Meta pauses business terms that would have let it scrape linked sites
Meta's revised commercial terms will not take effect on 20 November. Its existing terms stay in force, and the company has set no new start date.
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Gemini Omni 1.2 Flash extends clips to 15 seconds and cuts API price
Google made Gemini Omni 1.2 Flash generally available on 5 November 2026, with native 15-second clips and 720p API pricing of $0.07 a second, 30% below Omni 1.1.
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Cursor cloud agents now build and host shareable web apps
Cloud agents in Cursor can now build a web app, add a database and sign-in, and publish a shareable link. The feature needs a plan with cloud agents, and hosting is as-is.
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Judge says publishers suing Anthropic cite no infringing Claude output
A judge says music publishers alleging Claude copied lyrics from 20,517 songs have not shown one such output. A status report on the claim is due 13 November.
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Nous says its Arete-27B fine-tune cut Qwen propaganda answers from 22% to 0.9%
Nous Research's open Arete-27B retunes Qwen3.8-27B. On Nous's own 803-prompt test, propaganda answers fell from 22% to 0.9%. No outside replication yet.
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Claude now connects teammates to company apps without a sign-in screen
Anthropic's auto-connect beta signs Team and Enterprise members into 14 apps on first use, with no identity provider needed. Offboarding is the catch.
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EU court adviser sets a test for when chatbot answers infringe publishers
Advocate General Szpunar says chatbot answers can infringe press publishers' rights after unlawful access or reuse that replaces the article. Judges rule later.
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- Meta pauses business terms that would have let it scrape linked sites
- Gemini Omni 1.2 Flash extends clips to 15 seconds and cuts API price
- Cursor cloud agents now build and host shareable web apps
- Judge says publishers suing Anthropic cite no infringing Claude output
- Nous says its Arete-27B fine-tune cut Qwen propaganda answers from 22% to 0.9%
- Claude now connects teammates to company apps without a sign-in screen
- EU court adviser sets a test for when chatbot answers infringe publishers
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The AI Observer Awards will recognise AI work that was checked, shipped and still holds up a year later.
A planned programme. Nominations, jury and criteria will be published here before anyone is asked to enter.
Planned categories
- AI agency of the year
- Best AI tutorial
- Best interview
- Tool that held up