AI news of 2 November 2026

The New York Times and other publications sue Brave web browser for AI scraping and bypassing paywalls

The New York Times and other publishers sue Brave browser for scraping content to train AI and bypassing paywalls.

The New York Times and a group of other publications have filed lawsuits against the company that makes the Brave web browser over alleged unlawful scraping to train AI and also letting users bypass their paywalls, as reported by Reuters. According to a complaint filed by the companies that run New York Daily News, the Chicago Tribune, and the Orlando Sentinel, Brave Software has monetized its index of scraped websites by, in part, providing AI companies with paid access to "real-time online content from the Brave Index." The AI companies then use that index to train their models, access content to "respond to specific user queries," or bo …

The Verge 12h ago 2 min read also at TechCrunch

autonomous vehicles

BMW is taking on Tesla’s FSD with urban driver assist starting in 2027

BMW will launch urban autonomous driving in 2027, expanding its partially automated capabilities beyond highway navigation.

The Verge 9h ago

AI recursive self-improvement

Anthropic warns that it’s very close to RSI capability, aka self-building AI Opens at the publisher in a new tab

Anthropic warns AI is approaching recursive self-improvement capability.

TechCrunch 2h ago

humanoid robots

Coming in 2027: Apple’s $1,000 home robot for FaceTime and switching on lights

Apple plans a 1,000 dollar home robot for 2027 with limited capabilities including FaceTime and device control.

Ars Technica 6h ago

AI agents

Raising the quality of insights in agentic analytics

Agentic AI promises to automate enterprise analytics workflows and decision-making.

MIT Technology Review 7h ago

OpenAI infrastructure

Scaling Git at OpenAI Opens at the publisher in a new tab

OpenAI built Pando, a Git backend scaled for large-scale AI model development.

OpenAI 9h ago

AI copyright

Claude’s new rules against game cloning won’t stop the AI copying boom

AI-generated game clones continue proliferating despite model makers like Anthropic imposing restrictions.

Ars Technica 6h ago

AI infrastructure

Introducing the Grid Protectors Program Opens at the publisher in a new tab

OpenAI launches Grid Protectors Program to align AI compute campuses with electricity grid reliability.

OpenAI 9h ago

Autonomous agents

The agentic web is here

Vision outlined for autonomous AI agents operating across the web to perform tasks without human intervention.

MIT Technology Review 15h ago

AI safety, deepfakes

Hundreds of Mundane AI Apps Are Hiding Sexually Abusive Deepfake Features Opens at the publisher in a new tab

Hundreds of AI apps with hidden features enable creation of abusive deepfake content, raising safety and regulation concerns.

Wired 14h ago

The New York Times and other publications sue Brave web browser for AI scraping and bypassing paywalls

BMW is taking on Tesla’s FSD with urban driver assist starting in 2027

Anthropic warns that it’s very close to RSI capability, aka self-building AI Opens at the publisher in a new tab

Coming in 2027: Apple’s $1,000 home robot for FaceTime and switching on lights

Raising the quality of insights in agentic analytics

Scaling Git at OpenAI Opens at the publisher in a new tab

Claude’s new rules against game cloning won’t stop the AI copying boom

Introducing the Grid Protectors Program Opens at the publisher in a new tab

The agentic web is here

Hundreds of Mundane AI Apps Are Hiding Sexually Abusive Deepfake Features Opens at the publisher in a new tab

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