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OpenAI will let verified adults access erotica on ChatGPT starting December, amid rising demand for AI companions and concerns over regulation and mental health.

SoftBank and OpenAI form a joint venture to deploy AI services in Japan, investing $3B annually and targeting 2026 launch.

Deposition reveals Ilya Sutskever’s secret memo and year-long plan to remove Sam Altman from OpenAI leadership in Elon Musk’s lawsuit.

Anthropic announces a Seoul office for 2026, partnering with Korea’s AI Strategy Committee to advance safe AI development.

OpenAI clarifies ChatGPT can still provide health and legal info but not licensed professional advice, denying viral claims of a ban.

OpenAI president Greg Brockman drives a $1.4 trillion AI data center expansion with Nvidia and AMD partnerships to scale next-gen AI models.

Anthropic will open a Seoul office in early 2026, marking its third Asia-Pacific location amid rapid growth in South Korea’s AI market.

Studio Ghibli and Japanese publishers ask OpenAI to stop training AI on their works, citing copyright concerns and Japan's strict IP laws.

Barcelona-based Kabilio secures €4M to expand AI-driven accounting automation, boosting productivity for Spanish firms by up to 50%.

Sequoia Capital unveils $950M in new funds for early-stage startups globally, focusing on AI, fintech, security, and hardware.

OpenAI partners with Amazon AWS in a $38 billion deal to expand AI infrastructure, ending Microsoft’s exclusive cloud role.

Swedish AI startups Lovable and Legora lead a surge in funding, raising €454 million so far this year.

Sam Altman says OpenAI’s $1.4 trillion spending is a bet with strong share demand and investor interest.

Former Tencent AI lead raises $50M for Sora, a year-old startup aiming to rival OpenAI in artificial intelligence development.

Cognizant partners with Anthropic to deploy Claude AI to 350,000 employees, accelerating enterprise AI adoption and internal transformation.

Cognizant rolls out Anthropic’s Claude to 350,000 employees, marking a major enterprise AI deployment for software engineering and modernization.

OpenAI releases its Sora app on Android, enabling users to create hyperreal videos from text and images one month after iOS debut.

Anthropic proposes converting MCP tool calls into code functions to build more efficient AI agents by reducing context token use and errors.

Microsoft uncovers SesameOp, a novel backdoor using OpenAI’s Assistants API for covert command-and-control in targeted networks.

Studio Ghibli, Bandai Namco, and Square Enix ask OpenAI to halt use of their copyrighted works for AI training amid copyright concerns.

AUI secures $20M at $750M valuation for Apollo-1, a neuro-symbolic AI model enabling reliable task-oriented conversational agents.

A 10-hour deposition by Ilya Sutskever exposes governance failures and turmoil during OpenAI’s leadership crisis.

Mistral AI's Le Chat now remembers user details and adds MCP connectors for business use, improving personalization and integration.

Anthropic formalizes policies for retiring and preserving AI models, with 60-day notice for deprecations and tools for user migration.

OpenAI’s Sam Altman and Warriors coach Steve Kerr spoke on leadership, SF’s future, and faced a protester’s subpoena during their Nov. 3 event.

Swiss legal AI startup DeepJudge secures $41.2M Series A funding to grow its AI search platform and expand internationally.

Tel Aviv’s Daylight secures $33M Series A, three months after Seed round, to advance its AI-driven cybersecurity platform.

Amazon and OpenAI announce $38 billion, seven-year cloud deal; AWS to supply Nvidia GPUs for AI infrastructure.

AI startups raised millions to advance autonomous payments and AI infrastructure, enhancing enterprise automation and agentic commerce.

OpenAI’s Sora app is now available on Android in seven countries, expanding access to AI-powered video creation after 1M iOS downloads.

OpenAI releases Sora app on Android, enabling AI-generated video creation and sharing with a social interface starting November 2025.

Cognizant partners with Anthropic to deploy Claude AI, enhancing client solutions and internal operations for scalable enterprise AI adoption.

Cognizant integrates Anthropic’s Claude AI to enhance software productivity and modernize legacy systems for clients and employees.

Anthropic forecasts $70B revenue and $17B cash flow by 2028, driven by enterprise AI demand and major tech partnerships.

Anthropic raises growth forecasts, expecting up to $70B revenue and $17B cash flow in 2028, reflecting strong AI market potential.

Legal operations startup Ruli AI secures $6M in seed funding led by Album VC to expand its AI platform for in-house legal teams.

Cognizant integrates Anthropic’s Claude AI for 350,000 employees to accelerate enterprise AI adoption starting November 2025.

Cognizant integrates Anthropic’s Claude models for enterprise AI adoption and internal transformation, starting November 4, 2025.

Derby-based Vigilant AI.ai secures €665K to develop AI teammates that ensure compliance for regulated businesses.

OpenAI partners with AWS in a $38B deal for Nvidia GPUs, expanding AI compute capacity with full deployment by end of 2026.

Iceland and Anthropic launch a national pilot, giving teachers nationwide access to Claude for lesson planning and instruction.