Amazon layoffs, Qualcomm’s AI chips, Airbnb cracks down on Halloween and more in Morning Squawk

Here are five key things investors need to know to start the trading day.

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Google Gemini Can Now Build Full Presentations From a Single Prompt

Gemini’s Canvas now auto-generates full slide decks from a prompt or uploaded source, with themes and images, and exports to Google Slides.
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Anthropic Expands Claude AI for Financial Services

Claude deepens financial services capabilities with Excel integration and real-time data access.
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Adobe Firefly Image 5 brings support for layers, will let creators make custom models

Adobe said on Tuesday that it is launching the latest iteration of its image generation model, Firefly Image 5. The company is also adding features to the Firefly website, support for more third-party models, and the ability to generate speech and soundtracks.

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Adobe launches AI assistants for Express and Photoshop

Adobe today released new AI assistants Creative Cloud products, Express and Photoshop, that can help users with image creation and editing.

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China Dives in on the World’s First Wind-Powered Undersea Data Center

The $226 million project uses ocean breezes and seawater to stay cool.

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Google investors have big expectations after stock’s sharpest quarterly rally in 20 years

Following a 38% jump in Alphabet shares in the third quarter, Wall Street will be paying close attention to the company’s comments on its AI strategy.

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BlackRock-linked tokenization firm Securitize to go public via SPAC deal

Founded in 2017, Securitize filed on Tuesday to go public through a SPAC deal that values its business at $1.25 billion.

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Meta’s AI app has seen growth soar since launch of Vibes, but trails OpenAI’s Sora

The Meta AI app has seen a major jolt in downloads since the company launched Vibes and began paying creators to make AI-generated videos.

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Bill Gates softens ‘Climate Disaster’ approach, says too many resources are going to fight the problem

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates says countries and leaders need to shift their approach to climate change and focus on ‘improving lives’

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