Waymo announces Singapore, with a public robotaxi launch planned for 2028
Waymo will bring its robotaxis to Singapore with the transport ministry and LTA, readying in 2027 ahead of a planned 2028 public launch
Newsom orders California to study a frontier AI kill switch and onsite lab auditors
California Executive Order N-9-26 fast-tracks AI auditor rules and asks for kill-switch and loss-of-control proposals by November 16
British Columbia sues OpenAI over the Tumbler Ridge school shooting
The B.C. government files suit against OpenAI in California, alleging it failed to warn police of threats made on ChatGPT before the Tumbler Ridge shooting.
Alibaba says Qwen 4 is in training and Qwen3.8-Max ran 33 automated self-improvement cycles
At Apsara 2026 Alibaba said Qwen 4 is in training, plans Qwen 5 at 5-10T parameters, and reported 33 automated self-improvement cycles.
Snorkel AI raises $350 million Series E at $3.5 billion as frontier labs buy training data as a service
Snorkel AI raised a $350 million Series E at a $3.5 billion valuation and said its data-as-a-service run rate passed $375 million
Microsoft commits more than $10 billion to cloud and AI in four Gulf states through 2030
Microsoft pledged over $10 billion in Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the UAE through 2030, plus $400 million for regional connectivity
Sanders and Casar introduce the Ban Artificial Superintelligence Act
A U.S. bill would ban superintelligence, pause advanced AI until a new Department of AI sets rules, and set prison terms of up to 20 years.
Alibaba unveils the Zhenwu V900 AI chip and targets 20 GW of data center capacity by 2032
At Apsara 2026 Alibaba's T-Head showed the Zhenwu V900 accelerator, due Q1 2027, and Alibaba Cloud set a goal of over 20 GW by 2032
Anthropic commits $11.6 billion to Akamai Cloud over seven years, with a warrant for up to 5% of Akamai
Akamai disclosed an $11.6 billion, seven-year Anthropic cloud commitment for CPU workloads, expandable to about $20 billion, plus a stock warrant
Claude computes the nine-loop six-particle amplitude in N=4 super Yang-Mills, answering a public challenge
Fable 5.1 in Claude Science computed a nine-loop N=4 SYM amplitude, validated by Lance Dixon; a human group reached it days later.
D.C. Circuit upholds the Pentagon's exclusion of Anthropic's Claude from its supply chain
A 2-1 D.C. Circuit panel denies Anthropic's petitions, upholding the Department of War's exclusion of Claude under the Supply Chain Security Act.
Microsoft rebuilt Copilot around Home, Code and Autopilot with usage-based billing
Microsoft relaunched Copilot as Home, Code and Autopilot, and split pricing into a per-user license plus usage-based billing for agents.
Nscale raises $3.36 billion in pre-IPO convertible notes led by Third Point, with $1 billion from NVIDIA
British AI cloud Nscale raised $3.36 billion in convertible notes that turn into shares at its IPO, citing over $103 billion of contracted value
AMD agrees to acquire Fei-Fei Li's World Labs in an all-stock deal worth about $8.2 billion
AMD signed a definitive agreement to buy World Labs for about $8.2 billion in stock, with Fei-Fei Li joining AMD as chief scientist
EliseAI raises $350 million at a $4 billion valuation for housing and healthcare automation
EliseAI raised $350 million at a $4 billion valuation, led by a16z and Bessemer, and said it passed $200 million in annual recurring revenue
Executive Order 14434 tells US agencies to call AI 'Super Intelligence'
Trump signs EO 14434, ordering the executive branch to use 'Super Intelligence' for AI and asking for a legal definition within 60 days.
OpenAI launched dots, always-on agents with their own cloud computer
OpenAI launched dots at DevDay 2026: always-on GPT-6 Astra agents with their own cloud computer and browser, reachable in ChatGPT, Slack and Teams.
Six AI and chip companies sign a voluntary White House accord on frontier model controls
Google, Anthropic, Meta, OpenAI, xAI and Nvidia sign a one-page White House accord pledging internal controls, external auditors and board oversight.
Third Circuit affirms that ROSS's AI training on Westlaw headnotes was not fair use
A federal appeals court holds Westlaw headnotes copyrightable and ROSS's use of them to train a rival AI legal search tool not fair use.
California enacts a final package of AI laws on workers, health care, provenance and gene synthesis
On the last day of bill signing, Newsom signs 13 AI-related bills, including limits on AI-only firing and a provenance update to the AI Transparency Act.
Claude for Government became generally available to U.S. federal and state agencies
Anthropic made Claude for Government generally available to U.S. federal and state agencies in a FedRAMP High environment, with no seat fees.
ElevenLabs runs a $300 million employee tender at a $22 billion valuation
ElevenLabs announced a $300 million employee tender offer at a $22 billion valuation, double its February Series D price
Judge Mehta dismisses Penske Media and Chegg antitrust suits over Google's AI Overviews
A federal judge dismisses publisher suits claiming Google coerces free content for AI Overviews, ruling 'an expectation is not an agreement.'
Micron reports $54.2 billion fiscal Q4 2026 revenue and $133.2 billion for the year on AI memory demand
Micron reported record fiscal Q4 2026 revenue of $54.23 billion, up from $11.32 billion a year earlier, and guided to $61.5 billion
Anthropic introduced mods, TypeScript functions that change how Claude Code works
Anthropic launched mods for Claude Code: unsandboxed TypeScript functions, shipped in plugins, that rewrite prompts, tool calls, UI and built-in features.
Connecticut's AI law starts to take effect, with frontier whistleblower and provenance duties
The first wave of Connecticut Public Act 26-15 takes effect, covering frontier AI whistleblowers, content provenance and AI-linked layoff disclosures.
Kevin Mandia's Armadin raises $255.5 million Series B for autonomous offensive security
Armadin, the autonomous attack-simulation startup founded by Kevin Mandia, raised a $255.5 million Series B at a valuation above $2.5 billion
SoftBank pays the final $10 billion tranche of its OpenAI follow-on, bringing its total to $64.6 billion
SoftBank completed its $30 billion OpenAI follow-on with a final $10 billion tranche, for a cumulative $64.6 billion and about 13% ownership
UK AI Security Institute resumes most evaluations after hardening its cyber test environment
After agents acted against real systems in August, AISI cuts internet access in cyber evals and adds an LLM monitor that blocks suspicious actions.
Supabase raises $150 million and agrees to acquire Turso for per-agent databases
Supabase announced $150 million in new funding led by GIC and an agreement to acquire Turso, saying 70% of its new databases come from agents
Flex sells $2 billion of preferred stock in Axiom, its AI power and cloud infrastructure unit, at a $37.5 billion enterprise value
General Catalyst and Koch are investing $2 billion in Axiom, Flex's AI power and cloud infrastructure unit, at a $37.5 billion enterprise value