Plus a smartwatch study on high blood pressure, Apple's reported plan for a more agentic Siri, and a simple way to label AI work.
News · 2026-11-08
Bloomington, Indiana, has voted 7–0 to ban superintelligence, meaning AI that would outperform people at nearly every thinking task. The council passed Ordinance 2026-29 on November 4. The text covers use through a browser from inside the city. Analysts question whether a city can enforce it, and the mayor must still sign.
What you can do: Today's chatbots likely fall below its line, though the wording is fuzzy. If you work in Bloomington, ask your employer how it reads the rule.
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A free skill for Claude Code, called claude-animated-shorts, has gathered about 2,200 GitHub stars since November 1. It guides the AI agent through making 55 to 70 second vertical cartoon story videos. Everything renders on your own computer, with no AI video service. It is aimed at developers.
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News · 2026-11-07
A Nature study from Google Research describes a smartwatch model that flags likely high blood pressure without a cuff. In 196 people it caught 65.8% of cases, against 55.3% for one office reading. About one in three were missed, so it screens but does not diagnose.
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Bloomberg's Mark Gurman reports that Apple wants Siri to act like an assistant that works toward goals on its own, like ChatGPT Dots, possibly as early as 2027. He also says deeper Siri control of Apple's own apps could arrive in December. Apple has not confirmed any of this.
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The 0rwx framework gives you four labels for how much AI went into a piece of work: none, read-only advice, edits you can still check, and output you can no longer fully review. The levels track how well you can check the result, not which tool you used. It is an early idea, not a standard.
What you can do: Next time you share AI-assisted work, say which level it was. Ask yourself first: could a colleague audit what the AI produced?
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