Tesla has rebranded its "Full Self-Driving (Supervised)" system as "Assisted Driving" in Europe after Germany's Federal Ministry of Transport called the original name "somewhat misleading," adding to a growing list of regulatory and legal challenges facing the automaker's driver-assistance technology.
Anthropic and OpenAI have hired at least five former Trump administration officials into senior roles this year, as the AI sector works to strengthen ties with Washington amid growing regulatory pressure and national security concerns.
Kalshi traders now put a 75% probability on more than 5,100 U.S. data centers being planned or operating before 2027, a sharp rise from 60% two weeks ago, even as community opposition to the projects grows.
Blockchain.com has applied for two CFTC licenses to operate as a futures exchange and derivatives broker in the U.S., seeking to offer prediction markets and crypto derivatives as it also prepares for a potential IPO targeting a $4 billion to $6 billion valuation.
IDC Frontier, a SoftBank subsidiary, disclosed a ransomware attack on its IDCF Cloud service that disrupted 495 companies and government clients in eastern Japan, with the threat actor claiming to have encrypted 3.6 petabytes of data.
OpenAI told investors it reached roughly $50 billion in annualized revenue at the end of September, below the $68 billion figure widely reported last month, sending shares of Nvidia, Oracle, and CoreWeave lower on Thursday.
Vice President Vance announced Thursday that Microsoft has been suspended from the federal PERM permanent labor certification program, barring its foreign workers from applying for employer-sponsored green cards after the administration accused the company of abusing the process.
Blockchain.com has applied for two CFTC licenses to operate as a futures exchange and derivatives broker in the U.S., seeking to offer prediction markets and crypto derivatives as it also prepares for a potential IPO targeting a $4 billion to $6 billion valuation.
Amazon confirmed it cut fewer than 1,000 white-collar workers from its Stores unit on Wednesday, even as the company ran its Prime Big Deal Days promotional event. The reductions follow a larger round of 30,000 job cuts that began last year.
Research firm New Constructs has valued Anthropic at $150 billion and labeled its planned Nasdaq listing the "most ridiculous IPO of 2026," citing a $42 billion net loss in 2025 and growing competition from open-source AI models.
Tesla has rebranded its "Full Self-Driving (Supervised)" system as "Assisted Driving" in Europe after Germany's Federal Ministry of Transport called the original name "somewhat misleading," adding to a growing list of regulatory and legal challenges facing the automaker's driver-assistance technology.
Anthropic and OpenAI have hired at least five former Trump administration officials into senior roles this year, as the AI sector works to strengthen ties with Washington amid growing regulatory pressure and national security concerns.
Kalshi traders now put a 75% probability on more than 5,100 U.S. data centers being planned or operating before 2027, a sharp rise from 60% two weeks ago, even as community opposition to the projects grows.
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