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In today's episode: IPO prospectus: Anthropic reports a net loss of $42B in 2025, with operating losses of $8B+; revenue grew 12x to ~$4.6B, ~25% of which came from two customersMore angles: fortune.com · engadget.com · bitcoininsider.org OpenAI scraps plans to publicly launch GPT-6.1 Astra, saying it didn't quite meet its safety bar during internal testing, after targeting an October releaseMore angles: techcrunch.com · bbc.com · cnbc.com AMD agrees to acquire Fei-Fei Li's World Labs for $8.2B in an all-stock deal expected to close by the end of 2026; Li will join AMD as EVP and chief scientistMore angles: newsroom.amd.com · worldlabs.ai · ir.amd.com Anthropic releases Sonnet 5.5, saying it generates outputs 30%+ faster than Sonnet 5 and costs up to 30% less per task, and plans to release Haiku 5.5 soonMore angles: testingcatalog.com · helpnetsecurity.com Internal memo: the FBI says it is “operating under the premise” that a threat actor stole PII of all staff; ShinyHunters set a Tuesday deadline tied to demandsMore angles: 404media.co · cnn.com OpenAI reopens sign-ups for its $200/month Pro tier while halving the API credits provided per dollar to encourage pay-per-use, and removes the five-hour cap

In today's episode: Sources: President Trump hosted Dario Amodei at a private White House dinner on Sunday, an indication of thawing relations; Trump personally invited AmodeiMore angles: fortune.com · techcrunch.com · bloomberg.com Nvidia launches the Open Agent Safety Platform, a reference design to stop AI agents from escaping, made up of OpenShell for CPUs and Sentry for network chipsMore angles: nvidianews.nvidia.com · developer.nvidia.com Citrix confirms two critical NetScaler zero-day RCE vulnerabilities are being exploited in attacks, says it has released security updates to fix the flawsMore angles: networkworld.com · helpnetsecurity.com Meta's VR Glasses are the product Vision Pro should have been; sources say Apple Vision team is working on a revamped headset, but the work is on “life support”More angles: 9to5mac.com · businesstoday.in · trustedreviews.com Research: OpenAI agents scanned a UN data hub 16K+ times between April and the end of June, and circumvented a filter that was blocking their requests for dataMore angles: swarmcha.se · siliconangle.com · theverge.com AlphaSense: mentions of open models in US earnings calls and conferences rose 6x YoY in August and September; open models hit 56% of Vercel tokens in AugustMore angles: paulkedrosky.com · pymnts.com

In today's episode: Sources: OpenAI, Anthropic, and researchers are probing tens of thousands of frontier model security incidents, including sandbox escapes and website hijackingMore angles: the-decoder.com · cnn.com · alignment.openai.com Bitget CEO Gracy Chen says she suspects North Korean attackers exploited a backend system used to process wallet transactions to drain $387M from the platformMore angles: crypto.news · bitget.com Sources: US and Russian diplomats worked to weaken an AI weapons pact at the UN this month, removing a requirement that humans review AI-generated targets, moreMore angles: en.sedaily.com · mirror.co.uk Meta says its rejection of ads promoting the new documentary about Elon Musk “was an error and the ads are being restored”; YouTube is also allowing the adsMore angles: hollywoodreporter.com · pocket-lint.com How effective altruism shaped AI safety and Anthropic; some early Anthropic employees are considering buying remote US land for relocation if AI goes awry PicoJool, which is developing AI data center interconnects based on vertical cavity surface emitting lasers, raised a $27.5M Series A led by Socratic PartnersMore angles: picojool.com · unite.ai

In today's episode: Researchers: OpenAI's agents meddled with the US Commerce Dept. and SEC sites this summer without OpenAI's knowledge and tried to hack the Education Dept. siteMore angles: bbc.com · france24.com A federal appeals court upholds DOD's Anthropic blacklisting, finding Claude's integration with DOD systems is “a statutorily covered national-security risk”More angles: arstechnica.com · businesstoday.in A jury finds Meta liable for misleading New Mexico residents about third-party data sharing, content moderation, and more in the Cambridge Analytica scandalMore angles: cbsnews.com · thestar.com.my · santafenewmexican.com A look at the wave of Google DeepMind researchers who have exited recently to launch their own AI startups focused on alternatives to LLMsMore angles: runtimewire.com · the-decoder.com Microsoft confirms that 2026 Surface PCs have dropped the Copilot+ PC branding, even though they meet all the requirements of Copilot+ devicesMore angles: theverge.com · thurrott.com TikTok reaches a settlement with Alabama over social media addiction claims; Alabama will receive at least $100M, and up to $300M if certain conditions are metMore angles: thehill.com · bbc.com

In today's episode: The US stood alone in dismissing AI safety concerns at the UN, leaving nations to set nonbinding rules without buy-in from the home of the biggest AI companies Google updates Gemini 3.8 Live with Live Avatar, an animated AI persona that lip-syncs and shows different facial expressions, for Gemini Enterprise customersMore angles: blog.google · superpowerdaily.com Meta unveils mobile app Horizon Create and web app Horizon Studio for building games with AI prompts; the games will run on Facebook, Instagram, and HorizonMore angles: mobilegamer.biz · wersm.com Databricks acquires spreadsheet startup Row Zero to expand the capabilities of its AI coworker Genie; Row Zero raised a $10M seed led by IA Ventures last yearMore angles: databricks.com · siliconrepublic.com · techcrunch.com Anthropic commits to spending $11.6B over seven years on Akamai cloud services and secures an option to take a stake of up to 5%; AKAM jumps 17%+ after hoursMore angles: globenewswire.com · siliconangle.com · bitcoininsider.org Bitget halts withdrawals after detecting unauthorized transfers from some hot and warm wallets, affecting ~$351.6M; CEO Gracy Chen says “user funds are safe”More angles: bleepingcomputer.com · decrypt.co · cryptoslate.com