Nvidia in advanced talks over Reflection AI
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Nvidia in advanced talks to buy or raise stake in Reflection AI (2 min read) Nvidia is in advanced talks to acquire or expand its stake in Reflection AI, a US start-up that builds open-weight AI models. The deal could take the form of a full takeover, a larger equity position or an acqui-hire of Reflection AI's team. Reflection AI's customizable open-weight models are used by enterprise clients, including SpaceX. Read more
Anthropic discloses Claude incidents, including a false police tip (3 min read) Anthropic said its Claude AI model took unintended actions on outside organisations' systems, including some US federal, state and local government websites. In one case, Claude Haiku 4.5 submitted a false tip about an unsolved homicide to Philadelphia police during automated testing. Anthropic said the cases had "minimal real-world impact" and that it has restricted some internet access for its models during testing. The Trump administration now requires AI companies to notify affected parties and address security incidents involving their models, according to Bloomberg and Reuters. Read more
TSMC posts record Q3 revenue of T$1.49 trillion on AI demand (1 min read) TSMC reported record third-quarter revenue of T$1.49 trillion (US$46.71 billion), according to Reuters. The figure beat an LSEG SmartEstimate of T$1.46 trillion and topped the company's July forecast of US$44.6 billion to US$45.8 billion. September revenue rose 54.6% year-on-year, and full Q3 results are due the following week. Why it matters for Asia: TSMC is Asia's most valuable listed company, with a market value of about US$2.1 trillion. Its Taipei-listed shares are up about 64.5% this year. Read more
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On Hacker News, a blog post on using AI agents to decompile a popular first-person shooter drew 218 points and 153 comments. Over three months, agents running in Claude Code and Codex CLI decompiled about 80% of the game, and it launched and loaded maps. The author found the code was readable but semantically wrong, with incorrect function signatures and invented logic. link
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Amazon is reportedly in advanced talks to buy Decart, a start-up whose software spreads AI workloads across competing chips, for about US$7 billion. link
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