World
China Basic AI Law: NDRC Promises One, With No Draft Yet
China's planner says it will speed up a basic AI law and lifecycle safety standards. What Wang Ruomeng said Nov. 3, what already exists and what is missing
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Business
Salesforce to Buy Cresta: What the Voice AI Deal Leaves Out
Salesforce signed a deal to buy voice AI firm Cresta on Nov. 2. The price is only reported at $2.7B, and the promise to keep other phone systems has no date.
Products
Obsidian 1.15 Adds Pele Diagrams and iOS Voice Capture
Obsidian 1.15 swaps in the Pele Mermaid renderer, adds iOS 26 voice capture and brings PDF export to mobile. What changes for plugin authors and iPhone users.
World
China AI Employment Guidelines: 18 Tasks to Soften Job Loss
China AI employment guidelines set 18 tasks in six areas, from job-risk checks to a layoff buffer period. What the State Council text does and doesn't say
Products
Claude Message Threads Cut Agent Latency by 35%
Claude message threads, now in beta, cut time to first token about 35% in 500k-1M token sessions. Token costs stay the same, and threads expire in 5 minutes.
Products
DeepSeek Harness Super-agent: An Always-On AI Agent Design
The DeepSeek Harness team wants one always-on AI agent that juggles many tasks across chat and GitHub. It's a proposal, and early tests are small and simulated.