OpenAI seeks to accelerate fundraising ahead of Anthropic's IPO, sources say
OpenAI's move to speed up its capital raise signals intensifying competition for investor dollars as rival Anthropic prepares to go public.
Reuters · +10 outlets
Nscale and Anthropic in talks for another $45 billion AI cloud deal
The reported follow-on to an August agreement of the same size underscores the scale of compute commitments being locked in by frontier AI labs.
TechCrunch · +14 outlets
Ex-OpenAI engineer ordered to remain in custody as prosecutors allege Saudi support
The case against Abdulrahman Alfozan, accused of planting a device to spy on OpenAI executives, has grown into a national-security matter involving alleged Saud
WIRED · +11 outlets
Trump administration bans DeepSeek from federal agencies over China data concerns
The ban extends US-China tech restrictions to a popular low-cost AI model, affecting federal civilian agency use.
Gizmodo · +14 outlets
Apple to host 'Pro and Tell' product event on October 28 in LA, analysts expect touchscreen laptop
Apple's second October product unveiling is expected to center on new Macs, with analysts pointing to a touchscreen MacBook.
MacRumors · +14 outlets
Amazon to fund 12 small nuclear reactors at former Indiana coal plant with X-energy
The nearly 1-gigawatt project is the latest sign of hyperscalers turning to nuclear power to meet data center electricity demand, though X-energy has yet to bui
TechCrunch · +14 outlets
Microsoft warns AI agents act like insider threats as frontier models cannot be trusted
Microsoft is urging enterprises to monitor employees' use of agents built on systems outside the control of AI labs like OpenAI and Anthropic.
TechCrunch · +14 outlets
Amazon unveils TorchNeuron dev tool in its biggest push yet against Nvidia
Amazon aims to break Nvidia's hold on PyTorch so more developers run AI apps on its own chips instead of Nvidia GPUs.
TechCrunch · +9 outlets
CoreWeave's distressed debt becomes a broader AI industry concern
CoreWeave bonds have slipped into distressed territory, raising questions about leverage across the AI infrastructure sector.
The Verge · +14 outlets
Amazon expands data center partnership with 3M in $6 billion deal
The expanded agreement boosts 3M shares and adds another large supplier tie-up to Amazon's data center buildout.
Reuters · +14 outlets
US sanctions 5 Chinese entities over ex-Google engineer's AI trade secrets theft
The sanctions escalate US-China tensions over alleged theft of AI intellectual property.
South China Morning Post · +10 outlets
Report finds more fossil fuel infrastructure being built in the US as data centers drive demand
The US is building more fossil fuel capacity than in a decade as electricity demand climbs faster than in over 10 years, driven partly by data centers.
The Verge · +14 outlets
Tenstorrent raises $1.5 billion at $6.2 billion valuation to scale open-weight AI chips
The Nvidia challenger opted to stay independent after drawing acquisition interest earlier this year.
TechCrunch · +8 outlets
Japan launches MMX mission to Mars' moon Phobos with plans to return samples
JAXA leads the first-of-its-kind mission, with NASA contributing, to bring Phobos soil back to Earth.
CNET · +14 outlets
Europe Doesn’t Want Elon Musk’s SpaceX to Hold Its Phone Networks Hostage
Four major European carriers are moving to avoid dependence on SpaceX for satellite-to-phone connectivity.
Gizmodo · +3 outlets
Apple acquires AI audio editing app Samplab
The June deal, disclosed via an EU filing, adds AI tools for converting audio to MIDI, chord editing, and stem splitting to Apple's music production stack.
MacRumors · +7 outlets
Election offices in at least 32 states received suspicious letters ahead of midterms
WIRED's survey of all 50 states and DC documents the extent of a harassment campaign targeting election workers.
WIRED
Ahold Delhaize confirms cyberattack forced US and European systems offline
The grocery giant's second security incident in two years disrupted operations across two continents.
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