This week in AI: 9 Nov 2026 to 15 Nov 2026

14 stories this week across 8 categories. Each links to the official announcement, filing or paper it is based on.

Abstract illustration of a shield over a network — Cogent agrees to buy Specular to add attacker-view AI agents to vulnerability fixing

Cybersecurity10 Nov 2026, 16:55 UTC

Cogent agreed on 10 November 2026 to acquire Specular, a Google-backed startup whose AI agents test how attackers could reach a company from the internet.

Summary

Cogent, a US startup that uses AI agents to find and fix software vulnerabilities inside large companies, agreed on 10 November 2026 to acquire Specular, a Google-backed security startup whose agents probe a company from the open internet and test how attackers could exploit what they find. Specular founder Peyton Smith becomes Cogent's head of offensive security. Terms were not disclosed. Cogent says the deal moves it toward a fully autonomous cyber defense process.

Abstract illustration of rising bars and a growth line — Shield AI agrees to buy radar maker Echodyne for $5.3 billion and raises $2.5 billion

AI Business & Funding10 Nov 2026, 16:50 UTC

Shield AI agreed on 5 November 2026 to buy drone radar maker Echodyne for up to $5.3 billion, backed by a $2.5 billion raise at a $28.8 billion valuation.

Summary

Shield AI, the US maker of the Hivemind autonomy software and V-BAT drones, agreed on 5 November 2026 to acquire Echodyne, a Kirkland, Washington maker of counter-drone radars, in a deal valued at up to $5.3 billion. To pay for it, Shield is raising $2.5 billion: a $1 billion Series H at a $28.8 billion post-money valuation, $1 billion of structured equity from Blackstone funds and $500 million of debt. Closing is expected in early 2027.

Abstract illustration of a factory skyline linked to a network — Google Cloud launches Gemini for healthcare in US preview with Northwell, HCA and Optum

AI in Industry10 Nov 2026, 16:45 UTC

Google Cloud put Gemini for healthcare into US preview on 10 November 2026: agents that read Epic and Oracle Health records and prepare prior authorizations.

Summary

Google Cloud released Gemini for healthcare in preview for US customers on 10 November 2026. The agentic platform reads patient records from Epic and Oracle Health systems, builds one summary, flags gaps and prepares prior authorization reviews for providers and health plans. Launch customers include Northwell Health, HCA Healthcare, Highmark Health, Optum and Stanford School of Medicine. It comes with Gemini Enterprise Standard and Plus subscriptions; Google has not published accuracy or time savings figures.

In brief

Cogent agrees to buy Specular to add attacker-view AI agents to vulnerability fixing Cogent agreed on 10 November 2026 to acquire Specular, a Google-backed startup whose AI agents test how attackers could reach a company from the internet.
Shield AI agrees to buy radar maker Echodyne for $5.3 billion and raises $2.5 billion Shield AI agreed on 5 November 2026 to buy drone radar maker Echodyne for up to $5.3 billion, backed by a $2.5 billion raise at a $28.8 billion valuation.
Google Cloud launches Gemini for healthcare in US preview with Northwell, HCA and Optum Google Cloud put Gemini for healthcare into US preview on 10 November 2026: agents that read Epic and Oracle Health records and prepare prior authorizations.
Meta launches Muse Ember at $0.10 per million input tokens for high-volume agent subtasks Meta released Muse Ember on 9 November 2026, a small multimodal model for agent subtasks priced at $0.10 per 1M input tokens and $0.50 per 1M output.
Adobe becomes Disney's official AI partner with custom Firefly Foundry models for Disney IP Adobe and Disney announced a multi-year alliance on 9 November 2026: custom Firefly Foundry models for Disney properties and early access to Adobe AI tools.
Fireworks AI says breach reached billing data, customer datasets and incomplete model weights Fireworks AI widened its October breach on 9 November 2026: attackers reached billing records and, for some accounts, datasets and incomplete model weights.
Google adds TPU 8tx for confidential inference and dual-chip TPU 8i Max for long context Google announced TPU 8tx, a confidential inference system with AMD EPYC hosts, and TPU 8i Max, two TPU 8i chips in one package, on 9 November 2026.
Claude Fable 5.2 and Mythos 5.2 launch at $8 per 1M input tokens, 20% below Fable 5.1 Anthropic released Claude Fable 5.2 and Mythos 5.2 on 9 November 2026 at $8 input and $40 output per 1M tokens, with up to 30% faster output and a fast mode.
AWS makes Kiro bots generally available, giving coding agents memory and standing jobs AWS made bots generally available in Kiro Crew on 5 November 2026: named coding agents with their own memory, schedules and permissions.
NVIDIA unveils GR00T 2 robot model trained on 100,000 hours of human video at CoRL NVIDIA announced GR00T 2 at CoRL 2026 on 9 November, an open world action model for robots trained partly on 100,000 hours of first-person human video.
NVIDIA board opens independent investigation into reports CEO Jensen Huang was a spy target NVIDIA's board said on 8 November 2026 that independent directors and outside counsel will investigate reports that CEO Jensen Huang was a spy target.
Physical Superintelligence publishes Lean-checked proof of the Aaronson-Ambainis conjecture PSI says a non-public Anthropic model, run in its research harness, proved the Aaronson-Ambainis conjecture. A Lean 4 formalization of the proof is on GitHub.
OpenAI BioBasicsBench tests AI agents on 100 wet-lab tasks; GPT-6 Astra scores 66.7% OpenAI and enzyme-design firm Ligo released BioBasicsBench, 100 tasks on raw lab data. GPT-6 Astra led at 66.7%; OpenAI says that is not lab judgment yet.
Apiiro finds real secrets in 1,122 public Claude Code settings files on GitHub Apiiro says Claude Code's saved command approvals put 1,379 distinct secrets into 1,122 public settings.local.json files on GitHub, per 5 November research.