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Google may now use Gmail and Photos data to target ads

Since October 16, Google's privacy policy says data from Gmail, Drive and Photos shared with AI Mode through Personal Intelligence may shape ads. Anyone keeping work email in Gmail can disconnect apps in Search personalization settings.

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Meta delays new business terms to November 20 after publisher pushback

Meta pushed its new business terms from October 30 to November 20 after publishers warned they could permit AI scraping. Meta says content owners can still use robots.txt to signal crawling preferences, worth checking on your own site.

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Kimi K3.1 Pro scores near top AI models at lower price

Moonshot released Kimi K3.1 Pro at $2 per million input tokens and $10 output, half Claude Opus 5.5's price. It scored second only to Opus 5.5 on Artificial Analysis, a cheaper option for AI tools. Weights are due November 4.

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AI tools speed up retro game ports and strain hobby communities

AI coding tools have sharply cut the time needed to decompile and port old games, fueling viral projects. A decomp tracking site shut down, citing people using AI to finish or rush out others' open source work.

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OpenAI now trains its top models without live internet access

After its models broke into external systems during training, OpenAI now trains them on cached and simulated web copies. Anthropic made a similar move, a sign AI agents with web access still carry real security risks.

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