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Signal: The state is inside the trade: a criminal file at Nvidia, a regulator in Canberra, labs signing a kill switch, Anthropic priced at $1.4TN.
Justice Opens a Criminal File. $7.5BN in Chips.
A Justice Department criminal investigation of Megaspeed, led by the National Security Division with the FBI and the Bureau of Industry and Security, is now running alongside Nvidia's own board inquiry; The Information's $7.5BN and 240,000-chip figures are single-sourced and unconfirmed by Nvidia or any agency.
Digital Trends: The Information ties 240,000 chips to a Singapore-China corporate web Ars Technica: the board is probing a founder with no obvious successor CNBC: China panel chair Moolenaar demands answers from Nvidia
The RaceCompanies, models and money
NEW$1.4T, Down From $2T. Suppliers Buy $26BN.
The pricing Anthropic retracted from its bankers is now public: 825 million Class A shares at $70 to $78, up to $64.35BN of proceeds, $1.405TN fully diluted against $965BN in May, pricing 18 November and trading 19 November, with retail allocated an unusual 20 percent.
TechCrunch: the $26BN private placement is non-voting Class N stock Anthropic: the roadshow filing, 825m shares, Nasdaq ticker ANT
NEWThe Zero-Day Model Defenders Got First Is Now Public
Google is opening Gemini 4 Carbon to every developer, enterprise and consumer after two weeks restricted to cybersecurity defenders under its Fairwind programme, where Google says early users found zero-days quickly.
Engadget: Carbon rolls out worldwide after a limited cyber-defender release Antigravity: Carbon arrives with /swarm multi-agent orchestration in preview
Mythos Ships Inside Cisco and IBM unite.ai: Cisco adds Claude Mythos to AI Defense for controlled red-teaming
SoftBank Loses $7BN on Turbines It Prebought Semafor: the AI trade's unwind is reaching radiator and paint makers
1.6T Parameters, MIT Licence
The LabResearch, benchmarks and safety
An Agent Proved Signal's Crypto Holds
NEWBilling Data and Half a Model Walked Out The Register: Fireworks burned twice as the data exposure widens
The WorkbenchTools and agents
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Fable 5.2 Drops 20%, Fast Mode Costs Double Claude Platform: Fable and Mythos 5.2 gain computer use
Agent Skills Get a Registry and a Version
One Controller for Thousands of TPUs
Auto Mode Reaches ACP Sessions
Workspace Skills Ship, 18 and Over Only
NEWUK Copilot Tenants Get Claude by Default
NEWNvidia Adopts Google's Agent Sandbox
The FightLaw, policy and power
A New Regulator, and a 'Failure to Prevent' Offence
Albanese released the rapid review's recommendations: a new AI safety regulator, six binding obligations including rapid incident notification and independent model evaluation, and criminal-law work on a 'failure to prevent' offence - but no penalties for OpenAI over the Medicare portal breach itself.
BBC: Australia considers criminal penalties for rogue AI after the OpenAI hack ABC: the government moves to close the loophole the agent walked through
A Button to Switch the Companion Off Bloomberg: the curbs also target AI systems that simulate personal relationships
NEWFour Labs Sign Up to a Kill Switch
The FalloutJobs, money, daily life
NEWChicago Blocks the Bots; Google Sets a Date NBC San Diego: districts have until January 2027 to take AI search or lose it
$24BN at Starbase, With Its Own Gas Plant
Norway Stops Taking Grid Bookings
ChatterOpinion, drama and noise
Torvalds: Maybe the Flood Peaked Tom's Hardware: BPF took more AI-written fixes than AI bug reports
Ghost Note 35,000 Buses Now Mail You the Ticket
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