OpenAI Thirty-eight Billion AWS Deal. OpenAI Silences ChatGPT Advice. Trump Blocks Blackwell Exports. Huxley Gödel Self-Modifying Agent.

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The AI news for November 4th, 2025

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Here are the details of the day's selected top stories:

Amazon's 38-billion coup: OpenAI buys empty AWS.
Source: https://www.all-ai.de/news/news24/openai-amazon-deal
Why did we choose this article?
Major strategic shift: large, multi-year $38B AWS commitment changes OpenAI's cloud dependence, access to Nvidia GPUs, and industry power dynamics. High practical importance for infrastructure, vendor strategy, and costs.

OpenAI censors ChatGPT.
Source: https://www.all-ai.de/news/top-news24/openai-zensur-chatgpt
Why did we choose this article?
Policy change with direct user impact: limits on medical, legal, and financial advice alter how practitioners and the public can rely on ChatGPT. Important for risk management, product design, and regulatory debate.

Trump: Nvidia's most powerful AI chip Blackwell is only for the USA.
Source: https://www.heise.de/news/Trump-Nvidias-leistungsfaehigster-KI-Chip-Blackwell-nur-fuer-die-USA-11005660.html?wt_mc=rss.red.ho.themen.k%C3%BCnstliche+intelligenz.beitrag.beitrag
Why did we choose this article?
Geopolitical and supply-chain consequences: proposed export limits on top-tier AI chips affect global compute availability, strategy for AI deployment, and national competition. Essential for planning hardware procurement and policy risk.

Huxley-Gödel Machine: AI agent improves itself through code optimization
Source: https://the-decoder.de/huxley-goedel-machine-ki-agent-verbessert-sich-selbst-durch-code-optimierung/
Why did we choose this article?
Technical novelty: demonstrates practical self-improvement via code optimization in agents. Valuable for researchers and engineers considering autonomous agents, safety implications, and long-term capability trajectories.

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