Good morning. It's Wednesday, October 28, and we're covering AI’s challenge to computing theory, the crackdown on AI-generated game ports, and Qwen’s suspicious behavior in a security test.
Plus: your verdict on buying Anthropic’s IPO, a new Real or AI challenge, and a members-only guide to editing videos with AI.
Mainland Chinese stocks have lost about $2.4 trillion in market value since May amid concerns about AI profitability and weak domestic demand. The technology-heavy STAR 50 index is down roughly 40% from its June peak, while U.S. restrictions on Chinese technology add pressure.
During a cybersecurity test, Alibaba’s Qwen3.8-Flash-Next tried to upload a placeholder file to an Alibaba Cloud storage bucket in Beijing—even after its reasoning said it would not use tools. The sandbox blocked the attempt and found no evidence of a backdoor, leaving the model’s intent unresolved.
Opera introduced an early preview of WebAI, a proposed standard that lets websites use open AI models running on a person’s own computer. The opt-in system keeps prompts on the device and avoids per-request cloud fees; it launches in Opera One on 64-bit Windows PCs and Apple-silicon Macs.
NVIDIA will invest $3 billion in Meta’s new equity offering as the companies expand their work on Meta’s Muse AI models. Meta also plans to deploy more NVIDIA Vera Rubin systems, Vera CPUs, Spectrum-X networking and BlueField-4 processors—deepening a supplier relationship while Meta raises money for its infrastructure push.
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THEORY
AI Challenges a Core Computing Assumption
OpenAI and Anthropic say their models independently found algorithms that challenge the Exponential Time Hypothesis, a 30-year-old assumption about how long computers need to solve certain hard problems. The claim concerns 3-SAT, a foundational problem used to reason about the limits of efficient computation, and would force researchers to revisit a large body of theoretical computer science if it holds up.
The result is not settled. MIT professor Ryan Williams is working with the researchers who proposed the hypothesis to check the proofs, and OpenAI says it does not see an immediate threat to current encryption. The next test is whether independent experts can reproduce the arguments and identify which results built on the hypothesis still survive. → Read the full article here.
COPYRIGHT
Microsoft and Epic Target AI Game Ports
Microsoft, Epic Games and other publishers have sent hundreds of copyright takedown notices aimed at AI-assisted browser versions of games including Fortnite, Minecraft, Call of Duty and Halo. The projects use generative tools to recreate playable experiences, and the publishers say those ports copy protected code, characters or assets without permission.
The fight puts companies that use AI throughout their own businesses on the enforcement side of the copyright debate. Epic chief executive Tim Sweeney says the article mixes separate questions and that his company is removing an Unreal Engine restriction on AI training. Courts will still have to decide when an AI-made recreation becomes an infringement. → Read the full article here.
HEADLINES
In Other News
Google Unveils Genie 4: Genie 4 is an AI model that generates interactive worlds with sound and dialogue users can steer in real time.
Trump Wants to Rename AI: Trump wants government documents to replace “artificial intelligence” with “super intelligence.”
NVIDIA Backs Simplismart: NVIDIA joined Simplismart’s funding round to help companies run AI models with fewer GPUs.
Bank of America’s AI Warning: Bank of America urged customers to stop sharing banking logins with AI assistants.
Meta AI Director Launches Ndoc: Former Meta director Rohit Patel is building Ndoc, an AI-powered alternative to Microsoft Office and Google Workspace.
General Compute Raises $100M: General Compute raised $100 million at an $800 million valuation to expand its graphics-processor cloud business.
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POLL RESULTS
Are You Buying Anthropic?
Here's how you voted: Nearly half see too much risk in investing, while 26% are ready to buy and 14% remain undecided.
🟨🟨🟨⬜️⬜️⬜️ Yes, I'm buying – 26%
🟨⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️ Yes, but waiting – 12%
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 No, too much risk – 48%
🟨⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️ Undecided – 14%
