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A letter to Southaven households from xAI subsidiary MZX offers to buy homes in exchange for a release of claims over power plant noise. The Guardian reports that a realtor told one resident of a target of 418 homes; xAI did not respond to its questions.
28 Oct 2026Meta communications executive Andy Stone says the company's new ads and business terms could be delayed beyond 20 November. Publishers have raised concerns that the terms would let Meta scrape their sites for AI training.
28 Oct 2026Anthropic made its Form S-1 public on 26 October. It reports $16.3bn of revenue and an $80.7bn net loss for the first half of 2026, with most of the loss coming from a non-cash accounting line.
28 Oct 2026OpenAI says its models disproved the Exponential Time Hypothesis and has put the manuscript and a Lean formalisation on GitHub. A working group led by Russell Impagliazzo, Ramamohan Paturi and Ryan Williams is examining it.
27 Oct 2026Apple updated Keynote, Pages and Numbers on 22 October with a beta Intelligent Assistant for Apple Creator Studio subscribers. The apps were briefly pulled from the App Store.
27 Oct 2026Candidates in both parties are changing their tone on data centres. A CNBC survey found 63% of registered voters oppose one within 10 miles of their home.
27 Oct 2026OpenAI says a new AI-written manuscript shows the Exponential Time Hypothesis is false; The Next Web reports the claim came from an internal OpenAI model. OpenAI released the paper and a Lean proof on 26 October. A group led by outside researchers is examining the claim.
27 Oct 2026Anthropic filed its S-1 on 26 October, planning a Nasdaq listing under the symbol ANT. Coverage of the filing reports $16.3 billion in first-half revenue and an $80.7 billion net loss.
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