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October 31, 2026
Anthropic Files S-1 Ahead of Massive IPO
Anthropic publicly filed for an IPO on October 26 and plans to list on Nasdaq under the ticker ANT. The filing showed that Anthropic brought in $16.3 billion in revenue in the first half of 2026, 14x the $1.2 billion it made in the same per
By Sachin Maini
October 31, 2026
Agentic Bias Pass-Through
On October 27, Anthropic researchers published results from a randomized trial testing whether experts defer to AI agents on judgment calls with no clear answer. The researchers recruited 61 screened causal-inference practitioners for the s
By Claire Schultz
October 24, 2026
Frontier AI Push for Regulation Continues
This week it was reported that Anthropic has been privately pitching lawmakers a draft federal AI safety bill, which a company spokesperson confirmed reflects the Advanced AI Framework that the company has advocated for in recent months. Th
By Claire Schultz
October 24, 2026
Starshield Authority Debate
On Wednesday, it was reported that Elon Musk ordered an October 14 slowdown of Starshield, the military-grade Starlink connection that Ukrainian military forces use for drone control, targeting, and battlefield communications. The cap throt
By Claire Schultz
October 24, 2026
Cybersecurity’s “Black October”
A wave of security incidents this week, many tied to AI, has led many to start calling it Black October. The most serious such incident was when PHP, the programming language behind 69% of websites, patched two critical flaws after they wer
By Sachin Maini
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