3 November 2026

OpenAI is calling its data centers “compute campuses”

OpenAI now writes about “compute campuses” instead of data centers, The Verge has noticed. The new term appeared on November 2 in an announcement of the Grid Protectors Program, in which the company promises to cover the costs its facilities create for local power grids. In the entire announcement, which runs about 900 words, “data center” appears only twice. OpenAI did not respond to the outlet's question about the reason for the change.

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Google's search revenue growth slows - 12% in the third quarter after about 17% in the second

Google's search revenue rose 12% year over year in the third quarter, compared with about 17% in the second, The Verge calculates. Ad clicks grew just 8%, down from 13% a quarter earlier, even though search queries are growing at their fastest pace in five years. Philipp Schindler, Google's chief business officer, attributes the slowdown mainly to currency effects but acknowledges that the company earns less on AI Mode queries than on regular search. Alphabet shares have fallen about 14% since the results were published.

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Apple CEO John Ternus signals further expansion of Siri AI

Apple CEO John Ternus has signaled that Siri AI will keep growing. He spoke about it on November 2 on a call with analysts following the company's quarterly results. Today Siri mainly carries out requests, but, as he noted, it is built so that more capabilities can be added over time. He called AI agents a promising tool and stressed that Apple wants to introduce them in a way that safeguards users' security and privacy.

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Anthropic reports $33.24 billion in nine-month revenue and a $104 billion loss

Anthropic reported $33.24 billion in revenue and a $104 billion net loss for the first nine months of 2026, CNBC reports, citing its amended S-1. The loss mainly reflects an accounting revaluation of convertible notes and derivatives. Revenue was up about 1,200% from a year earlier, but growth is slowing: it rose 144% in the second quarter from the first, and about 47% in the third, to about $17 billion. Commitments under purchase and lease agreements, mostly for compute, total $895.4 billion.

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