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Archive November 11, 2026 02:12 UTC
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Signal: Scale is arriving faster than supervision: a $1.4TN listing and doubled backlogs, against an intervened federal probe and 35,578 wide-open apps.
Nvidia's Counsel Emailed the Agents. Commerce Stood Down.
The New York Times says Commerce's Megaspeed smuggling investigation stopped and moved to the Justice Department after Nvidia's general counsel told the agents on the case that their own under secretary had cleared the contact - and Bloomberg puts $787MN of banned GB300s in Malaysia after the cut-off.
Nvidia board: Wachtell Lipton and ex-prosecutor Joon Kim will investigate The Next Web: Megaspeed imported $787MN of GB300s after Nvidia's June 2025 ban Tom's Hardware: Rosen files a shareholder class action over the affair
The RaceCompanies, models and money
Claude Joins the Meeting. Microsoft Slips.
Anthropic launched Claude Sheets and Whiteboards in beta and Claude Data generally, and put Claude into Google Meet as a visible participant that drafts the plan while people are still talking - eight days before its IPO prices.
Anthropic: Whiteboards and Sheets in beta, Dashboards becomes Claude Data Investor's Business Daily: Microsoft stock falls as Claude reaches Office's ground
Seven Founders Sell $1.75BN, Keep 51% of Votes
The updated S-1 has each of Anthropic's seven co-founders selling 3,378,378 shares - about $250MN apiece at the midpoint of the $70-to-$78 range - while one Class F supervoting share each leaves them holding 51.1% of the votes after the sale.
CNBC: Australian retail investors can now apply for shares Semafor: Goldman projects Anthropic revenue could top $600BN
NEWRevenue Up 168%. Loss Up Sixfold. unite.ai: only 36% of the $132.5BN backlog is due inside 24 months
NEWBrands Get a Blue Check and a Sales Agent OpenAI: the Business Hub reports mentions and top discovery topics
Oracle Drops a $7BN Tencent Compute Lease
The LabResearch, benchmarks and safety
NEW35,578 Grok Apps Open. 24 Were Grok's Own. unite.ai: a contractor's timesheet exposed 18 accounts with plaintext admin passwords
Billing Data and Half a Model Walked Out The Register: Fireworks burned twice as the data exposure widens
NEWA 26-Hour Fight Between Two Agents BleepingComputer: the attackers were hunting AI provider keys to resell for distillation
No Model Passed the Legal-Aid Test
The WorkbenchTools and agents
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NEWYour Teammate's Agent Takes the Handoff
One /swarm and the Agent Hires Workers Antigravity changelog: the browser agent now asks before downloading a file
UK Copilot Tenants Get Claude by Default
Nvidia Adopts Google's Agent Sandbox unite.ai: Nvidia donates its OpenShell agent-security runtime to the CNCF Sandbox
Agents Get a DNS Name You Can Verify
A Free Agent That Runs on Your Laptop
The FightLaw, policy and power
Register by January. New York Tests the Models Itself.
New York opened a registration portal for frontier developers above $500MN in revenue, who must file by 1 January, publish safety frameworks and report critical incidents within 72 hours - and face a new Binghamton centre that will evaluate their models independently.
Engadget: New York will independently test frontier AI models unite.ai: the Binghamton centre opens with more than 80 researchers
Four Labs Sign Up to a Kill Switch
The FalloutJobs, money, daily life
Chicago Blocks the Bots; Google Sets a Date NBC San Diego: districts have until January 2027 to take AI search or lose it
NEWRural Bills Paid for the Data Centers
He Asked ChatGPT How to Plan the Attack
ChatterOpinion, drama and noise
NEWIGF Jurors Won't Vote for AI Games
Ghost Note A $250 Camera That Flies Down Your Hall
GHOSTS IN THE MACHINE — AI news without the engagement trap.
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