Chinese Buyers Expect Just 1% of $70 Billion in Nvidia RTX Pro 5500 Orders
Nvidia China RTX Pro 5500 orders reach about 6 million chips worth $70 billion, but Chinese buyers expect only about 1% in four months, Bloomberg reports.
Artificial Intelligence
AI news from The Boston Report: OpenAI, Google, Anthropic, Meta and new AI tools, plus the safety, policy and business questions around artificial intelligence.
Tencent Says Its New Hy4 AI Model Cut Hallucinations Nearly in Half
Tencent Hy4 launches with vision and computer use, a hallucination rate Tencent puts at 7.2%, unchanged API prices and open weights promised in coming days.
Voters Rejected Data Centers in 37 of 38 Called Ballot Measures on Election Day
Data center ballot measures went 37 of 38 against development on Nov. 3, with Ohio rejecting all 19 counted. See results, margins and what comes next.
Schools That Switch Off Google’s AI Will Lose Google Search Too, Starting in Early 2027
Google Search schools rules: from early 2027, K-12 districts that turn off Gemini lose Search too, since it now ships with AI Overviews and AI Mode built in.
Supermicro Earnings: Sales Nearly Quadruple to $19.9 Billion, but Margins Thin
Supermicro earnings: fiscal Q1 sales hit $19.9 billion, up 298%, and the 2027 outlook rose to $72-82 billion, but gross margin fell to 12.7%. Data inside.
Apple Opens Siri AI to Third-Party Apps, Letting Developers Plug In Actions and Multi-Step “App Skills”
Apple opens Siri AI to all app developers in the iOS 27.3 betas, letting third-party apps add actions and multi-step app skills. Customers get it in a few months; App Store submissions open in spring.
Business Report: Oil Plunges 7% on Iran Talk Hopes as Tech Stocks Slide, Nov. 2, 2026
Business report November 2, 2026: oil plunges 7% on U.S.-Iran talk hopes, tech stocks slide, and Apple, Palantir and Anthropic post big quarterly numbers.
Turkey Opens Probe Into Google AI Overviews, Orders Interim Fixes for Publishers
Google AI Overviews investigation: Turkey’s Competition Authority opened a formal probe Nov. 2 and ordered interim fixes for news publishers. Fines and data.
OpenAI Offers to Cut Up to 1,000 Megawatts at Georgia Campus When the Grid Strains
OpenAI Grid Protectors program launches with a pledge to cut up to 1,000 MW at its Georgia campus when the grid is strained. What it means for power bills.
Anthropic Revenue Soars 12-Fold to $17 Billion as Rush for Compute Erases Its Operating Profit
Anthropic IPO filing update: Q3 revenue hit $16.96 billion, about 12 times a year earlier, but compute costs pushed the Claude maker to a $567M operating loss.