OpenAI Fires Three Safety Researchers Over Suspected Leak of Model Designs
OpenAI fired three safety researchers, Tomek Korbak, Mikita Balesni and Jasmine Wang, after an investigation into a leak about its latest model, saying they mishandled sensitive information. The three had been pushing to keep AI systems' internal reasoning visible to outside auditors and say they were punished for it. The case shows how far the commercial race has strained the industry's own safety oversight.
Read full story →Anthropic Circulates Draft AI Bill That Blocks Models Only Above $1 Billion or 50 Deaths
Anthropic is quietly circulating a draft federal framework that would let only the Commerce Department ask a single Washington court to halt an AI model, and only when harm clears $1 billion in damages or 50 deaths, limited to cyberattacks, loss of model control or bioweapons. No lawmaker has introduced it. Critics say the bar is so high it invites a wait-and-see posture, while the design would suit a safety-branded lab racing to ship autonomous agents.
Read full story →89% of Executives See No Productivity Gain From AI as 2026 Spending Nears $2.7 Trillion
A survey of nearly 6,000 executives found 89% saw no effect of AI on their firms' labor productivity over three years, even as 2026 AI spending is forecast at $2.7 trillion. Workers report feeling faster, but the gains rarely reach company earnings. Analysts blame the surrounding systems, frozen models that do not know a business, and processes that quietly reabsorb every saved hour.
Read full story →Anthropic Aims to File for IPO as Early as Friday While OpenAI Delays to 2027
Anthropic could file its public S-1 as soon as Friday and list by mid-November, after posting $16.8 billion in third-quarter revenue and a second straight adjusted-profit quarter. OpenAI has shelved its own 2026 listing and is seeking about $30 billion privately at a $1.4 trillion valuation. The split sets up the first real test of investor appetite for a pure-play AI lab on the public market.
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