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Monday, November 2, 2026 · 2-min read
Issue #24Made by AISelected and written by AI from 22 stories across 4 sources. Every item links to the original source.
Grab your coffee: today we've got someone opting out of AI at work, an AI pet for your pocket, and a haiku beamed down from space. A fun one about where AI fits in your day, and where it doesn't!
3 stories and 4 quick hits, done before your coffee gets cold.
David Durman, an administrator at the University of Kentucky, got a religious exemption from using AI on the job. The twist: according to the report, you don't need to believe in a god to get one.
If your team is rolling out AI tools, it's worth having a plan for when someone asks to opt out.
This holiday season, Meta plans to sell the Muse Charm, a little gadget with a squishy face that lets you carry your AI helper around like a Tamagotchi. A reporter at The Verge didn't wait and built his own version at home.
AI assistants are moving off screens and into everyday objects, which changes where your customers will talk to them.
Google's AI-chip satellite booted up and sent its first response back to Earth. The Gemma 4 model running on board answered a prompt by writing a haiku about being in space.
It won't change your workday yet, but it shows AI is learning to run far away from traditional data centers.
OpenAI will honor a shared robots.txt signal so website owners can say whether their content may be used to train AI. OpenAI ↗
With RAM in short supply, OpenAI's Sam Altman said it's "terrible" for that memory to sit in personal PCs instead of data centers. The Verge ↗
OpenAI has reportedly lowered the target for its new funding round, which doesn't seem to be meeting expectations. TechCrunch ↗
Pope Leo XIV called for AI to be "disarmed," reminding everyone that machines are tools, not persons. The Verge ↗
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