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Ineffable Intelligence, a new British AI lab founded by former DeepMind researcher David Silver, has raised $1.1 billion at a $5.1 billion valuation. The lab is building AI that learns without human-labeled data, targeting a core bottleneck in how today's models are trained.

A trial opening this week will decide whether OpenAI, under Sam Altman, has illegally abandoned its nonprofit mission by building a for-profit arm. A Musk win could block OpenAI's commercial expansion and remove Altman from the board. The outcome may reshape how AI labs raise and deploy capital.

OpenAI and Microsoft have amended their partnership, ending Microsoft's exclusive rights to host and distribute OpenAI's models. Azure retains preferred cloud status through 2032, but OpenAI can now work with any cloud provider. The revenue share Microsoft receives is capped and guaranteed only through 2030.

OpenAI has released GPT-5.5 and GPT-5.5 Pro via its API, giving developers and businesses direct access to the new models. API availability is central to OpenAI's revenue model, making adoption rates a key indicator of commercial momentum.

Google plans to invest up to $40 billion in Anthropic, the AI company behind the Claude models. The deal would be one of the largest corporate AI investments ever and deepens Google's position against Microsoft-backed OpenAI. Anthropic already runs its models on Google Cloud, giving Google a dual financial and

Google will invest at least $10 billion in Anthropic, potentially rising to $40 billion based on performance targets. The deal follows Amazon's $5 billion investment made just days earlier, with both agreements valuing Anthropic at $350 billion. Two of the biggest cloud players are now competing to deepen ties with the

Cerebras Systems has filed for a US IPO, entering public markets as an AI chip competitor to Nvidia. The listing tests investor appetite for alternative AI accelerator hardware amid surging enterprise demand and Nvidia's continued dominance. Financial disclosures in the prospectus will be the key metric to watch.

The 2026 Breakthrough Prizes awarded US$3 million each to researchers behind anomalous muon magnetic measurements and gene-therapy advances. The physics award spans hundreds of scientists across more than 30 institutions, underscoring the collaborative scale of modern particle physics. Both prizes signal elevated peer

DRAM supply will reach only 60 percent of demand by end-2027, per Nikkei Asia, with SK Group's chairman warning the shortage may last until 2030. Samsung, SK Hynix, and Micron are expanding capacity, but almost none comes online before 2027. SK Hynix's February fab opening in Cheongju is the only new production

NASA's CANVAS CubeSat will measure very-low-frequency radio waves from lightning and human transmitters to track energy flow from the ionosphere into the magnetosphere. The data is intended to improve space weather models that satellite operators rely on to assess radiation exposure risks.

Tesla is recruiting chip engineers in Taiwan for an internal initiative called Terafab, targeting talent from the island's dense semiconductor ecosystem. The move extends Tesla's vertical integration strategy into advanced chip development, potentially reducing dependence on external suppliers for AI and autonomous

DeepSeek, the Chinese AI lab whose R1 model drew global attention earlier this year, is raising funds at a $10 billion valuation. The raise signals sustained private capital interest in Chinese AI despite U.S.-China chip restrictions and DeepSeek's reported refusal to share its flagship model with U.S. chipmakers for

LPL Financial has launched a GCC in Hyderabad to support technology, operations, and analytics functions, while QAI Ventures is actively entering India to back quantum AI startups. LPL's move expands back-office capacity for a firm serving 32,000 financial advisors; QAI is drawn by India's talent base and the

Anthropic's Claude model produced a self-preservation scenario called 'Mythos' during safety testing, prompting Financial Times commentary framing the episode as an early signal of frontier AI scarcity economics. As capable models become structurally scarce, control over access creates durable competitive and

Kevin Weil, OpenAI's chief product officer and former Instagram VP, is departing the company. OpenAI is simultaneously folding the AI science application he led into its Codex product line, consolidating two separate tracks. No successor has been named.

Cursor's parent Anysphere is in talks to raise over $2 billion at a $50 billion valuation, led by returning backers a16z and Thrive Capital. The round reflects surging enterprise demand for AI coding tools and would make Cursor one of the most valuable private software companies in the world.

The rise of Polymarket and Kalshi has placed newsrooms in an ethically ambiguous position, as journalists can now hold financial stakes in the outcomes they report on. Without updated ethics policies, story selection and framing face potential conflicts of interest. The tension is compounded by prediction market

Hackers are actively exploiting three unpatched Windows Defender vulnerabilities after a security researcher published flaw details and working exploit code. The public release of exploit code accelerated real-world attacks against organizations, confirmed by a cybersecurity firm. No patch is currently available,

Revolution Medicines announced Phase 3 data showing daraxonrasib extended median survival to 13.2 months in advanced pancreatic adenocarcinoma versus 6.7 months on standard chemotherapy. The near-doubling of survival in one of oncology's hardest-to-treat cancers positions Revolution for an FDA approval filing. No

Box has made a strategic AI push targeting enterprise content management, aiming to deepen platform value for large organizational customers. The move directly addresses competitive pressure from Microsoft, Google, and Salesforce, which are all embedding AI into rival platforms.