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Archive November 10, 2026 02:12 UTC
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Signal: Everything is being repriced in public - Nvidia, Anthropic's listing, GPU loans - while the models get faster and cheaper and 850 more jobs go.
His Own Board Opened a File. $193BN Gone.
Nvidia's directors have opened an independent investigation into Jensen Huang's affair with a suspected Chinese intelligence asset, the shares fell 4.3% to $178.67 on a day the rest of the market rallied, and the first securities class action has been filed - the board says it has no reason to believe secrets or national security were compromised.
Semafor: Gensler says the stock drop suggests a court would find it material TechCrunch: Huang hired a sex-scandal crisis PR firm a year ago Tom's Hardware: Rosen files the first class action over the undisclosed affair
The RaceCompanies, models and money
NEW$2TN to Maybe $1TN. Anthropic Lists Next Week.
Anthropic will set its range this week and start trading as ANT on Thursday or Friday, with institutional investors now pushing below the $1.5TN target - itself down from $2TN - days after the Nasdaq's worst month in years.
Gizmodo: filings warn AI could pose 'catastrophic or existential risks to humanity'
Fermat in 30 Hours, 20% Off the List Price The Verge: Mythos 5.2 stays limited to vetted organisations
GPU Loans Are 'Getting Smoked' CNBC: CoreWeave's 2031 bonds yield over 16% as it reports Tuesday
Muse Ember Matches Haiku for $0.10
The LabResearch, benchmarks and safety
NEWOpenAI Can Stop Its Models in 35 Seconds
Aaronson Vouches for the AI's Proof
Breached Through Its Own MCP Server
LLMJacking Crew Took Fireworks Datasets
The WorkbenchTools and agents
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Fable 5.2 Drops 20%, Fast Mode Costs Double
You Cannot Approve a Force-Push by Voice
Dapr Drops a Control Plane, and 400ms
NEWWorkspace Skills Ship, 18 and Over Only
Maps in AI Studio, 100 Calls Free
OpenShift 5 Troubleshoots Itself
The FightLaw, policy and power
Palantir WhatsApped the Minister About GP Records
UK boss Louis Mosley told health minister Zubir Ahmed the logic of joining primary and secondary care data is 'unarguable' and his software 'ideal' - GP data was expressly ruled out of the GBP 330MN NHS contract three years ago.
'We're Not a Democracy,' Said the Authority Georgia Virtue: the authority signed its OpenAI NDA on 27 October 2025
NEWAfter the Medicare Breach, Models Get Audited ABC: Albanese says tech giants will have to open their models for evaluation
The FalloutJobs, money, daily life
NEWQantas Cuts 850. Accenture and AI Get the Work.
An Accenture deal to modernise back-end systems and step up AI investment moves 850 Australian roles offshore to the firm's India team from mid-2027 - the third large Australian layoff in three weeks, after NAB's 2,500 and Canva's 1,200.
Your Sleep Headband Trained a Brain Model
Google: Search Can't Be Sold Without AI
ChatterOpinion, drama and noise
Disney Hands Adobe Its Characters
Ghost Note It Emails Altman Your Spare RAM, Daily
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