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Adobe Research, UC San Diego build EditAgent needing about 10x general-editor retry compute: Adobe Research and UC San Diego built EditAgent, an AI image-editing agent that selects specialized tools for each task and uses a standard language model to choose results based on measured image data. It works but needs about 10 times the compute of retrying a general-purpose editor.

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Saudi Aramco buys 49% stake in AI startup Humain for about $2.6B cash: Saudi Aramco acquired a 49% stake in AI startup Humain, contributing about $2.6 billion in cash in 2026 plus AI, compute, and digital assets. Saudi Arabia's PIF retains a 51% stake in the company.

OpenAI to merge ChatGPT Chat and Work modes, moving Plus and Pro to token quotas in December: OpenAI is merging ChatGPT's Chat and Work modes into one interface; from December, Plus, Pro and Business plans will share a token-based quota for ChatGPT and Codex. Complex models use more quota, while simple instant chats do not count.

AI Business & Pricing • The Decoder

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How the Most AI Pilled Company in the World Works

GLM 5.3 autonomously built working Firefox exploits in under 48 hours for about $1,000 each: Epoch AI researchers reported that the open-weight model GLM 5.3 turned public security fixes into working Firefox exploits in under 48 hours. It autonomously compromised six Firefox releases for about $1,000 in API fees each without triggering safeguards from any provider tested.

Artificial Intelligence • The Decoder

OpenAI, Google, Microsoft and Anthropic to adopt a shared AI-scraping opt-out token: OpenAI, Google, Microsoft and Anthropic said they will adopt a new standard that lets publishers opt out of AI scraping, as Search Engine Roundtable reported. A shared "policy token" lets publishers apply AI training preferences across multiple AI companies instead of setting them individually.

AI Policy • The Verge AI