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Thursday, November 12, 2026

Thursday edition

Labs

Google opens an API that scores fixed choices

Partially confirmed

Added 6:41 a.m. ET, Nov. 12

Google on Wednesday, November 11, 2026, introduced a tool that scores a fixed list of answers instead of writing a reply one piece at a time.¹ The company calls it the Gemini Decisions API, and the model behind it is Gemini Decision 1.¹

Full story and sources · 1 primary sources

Cells

DeepMind says its new model reads DNA one cell type at a time

Partially confirmed

Added 6:41 a.m. ET, Nov. 12

Google DeepMind said on Wednesday, November 11, 2026, that it is releasing AlphaGenome 2, a model that predicts how a change in a person's DNA changes gene activity in one kind of human cell.¹ The company says every cell carries the same DNA, yet a heart muscle cell and an immune cell switch different genes on or off.¹

Sources · 1 listed

Safety

After an attack in Congo, Ebola teams lose track of more than 1,000 contacts

Confirmed

Updated 7:35 a.m. ET, Nov. 12

Health teams in eastern Congo have lost track of more than 1,000 people exposed to Ebola after an attack on the town of Cantine-Aloya, the head of the World Health Organization said on Wednesday, Nov. 11.¹ Three people with confirmed Ebola are also unaccounted for, he said.¹

Sources · 3 listed

Safety

Judge jails nine over Turkish steel plant blast, puts chairman under house arrest

Partially confirmed

Updated 7:35 a.m. ET, Nov. 12

A court in western Turkey has ordered nine people held in jail over Monday's explosion at the HABAŞ steel plant in Aliaga, Turkey's state news agency, Anadolu, reported on Thursday, Nov. 12, 2026.¹ Two others, including the chairman of the company's board, were released under house arrest.¹

Sources · 4 listed

Companies

Jensen Huang resigns as NVIDIA's chief executive; finance chief Colette Kress steps in for now

Confirmed

Updated 9:26 a.m. ET, Nov. 12

Jensen Huang has resigned as NVIDIA's president and chief executive and has left its board, effective immediately, the company said on Thursday, Nov. 12.¹ Colette Kress, the chief financial officer, will serve as interim chief executive, running the company only until the board picks a permanent leader.¹ Neither the company's announcement nor its filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission says why Huang left.¹ ²

Sources · 3 listed

Desk note

Google introduced the Gemini Decisions API and the Gemini Decision 1 model. DeepMind announced AlphaGenome 2. Markets cover Wednesday, November 11: the stock market was open and all four sleeves rose, and the Treasury table has no curve for the day. Politics, crime, and sport had no story. No headline economic release. Safety stays with that desk. Skipped: OpenAI's children-and-safety post, the page returned 403, so no brief. ChatGPT Plus for veterans, a product promo. Holiday Extras, JioStar, and Gilbert + Tobin, customer stories. Anthropic's roadshow, the newest newsroom item, dated before this window. Anthropic research had nothing in the window. Gemini Robotics 2.5, dated Tuesday, November 10, 2026, at 10:00 a.m. ET, before this window. AlphaProof Code, dated Tuesday, November 10, 2026, at 7:00 a.m. ET, before this window. The Gemini Omni card on the DeepMind list, already filed. OpenAI's deployment-safety hub, newest item November 5. xAI news returned 403. Meta's AI blog returned 400. The newest Facebook news item this desk saw was November 9. NIST's newest item this desk saw was November 10, a feature, before this window. The FTC press index returned 404. Congress.gov was not opened. A GPT-6.2 rumor, no primary. A bill on artificial superintelligence, no new primary. The House Clerk roll index returned 404, and the Votes page did not list a November 11 roll call. The Senate floor schedule says the Senate convened at 12:00 p.m. and adjourned at 4:05 p.m. on Wednesday, November 11. The roll-call list is dated Tuesday, November 10, at 9:48 p.m. ET, and this desk found no later vote. The Daily Digest was not opened. Supreme Court orders and slip opinions showed no November 2026 date. White House presidential actions, newest November 10, including bills signed and a wildfire determination, before this window. The Justice Department news page returned no readable release. An OPA feed address returned 404. The FBI news page returned 403. Yella Beezy, a cruise-ship death, a buried-baby charge, a Central Park arrest, a Virginia dismemberment case, Sandra Birchmore, and Bob Lee, no court or department page opened. A New York building collapse, a North Hollywood crash charge, an LAX close call, a cold snap, and European school bomb-threat hoaxes, left for the Safety desk. The Russian ambassador's death, no U.S. primary. Talks in Moscow, no official U.S. readout. An NVIDIA board item, no new company or SEC filing, and the alleged spy is not named. A Bessent and Lutnick item, anonymous sources. Biden cancer remarks. A SNAP proposal, no Federal Register rule opened. The SS United States, a feature. A Spain strike, a Manchester United coach, the Pope in Peru, a China trade surplus, a gasoline price with no EIA release opened, a Booker Prize item, obituaries, and midterm analyses. A meteor peak, no NASA page opened. NASA's news page showed no in-window date this desk could use. NOAA's newest date on the page was October 13. NIH returned 403. CDC returned 403. FDA press announcements returned 404. NSF's list was not re-opened. UFC's events page returned 403. No fight result. No odds.