📋 Quick Takeaways

• Microsoft gains AGI independence from OpenAI with new agreement, creates MAI Superintelligence team
• Chinese Moonshot AI’s Kimi K2 outperforms GPT-5 at 44.9% vs 41.7% on Humanity’s Last Exam
• Meta’s chief AI scientist Yann LeCun departing to launch physical AI startup focused on world models
• AMD projects profit to triple by 2030 with data center AI chip market reaching $1 trillion
• $18.8 billion in AI infrastructure investments including Microsoft’s $10B Portugal hub and Nebius-Meta $3B deal
• SoftBank sells entire $5.8B Nvidia stake to fund OpenAI and AI investments
• Google expands Gemini AI across TV and Maps platforms with conversational features
• Federal Reserve addresses AI transformation in central banking operations

🤝 Strategic Partnerships & Market Restructuring

Microsoft Gains AGI Independence Under New OpenAI Agreement

Major Partnership Shift: Microsoft and OpenAI signed a new definitive agreement on November 11 that fundamentally restructures their relationship, granting Microsoft the freedom to pursue artificial general intelligence (AGI) independently without restrictions.