like Der Spiegel, El País, and WaPo in commercial partnerships get paid (Aisha Malik/TechCrunch)

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: Spotify will begin testing a feature that lets a user write a prompt for a playlist and receive a unique set of songs based on the user’s earlier behavior  —  Spotify announced on Wednesday that, for… Read More »Spotify will begin testing a feature that lets a user write a prompt for a playlist and receive a unique set of songs based on the user’s earlier behavior (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)

Reed Albergotti / Semafor: Internal memo: Google is naming Amin Vahdat, who leads the company’s AI and infrastructure team, to the new role of chief technologist for AI infrastructure  —  THE SCOOP  —  With the rapid buildout of infrastructure taking… Read More »Internal memo: Google is naming Amin Vahdat, who leads the company’s AI and infrastructure team, to the new role of chief technologist for AI infrastructure (Reed Albergotti/Semafor)

Peyton Bigora / Grocery Dive: Amazon now offers same-day perishable grocery delivery in 2,300+ US markets and has expanded the service’s grocery offerings by 30%+ since its August launch  —  The company has expanded the service to 2,300 markets and… Read More »Amazon now offers same-day perishable grocery delivery in 2,300+ US markets and has expanded the service’s grocery offerings by 30%+ since its August launch (Peyton Bigora/Grocery Dive)