
OpenAI claims ChatGPT handles one-fifth the search query volume of Google, according to a brief report from The Verge Daily.
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OpenAI states that ChatGPT processes one-fifth the volume of search queries as Google.
OpenAI says ChatGPT processes one-fifth the volume of search queries as Google.

Fal, a San Francisco-based AI inference startup, raised $1.3 billion at a $16 billion valuation in a Series F round led by Bessemer Venture Partners, with Nvidia, Sound Ventures, and T. Rowe Price participating. The company also announced a combined $1.65 billion across Series E and F rounds, doubling its valuation from $8 billion in April.

Apple has introduced Siri Recap and Live Rewind in the watchOS 27.3 developer beta, allowing Siri to summarize conversations and generate transcripts of the last 15 seconds of audio from the Apple Watch microphone, with privacy protections detailed in an Apple Audio Intelligence Privacy Overview.

CrowdStrike is acquiring AI observability firm Fiddler AI for around $400 million and AI security testing company Dreadnode for about $95 million to expand its Falcon platform's ability to monitor, test, and secure AI models and agents across enterprises.

Google's Threat Intelligence Group disrupted the x.cpe botnet, which infected over 1.3 million Google-certified Android TV devices made by Shenzhen-based Videostrong Technology, mostly under the MECOOL brand. The malware evaded certification screening via obfuscation and post-setup remote installation, disabled Play Protect, and enabled ad fraud, residential proxy traffic, and remote device access. Google took legal action against Videostrong's domains and servers, ending its relationship with the company, and is updating its certification process.

Anthropic's updated S-1 filing reveals compute costs consumed 58% of revenue in Q3, up from 48% the prior quarter, as revenue reached $17 billion and operating losses grew. The company paid $10 billion for compute, including $5 billion under short-term commitments, and disclosed deals with SpaceX, Nscale, Akamai, and Volta.

Google announced it will disable AI tools for K-12 students next year unless school administrators explicitly enable them, affecting Gemini, NotebookLM, Gemini in Classroom, and Google Search. Because AI features are integrated into Google Search, schools that restrict AI altogether will lose access to the search engine, forcing administrators to accept AI features to keep search available.