Tech News – November 7 & 8

OpenAI bought the web domain Chat.com

HubSpot founder and CTO Dharmesh Shah purchased chat.com for $15.5 million in early 2023. Shah sold the domain to OpenAI for an undisclosed amount, though he confirmed on X that he received payment in company shares by revealing he is “now an investor in OpenAI”.
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Google has accidentally revealed an AI model capable of taking over a user’s computer

The company posted an internal preview of the product, codenamed Jarvis, on the Chrome extension store but removed it before too many users noticed. Jarvis apparently resembles a feature recently added to Anthropic’s Claude LLM that takes over the computer’s cursor and performs mundane, tedious tasks. In this case, those will be things like making reservations and buying groceries.
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EU launched an antitrust investigation into Corning’s Gorilla Glass

The EU is concerned that Corning has used a variety of exclusivity contracts to exclude rival glass makers from the phone market. If Corning is found guilty, the company could be fined. Before that happens, Corning will have the chance to address the Commission’s concerns with a set of commitments that can bring the antitrust investigation to an end.
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AI startup Mistral has launched a new API for content moderation

The new API from Mistral is powered by a refined model called Ministral 8B, which has been trained to process text in 11 languages including English, French, and German. The company said it can be customized for specific applications and safety standards.
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New products

Honor Magic 7 Lite

Magic 7 Lite will have a 6.78-inch OLED screen, Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 processor and 12GB of RAM. It will come with a 6600mAh battery.
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Red Magic 10 Pro

The phone will have a 6.85-inch display, Snapdragon 8 Elite processor and an in-house developed R3 gaming chip.
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