AI Daily Briefing (2026-10-31): 12 Updates from TechCrunch AI, Ars Technica AI, The Verge AI & More

This is the 2026-10-31 daily briefing: 12 AI updates published by TechCrunch AI, Ars Technica AI, The Verge AI, Google (The Keyword) over the last 24 hours. Original headlines are kept as-is; every entry links to the official announcement or original report.

• TechCrunch AI | Intel’s stock crashes, knocking $12B from government’s stake (10-30)
• TechCrunch AI | Anthropic expected to receive high ‘junk’ rating from credit agencies following IPO, report says (10-30)
• Ars Technica AI | Supersonic airliner in doubt as company shifts to powering AI data centers (10-30)
• TechCrunch AI | Last-minute Halloween costumes for tech nerds (10-30)
• TechCrunch AI | Cracks are emerging in the AI spending boom (10-30)
• Ars Technica AI | Anthropic VS code extension on Cursor backdoored for nearly 12 hours (10-30)
• The Verge AI | Sam Altman says it’s better for RAM to be in a data center than on your desk (10-30)
• Ars Technica AI | Dartmouth's provost warned us about AI cheating—but his own AI use cost him his job (10-30)
• The Verge AI | The biggest names in AI are backing a new way to opt out of scraping (10-30)
• Google (The Keyword) | Google Fitbit Edge: On shelves now (10-30)
• Ars Technica AI | Basically no one is using AI agents for their DoorDash orders (10-30)
• The Verge AI | Google’s satellite AI server transmits its first response to Earth (10-30)

These entries are aggregated automatically from official RSS feeds by our daily pipeline. They are provided as a reading guide only — refer to the linked originals for facts and figures.