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Perplexity targets 2028 IPO regardless of Anthropic, OpenAI listings
CEO Aravind Srinivas tells CNBC the AI search startup will go public in 2028 even as Anthropic and OpenAI race to list first.

Sam Altman's Tools for Humanity cuts staff as OpenAI files for IPO
The eye-scanning World project raised at a $2.5B valuation but is downsizing as revenue lags and regulators push back.

Microsoft AI's Suleyman pursues superintelligence, loosens grip on OpenAI
Microsoft AI chief Mustafa Suleyman is training frontier models in-house, citing the risk of permanent IP dependence on OpenAI.

GitHub Copilot's per-token pricing shift signals end of subsidized AI era
Microsoft's move to charge per token instead of a flat rate exposes the gap between AI's true cost and what customers will pay.

OpenAI plans ChatGPT super app revamp, declares 'Chat is dead'
The company is folding Codex and agents into ChatGPT to push free users toward paid products ahead of an IPO.

OpenAI ships Lockdown Mode to blunt prompt injection attacks in ChatGPT
The new setting disables live browsing, image retrieval, deep research, and agent mode for accounts handling sensitive data.

Trump administration in talks to take equity stake in OpenAI
The White House is discussing a government equity position in AI companies, with proceeds potentially seeding OpenAI's proposed Public Wealth Fund.

S&P 500 refuses to bend rules for SpaceX, blocking OpenAI and Anthropic too
S&P Dow Jones Indices kept its profitability and seasoning rules intact, denying $14B in passive buying to SpaceX and shutting the door on AI IPOs.

Enterprises blow past 2026 AI token budgets by 3x, scramble for controls
Uber burned its full-year AI coding budget by April. One company racked up a $500M Claude bill. The FinOps reckoning has arrived.

About 90 investors hold stakes in both OpenAI and Anthropic
Sequoia, Greylock, Founders Fund and dozens more are backing both AI labs as valuations approach $1 trillion each.

Mira Murati surfaces at Thinking Machines with a new bet on real-time AI
The former OpenAI CTO previewed 'interaction models' that process audio, text, and video in 200-millisecond intervals — her first major appearance in 18 months.

Anthropic's Daniela Amodei defends AI economics as IPO filing lands
Annualized revenue hit $47B in May, up from $9B at the end of 2025, as the co-founder pitches public markets on frontier-model economics.

Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky is starting his own AI lab
Chesky stays on as Airbnb CEO while funding a new model lab focused on user interaction and design — putting him in quiet competition with Sam Altman.

Anthropic files to go public at $965B, beating OpenAI to the IPO window
Anthropic, SpaceX-owned xAI, and OpenAI are all racing to list — and San Francisco realtors are now pricing homes in pre-IPO stock.

Estonia's new benchmark ranks Claude Opus 4.7 best at resisting Russian propaganda
The Estonian Language Institute scored dozens of LLMs across 14 propaganda categories; Anthropic took six of the top 10 spots.

Google defends evaporative cooling as Microsoft, OpenAI retreat from it
Seven in ten Americans now oppose new data centers, and water is the top concern. The industry is splitting on how to answer.

AI-drafted lawsuits surge as courts weigh chatbot privilege and liability
Self-represented filings jumped from 11% to 16.8% of federal civil cases, with AI-written share rising from 1% to 18% in three years.

Endava rebuilds software delivery around OpenAI's Codex and ChatGPT Enterprise
The IT services firm is rolling agents into its delivery pipeline, betting that AI-native workflows replace the billable-hour model that built the industry.

OpenAI, Anthropic CEOs sign letter pushing DNA screening law to block AI bioweapons
Altman, Amodei, Hassabis and Suleyman want Congress to require gene synthesis providers to vet every order and customer.

Sam Altman to urge US lawmakers against requiring AI model approvals
The OpenAI chief plans to tell Congress that a federal pre-clearance regime for frontier models would slow US AI development.

Microsoft squares up against OpenAI at Build 2026 with seven in-house models
Mustafa Suleyman wants Microsoft counted alongside Google DeepMind, OpenAI, and Anthropic — and is shipping models, agents, and a super app to prove it.

San Francisco home sellers list properties for Anthropic stock instead of cash
At least three Bay Area listings will swap real estate for Anthropic equity as the company files for an IPO at a $965B valuation.

Mathematicians sign Leiden Declaration warning against AI in research
The International Mathematical Union endorsed the document two weeks after OpenAI claimed an AI disproved an 80-year-old conjecture.

Trump signs narrower AI executive order after industry pushback
The final order asks frontier AI labs to voluntarily submit models 30 days before release, down from 90 days in an earlier draft.
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