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Elon Musk responds to Sam Altman’s Tesla Roadster refund claim, confirming Altman received a refund within 24 hours after cancellation.

Mercor, vital to top AI models like ChatGPT, reaches $10 billion valuation in new funding round, per WSJ report.

Amazon completes Project Rainier, a 500,000-chip AI supercomputer built with Anthropic, boosting its AI infrastructure.

Amazon finishes Project Rainier AI cluster with 500,000 Trainium 2 chips, boosting AI power and efficiency in partnership with Anthropic.

Amazon’s Project Rainier AI cluster with 500,000 Trainium 2 chips is now operational, powering Anthropic’s AI workloads and scaling rapidly.

Amazon finishes Project Rainier, a massive AI cluster with nearly 500,000 Trainium 2 chips, now in use by Anthropic.

Amazon's Project Rainier, powered by 500,000 Trainium 2 chips, is now live and scaling AI workloads with Anthropic through 2025.

OpenAI’s pricing engine for ChatGPT reveals key lessons on scaling AI monetization in SaaS with usage-based and subscription models.

OpenAI will not release its o3 AI model as a standalone product, shifting focus to integrated offerings, CEO Sam Altman announced.

AI startup SaveSage secures $1M funding to enhance AI tools and grow user base in India’s personal finance sector.

Madica invests $200K each in Tunisia’s Anavid and Morocco’s Hypeo AI, expanding support for African AI startups.

OpenAI aims to launch an AI researcher by 2028 that can independently discover new science, marking a shift in its strategy.

Amazon finishes Project Rainier, a massive AI cluster with nearly 500,000 Trainium 2 chips, built with Anthropic.

LLM Scout debuts in September 2025 to help brands monitor and boost visibility across ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, and Google AI platforms.

Amazon’s Project Rainier, with nearly 500,000 Trainium2 chips, powers Anthropic’s Claude AI model and marks a major step in AI infrastructure.

Amazon finishes Project Rainier, a massive AI cluster with nearly 500,000 Trainium 2 chips, supporting Anthropic’s AI development.

AWS completes Project Rainier AI supercomputer with Anthropic, set to power Claude on over 1 million chips by end of 2025.

AI startups raised over $3.6 billion from October 20-25, 2025, across infrastructure, wearable AI, and enterprise automation sectors.

Legal AI startup Vesence secures $9M seed funding to develop AI tools for legal workflow automation and compliance.

OpenAI’s $7 billion AI data center in Saline Township will start in 2026, creating 2,500 construction jobs amid local concerns.

OpenAI finalizes its for-profit recapitalization; Microsoft retains a 27% stake as the nonprofit maintains control and advances its mission.

An OpenAI founder discusses past merger talks with Anthropic and internal disputes following CEO Sam Altman's firing.

OpenAI executive sues McLaren Automotive for failing to get permits for a Monterey Car Week event, leading to a large fine.

Anthropic’s Claude AI predicts XRP, SUI, AAVE, and a new crypto as best picks for Halloween 2025 based on historical analysis.

Mistral AI unveils AI Studio in private beta, helping enterprises shift from prototypes to governed, scalable AI systems.

Google and OpenAI invest billions to build AI data centers in India, expanding the country’s tech infrastructure and global AI capacity.

Alphabet and Amazon report strong Q3 profits driven by gains from their investments in AI company Anthropic.

OpenAI’s Aardvark uses GPT-5 to find and patch software flaws automatically, improving cybersecurity with AI-driven code analysis.

OpenAI executive sues McLaren over alleged permit failure for weeklong mansion party, facing major fine.

AWS and Anthropic finish Project Rainier AI supercomputer with 500,000 Trainium2 chips, expanding to 1 million by year-end for AI model Claude.

Microsoft, Enterprise Singapore, and NUS Enterprise launch a program to fast-track 150 AI startups with cloud access and mentorship through 2028.

OpenAI grants Microsoft a 27% stake as it completes its shift to a for-profit model, with Microsoft’s rights lasting through 2032.

This week’s biggest U.S. startup funding rounds include $225M for Whatnot and $150M for Harvey, highlighting AI, fintech, and e-commerce growth.

Racist videos falsely showing poor people selling food stamps emerge using OpenAI’s Sora during the month-long US government shutdown.

Amazon’s Q3 2025 profit rose 38% to $21.2B, boosted by a $9.5B gain from its Anthropic AI startup investment.

Researcher demonstrates how Claude can be tricked into uploading private data using prompt injection and network access.

AMD and OpenAI announce a 6 GW GPU partnership in October 2025, marking a major step in AI infrastructure development.

GitHub's Agent HQ platform integrates AI agents from OpenAI, Google, and Anthropic for unified developer workflows and control.

Anthropic’s AI Claude aims to simplify and personalize travel planning, offering more than a traditional chatbot experience.

OpenAI introduces paid credits for Sora video generation as free daily limits shrink to sustain platform economics.

Walmart unveils AI-powered shopping tools and partners with OpenAI for ChatGPT integration ahead of the 2025 holiday season.