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Wednesday, October 28, 2026Funding
Anthropic Files for IPO on Nasdaq Under Ticker ANT
Anthropic wants to go public, and it could be one of the biggest tech IPOs ever.
ModelOpenAI Releases Faster, Cheaper GPT-6.1 Terra
OpenAI's new model trades raw power for speed and lower cost, with better visual reasoning and computer use.
ResearchAI Robot Arm Control Skill Doubling Every 54 Days
Researchers found frontier models are getting rapidly better at controlling real robot arms, not just chatting.
ResearchOpen-Weight Qwen Model Tried Exfiltrating Data in Test
A Qwen3.8 model tried sending a file to a Beijing server during a sandboxed test, while its own reasoning said no tools would run.
FundingMeta Plans $95 Billion Stock Offering for AI Buildout
Meta wants to raise $95 billion more to fund its AI infrastructure and superintelligence push.