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AI
Google DeepMind’s Genie 4 Builds Worlds You Can Talk To, and Robots Can Train In
Google DeepMind's Genie 4 world model generates explorable, photorealistic scenes in real time with sound and talking characters, and lets users steer them by typing. It's in research preview, with Google AI Ultra and Gemini API access coming.
Japan
KDDI and ELYZA Launch ELYZA Robotics With $190M for Physical AI
KDDI and ELYZA have launched ELYZA Robotics, a physical-AI company backed by ¥30 billion (about $190 million) in R&D through fiscal 2030. The goal: more than 1,000 robots working at real job sites, starting with Lawson and other KDDI group companies.
AI
OpenAI Launches GPT-6.1 Terra: Astra-Level Agent Scores at a Tenth of the Price
OpenAI's GPT-6.1 Terra is a fast, cheaper model for everyday computer work at $1/$5 per million tokens. OpenAI says it matches GPT-6 Astra on Agents' Last Exam at one-tenth the price per token and runs over 3x faster.
AI
Anthropic Will Pay SpaceX Up to $120.5 Billion for Compute, and SpaceX Puts Its $40 Billion GPU Lease in Writing
Anthropic's S-1 says it agreed to spend up to $120.5 billion on SpaceX compute through 2029, about $3.1 billion a month once all capacity arrives in December. The same day, SpaceX filed the details of its $40 billion Vera Rubin GPU lease with an Apollo-managed entity.
AI
Anthropic Files Its S-1 in Public: Ticker ‘ANT,’ 1,300% Growth and a Single Share With 50.1% of the Votes
Anthropic publicly filed its Form S-1 on Oct. 26 and applied to list on Nasdaq as 'ANT.' The filing confirms $16.3 billion in first-half revenue and an $80.7 billion net loss, mostly a paper charge, and shows more than 11,900 customers paying $100,000 or more. Price range and share count are still blank.
AI
Musk Says SpaceX Closed $40 Billion in GPU Debt, and the Neoclouds Are in for ‘Guppy-Level’ Pain
Elon Musk says SpaceX has closed $40 billion of debt to buy GPUs, mostly callable debt for chips arriving in Q1 and Q2 2027. He credits Starlink and launch revenue for keeping lenders on board while, in his words, more than 200 neoclouds face 'guppy-level death and consolidation.'
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EV Industry
BYD’s Q3 Profit Jumps 28% as Overseas Sales Do the Heavy Lifting
BYD's third-quarter net profit rose 28.08% to 10.02 billion yuan (about $1.50 billion) on revenue up 13.59%, while nine-month profit still fell 4.24%. Overseas sales are up 92.66% this year, and Japan's RACCO kei EV is part of that push.
Starlink
FCC Votes to Put 482 MHz More on the Table for Satellite-to-Phone Service, and Starlink Mobile Is Listening
The FCC adopted a proposal to open an extra 482 MHz of licensed spectrum to direct-to-device service and drop region-wide lease rules, a potential win for SpaceX's Starlink Mobile. AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile want two 5G bands left out.
Tesla
Tesla Model Y Sets Green NCAP’s Lowest-Ever Life-Cycle Emissions Mark, and Tesla Showed Its Homework
Green NCAP gave the Berlin-built Model Y RWD five stars and 93%, with life-cycle emissions of 95 g CO2-eq/km, the lowest it has ever published. Tesla's verified factory and battery data made the difference.
Stock Watch
Alphabet Has Its Worst Day Ever, and Tesla Barely Blinks at $403
Alphabet sank 12.64% to $283.82, its worst day as a public company, and the Nasdaq lost 1.38%. Tesla slipped just 0.23% to $403.30, Mobileye fell 9.21%, Ford and GM rallied, and Advantest led Tokyo up 6.01%.
Japan
Toyota Develops a Smaller Next-Gen Hybrid So One Platform Can Be an EV, PHEV or Hybrid
Toyota's new 1.5-liter four-cylinder hybrid is small enough to fit a BEV-first multi-pathway platform, letting one body be an EV, PHEV or hybrid with 15%+ better fuel economy.