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Google Is Far From Fully Self-Improving AI, Pichai Says
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The big read · AI News
Google Is Far From Fully Self-Improving AI, Pichai Says
Google CEO Sundar Pichai says the company remains "pretty far from the end state" of recursive self-improvement, describing current work as AI agents helping researchers develop models rather than autonomous improvement.
Read the full story →In the loop · AI News
Block Unveils Dessa, a Local Full-Duplex Voice Model
Block unveiled Dessa on October 23, 2026, a speech-to-speech AI model claiming full-duplex capability—simultaneous listening and speaking—that runs locally on a MacBook Pro M4 Max or better.
Read the full story →In the loop · AI News
UK AI Biosecurity Lab Gets £100M and AI Commitments
The UK government announced an independent nonprofit AI Biosecurity Lab with £100 million in public funding and up to £200 million in AI resources from OpenAI and Anthropic.
Read the full story →In the loop · AI News
Meta Launches $35B Offerings, Plans $60B AI Funding
Meta launched $35 billion in equity offerings on October 26, 2026, comprising $22.5 billion in Class A common stock through forward sale agreements and $12.5 billion in mandatory convertible preferred shares.
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