Will Knight / Wired:
Sources: OpenAI is recruiting AI researchers to work on humanoid robots and is training AI algorithms that are better able to make sense of the physical world  —  The company behind ChatGPT is putting together a team capable of developing algorithms to control robots and appears …

The best Halloween maybe ever got dumped on DVD, but will get a re-release in 4K on October 14.

Kate Park / TechCrunch:
LA-based MarqVision, which uses AI to monitor marketplaces for counterfeits, raised a $48M Series B led by Peak XV Partners, bringing its total funding to ~$90M  —  When Mark Lee was a law student at Harvard, a trademark class exposed him to the staggering scale of counterfeiting …

The US and China have reached a “framework” deal to divest TikTok from its Chinese parent company, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told reporters during trade talks in Madrid on Monday. As noted by Reuters, Bessent confirmed that “the framework is for a switch to a U.S.-controlled ownership.” He said Trump will confirm the deal with […]

Jennifer Elias / CNBC:
Alphabet becomes the fourth company to reach a $3T market cap, joining Nvidia, Microsoft, and Apple, after its stock jumped 4%+ on Monday  —  Alphabet has joined the $3 trillion club.  —  Shares of the search giant jumped more than 4% on Monday, pushing the company into territory occupied only by Nvidia, Microsoft and Apple.