MiniMax releases M3.1 Flash: 428B MoE agentic model at $0.15/M input

Director's Cut is a free, open-source ComfyUI app with preset-based character creation and a cinematic video studio. It uses Qwen-Image 2.1 for image generation and editing, and MiniMax H3 with an OmniRef option for video.

The capex figure far exceeded analysts' estimates as Amazon builds data centers to meet AI services demand. The spending breakdown was discussed on "Bloomberg The Close" by Anurag Rana and Poonam Goyal.

Google's A2UI is a framework-agnostic standard for declaring UI intent, letting agents assemble pre-declared components rather than emit raw HTML/JS/Dart in a sandboxed iframe. CopilotKit SDKs render those UIs natively across LangChain, AWS Strands, Microsoft agents, and Google ADK.

Reddit's search referrals fell by over 1 million per week on average in October, and it warned daily actives could drop to a low-double-digit percentage decline next quarter. Q3 global DAUs were flat at 130.3 million while U.S. DAUs fell to 50.7 million, down 2% year-over-year; revenue rose 53% to $895 million.

Rivian is licensing elements of its in-house AI voice assistant to VW under their $5.8B joint venture, with no fees or payment terms disclosed. The assistant, rolled out to Rivian's R1S, R1T in May 2026 and R2 in October, could debut in VW's low-cost ID EVERY1.

Howler, built by Chinese developer Aries Zhou, lets Mac users ask AI questions in incognito mode and then graphically destroys the conversation when finished. The app is open source.