Today's Headlines

  • Nvidia's board opens an independent investigation after reports that its CEO was targeted by foreign intelligence
  • Bloomberg: Apple's CEO presses for a more agentic Siri
  • Elvis Presley's rights holders sue Suno under Tennessee's ELVIS Act, alleging use of his voice and likeness

Today's stories turn on who checks the people and systems behind AI, and what gets handed to it. A chipmaker's board is looking into reports about its chief executive, Apple is reported to be pushing Siri toward doing tasks on its own, and a singer's voice and likeness are now before a federal court.

Today's Top Three

Nvidia's board opens an independent investigation after reports that its CEO was targeted by foreign intelligence

Nvidia's board said on November 8 that it is starting an independent investigation in light of recent reporting that founder and CEO Jensen Huang has been the target of a foreign intelligence effort.

A committee of independent directors, assisted by outside independent counsel, will oversee the investigation. The board said it has no reason to believe that national security or Nvidia secrets were compromised, and that its inquiry will examine all available information.

According to the board, Huang fully supports the review and has committed to cooperating with it. The board said it has confidence in Huang and his leadership team and will provide further updates as appropriate.

The New York Times reported on November 6, citing people briefed on the intelligence, that a memo circulated among senior Trump administration officials last spring said a Chinese businesswoman close to Huang was a spy for China's Ministry of State Security. The Times also reported that the Republican leaders of three House committees asked Huang on November 5 to give a closed-door briefing later this month. TechCrunch reports that an Nvidia spokesperson told the Times that Huang's interactions were "not unusual" and that the company does not share classified information with its customers.

Bloomberg: Apple's CEO presses for a more agentic Siri

Bloomberg's Mark Gurman reported on November 8 that Apple CEO John Ternus is pressing software chief Craig Federighi to take a more ambitious approach to AI.

The aim, according to the report, is to turn Siri into an agent that gets things done for users. In The Verge's summary, the rivals in view are OpenAI's Dots and Meta's Muse.

The Verge says two improvements are expected in the coming months. The first, expected with iOS 27.3, would give Siri fine-grained control over Apple's own apps, such as rotating and cropping images in Photos or organizing Safari tabs.

The second is integration with third-party apps, which Gurman says is likely to arrive later, in the spring. Placing an order through Grubhub or booking a table through OpenTable are the examples given.

On November 3, Apple began a developer preview in the iOS 27.3 betas that lets any app connect to Siri AI through App Intents. Gurman says he believes Apple could make Siri more like an agent as early as next year.

Elvis Presley's rights holders sue Suno under Tennessee's ELVIS Act, alleging use of his voice and likeness

Elvis Presley Enterprises, which holds rights in Presley's name and likeness, and other rights holders sued the AI music generator Suno in the Northern District of California on November 6.

The causes of action are Tennessee's ELVIS Act (Ensuring Likeness, Voice, and Image Security), Tennessee's common-law right of publicity, direct copyright infringement, circumvention of protection measures and removal of copyright management information. The plaintiffs also include Raleigh Music Publishing, which controls songs by other artists, and the heirs and trusts of songwriters.

The complaint alleges that a prompt naming an artist yields output that evokes that singer, and attaches recorded examples. It says the plaintiffs identified at least 17 outputs reproducing their works, including "Can't Help Falling in Love."

The complaint quotes Suno's statement in another case that it "has never allowed prompts for specific artists or copyrighted songs," and argues that such prompts in fact work. A Suno spokesperson told The Verge that the company does not allow prompts for specific artists' names and songs and works with third-party providers to screen uploaded audio files and lyrics.

The plaintiffs seek declarations of ELVIS Act violations and willful copyright infringement, an injunction and an accounting of training data. They also ask for the impoundment or destruction of copies, including those retained in training datasets and model weights, and treble damages under the ELVIS Act. Eminem's publisher sued Suno in the same court on November 6.

Source: AI news inbox (collected November 9, 2026; 5 items, 2 primary and 3 secondary), selected by the editors.