AI news on November 5, 2026

1. 0115:00 UTC

   ElevenMusic output can now be posted straight to SoundCloud

   2 outlets · first: techcrunch.com Partnership

   Machine summary ElevenLabs announced on November 5, 2026 that tracks made with its ElevenMusic models can be published directly to SoundCloud, with AI-origin labeling applied to those uploads, The Verge reports. TechCrunch reports users have created more than 25 million tracks with the company's models, which now include a genre-switching model released in 2026. SoundCloud Artist Pro users are being offered three months of ElevenMusic Pro at no cost.

   1. ElevenLabs said on November 5, 2026 that users of its ElevenMusic platform can publish generated tracks directly to SoundCloud, removing the export-download-upload step, according to TechCrunch and The Verge
   2. SoundCloud Artist Pro subscribers are being offered three months of ElevenMusic Pro free, which TechCrunch reports includes up to 1,000 generated songs, 500 stem-file splits and five custom styles or vocals per month
   3. Tracks published from ElevenLabs to SoundCloud will be labeled as AI-generated, The Verge reports
   4. ElevenLabs says users have created more than 25 million tracks with its models; the company released a first music-generation model in 2025, a prompt-based consumer app in April 2026 and a genre-switching model about a month later, per TechCrunch
   5. The Verge reports the ElevenLabs integration is narrower than the Moises one, which supports stem separation and remixing before republishing back to SoundCloud

   Reported by The Verge and techcrunch.com.

   • ElevenLabs
   • Moises
   • AI-generated music
   • ElevenMusic Pro
   • SoundCloud
   • ElevenMusic

2. 0210:00 UTC

   OpenAI publishes data center commitments after voters back curbs

   2 outlets · first: CNBC Regulation

   Machine summary The company also released a policy blueprint asking lawmakers to enact comparable commitments as law. According to CNBC, Meta, Microsoft, Google and Anthropic have laid out a number of comparable pledges.

   1. For its own data centers, OpenAI said it will solicit community input, publish construction plans and avoid non-disclosure agreements with public officials.
   2. OpenAI released a policy blueprint urging lawmakers to turn similar commitments into law, CNBC reported.
   3. OpenAI told investors in February that it is targeting $600 billion in total compute spend, CNBC reported.
   4. Several similar commitments have been laid out by Meta, Microsoft, Google and Anthropic, CNBC reported.

   Reported by CNBC and nytimes.com.

   • OpenAI
   • Anthropic
   • Microsoft
   • Google
   • Meta
   • CNBC

3. 0323:23 UTC

   Coverage recordPunch Newspapers: “FX volatility, AI attacks raise Africa’s cybersecurity costs”

   2 outlets · first: Punch Newspapers AI research

   Reports ran from 23:23 UTC on Nov 5 to 00:08 UTC on Nov 6.

   The outlets that reported this event are listed with links to their reports; no summary of ours passed our automated checks for it, which says nothing about the event (how they work).

   Reported by Punch Newspapers and punchng.com.

   • Punch Newspapers

4. 0422:26 UTC

   Perplexity's Teammates keep memory and context across agent runs

   2 outlets · first: The Verge Product launch

   Machine summary Perplexity has launched Teammates, personal AI agents that the company says coordinate Perplexity Computer sessions and other teammates to handle long-running projects across marketing, sales, support, operations, and finance. According to the company, project objectives, task history, and shared files are retained by the agents between runs, and every new task builds upon earlier work. The Verge reports the feature competes with OpenAI's Dots and Claude Duet and supports simultaneous job assignment.

   1. The Verge reports Teammates requires Perplexity's $200-per-month Max subscription, which the publication describes as more expensive than competing offerings
   2. Teammates build on Perplexity Computer, the company's system for deploying agents on a user's device, and work with users' existing tools and files
   3. Each Teammate has its own thread in the Perplexity app for monitoring, and users can interact with them through Slack, according to The Verge
   4. Writing on X, Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas said the firm pictures every org as giving each person hundreds of teammates who work for them.

   Reported by The Verge and perplexity.ai.

   • OpenAI
   • The Verge
   • Slack
   • Teammates
   • Perplexity Computer

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