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Big Tech’s AI race just got a courtroom-sized speed bump. Four advocacy groups are suing Anthropic, Google, Meta, OpenAI and SpaceXSI , asking a San Francisco judge to stop them from developing or deploying new AI models. Their argument? The companies are pushing ahead with technology they can’t reliably control—and putting the public at risk. The lawsuit, first reported by The Associated Press , was filed November 12, 2026, in San Francisco Superior Court. It’s a request for a freeze, not an order that has already stopped the companies’ work. The Groups Want the Court to Hit Pause The...

Pixel 10 owners, your phone is getting a fresh dose of AI attention — and you don’t have to trade it in to get it. Google’s November Pixel Drop , which began rolling out November 10, brings Gemini Intelligence features to the Pixel 10 family, including cleaner voice dictation, personalized suggestions and help with multi-step tasks. The rollout will continue over the next several weeks, so don’t panic if your update hasn’t arrived yet. The eligible lineup includes the Pixel 10, Pixel 10 Pro, Pixel 10 Pro XL and Pixel 10 Pro Fold. One important wardrobe change: The Pixel...

SoftBank went big on artificial intelligence. Now, the bill is making an entrance. The Japanese investment giant reported a 1.1 trillion yen net loss — roughly $7 billion — for the three months through September 2026. That’s a dramatic swing from its 2.5 trillion yen profit in the same quarter a year earlier, according to The Associated Press . And no, this wasn’t just a bad day for a chatbot. The damage came from a mix of costly infrastructure plans, financing expenses and the unpredictable world of tech investments. The Data Center Hit One particularly painful item: a roughly...

Google’s AI hardware lineup just got two new specialists ... and they’re coming for very different jobs. The tech giant announced TPU 8tx and TPU 8i Max on November 9, expanding its eighth-generation family of tensor processing unit systems. The pitch: one is built to handle sensitive AI work, while the other is designed to keep up when models need to process a mountain of information. Google says the additions bring its eighth-generation lineup to four systems, alongside TPU 8t and TPU 8i, introduced in April. It’s the first time the company has introduced four TPU systems in a...

The government’s AI safety watchdog has a new reporting arrangement, no permanent boss and a growing list of questions about who gets to see its work. And now the White House is in the mix. Officials at the Commerce Department’s Center for Advancing Innovation and Standards for Super Intelligence, known as CAISSI , were recently asked to report informally to a White House office, The Associated Press reported . Two former government officials with knowledge of the discussions spoke to the AP anonymously to avoid repercussions for current staff. The arrangement is informal—not a reported transfer of the center’s...