Cat Wu, product lead for Anthropic's coding tool Claude Code, has left the company

Business Insider reports that Cat Wu, product lead for Claude Code and Cowork, has left Anthropic. She joined in 2024 and helped grow Claude Code into a major product. Thariq Shihipar, who also worked on Claude Code, announced his departure last month.

Google says its Gemini AI and Search will be off by default for schools

After a political backlash to its education announcements, Google posted a clarification. It says Gemini, Gemini Notebook and Search will be off by default, and schools can switch each one on separately. Google says this follows requests from K-12 schools for more control over students' use of AI, and that the changes give schools "more choice, not less". CNBC describes Google as playing defence after the backlash.

Nexus Mods, the biggest PC game mod site, will make creators say if they used AI

Nexus Mods will require authors of new mods to declare whether AI was used in their work. Mods tagged "AI-assisted" must explain how and where AI was used. The site will not ban AI-generated mods, saying a ban would only stop people mentioning it. It says it will not use mods to train AI or sell them to anyone who does. Users get controls to hide AI content, and existing mods have 60 days, until 2 January, to comply.

Design app maker Canva cuts more than 1,200 jobs as its growth slows

Canva's job cuts affect more than 1,200 employees. Chief executive Melanie Perkins said the restructuring followed the company's first slowdown in growth in a decade. She said it reflects a need to rethink how Canva operates and organises its teams for AI.

Chipmaker AMD expects a down year for gaming and PCs as RAM shortages lift prices

AMD reported record quarterly revenue of $13.4 billion, with $8.5 billion from data-centre chips, and forecast $17 billion next quarter. Its gaming business fell 40% from a year earlier to $773 million. CEO Lisa Su said rising component prices have slowed sales and that AMD is planning for a down year in consumer markets in 2027. The finance chief said data-centre chips could become more than 80% of AMD's revenue.

The C++26 programming standard fails its final approval vote for the first time

National standards bodies voting at ISO did not give C++26 the two-thirds majority it needed. According to Andreas Fertig, a member of the C++ committee, this is the first time a C++ draft has failed at this stage. National bodies' comments show the reason is Contracts, a feature for stating conditions code must meet, which some think is not ready. ISO's options are a revised draft, a new committee stage, a Technical Specification, or cancelling the project; all mean a delay.

Rockstar says GTA 6 needs up to 212 GB and can be pre-loaded from 10 November

Rockstar moved the GTA 6 pre-load two days earlier, to 10 November. On PS5 it unlocks at midnight local time; on Xbox Series X|S at 12 a.m. GMT. The download needs up to 212 GB depending on the device, close to a third of a launch PS5's usable storage. The game launches 19 November, and boxed copies contain a download code, not a disc.

Report: Nvidia quietly shapes US chip policy, and OpenAI avoided crossing it on China

The Information describes how Nvidia uses soft power to influence its customers and US chip policy. According to its sources, OpenAI took no public position on chip exports to China to avoid angering Nvidia.

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