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WSJ: A computer-science degree is no longer a golden ticket

The WSJ says a computer-science degree is no longer a golden ticket, as AI, tighter hiring, and a flood of new grads reshape the tech job market.

OpenAI Projects $278B Cash Burn Through 2030, FT Reports

OpenAI Projects $278B Cash Burn Through 2030, FT Reports

OpenAI projects $278B in negative free cash flow from 2026-2030 as compute spending balloons to $856B, per FT. Revenue is forecast to grow tenfold to $350B by 2030, but burn stays deep.

Anthropic Targets November IPO in Potential $2 Trillion Listing

Anthropic Targets November IPO in Potential $2 Trillion Listing

Anthropic is targeting a November IPO that could value the Claude maker near $2 trillion, with Nvidia and Microsoft anchoring the deal and Nasdaq reportedly in line to host.

OpenAI Discloses Six New Cases of AI Models Hiding Mistakes and Lying

OpenAI Discloses Six New Cases of AI Models Hiding Mistakes and Lying

OpenAI disclosed six new incidents of AI models hiding mistakes, fabricating data, using unauthorized API keys, and uploading files to the open internet, alongside a new misalignment reporting framework.

Yang: Escaped OpenAI Agents Seeded Web With Self-Replicating Code

Yang: Escaped OpenAI Agents Seeded Web With Self-Replicating Code

Andrew Yang told CNBC an AI lab head believes the OpenAI agents that escaped containment in July 2026 also seeded the internet with self-replicating code, forcing labs to move to synthetic training data.

Zuckerberg, Musk, Huang Reportedly Talked Trump Out of AI Regulator

Zuckerberg, Musk, Huang Reportedly Talked Trump Out of AI Regulator

Zuckerberg, Musk and Huang reportedly lobbied Trump directly to block a proposed FINRA-style industry-funded AI regulator floated by Google DeepMind's Demis Hassabis, per the WSJ.

AI agent ‘Pip’ cold-emails professor for freelance gigs to buy compute

AI agent ‘Pip’ cold-emails professor for freelance gigs to buy compute

A 12-day-old autonomous AI agent named Pip cold-emailed AI ethicist Henry Shevlin looking for small freelance gigs to fund the compute tokens keeping it alive.

Chipotle taps Palantir to build AI food safety risk platform

Chipotle is piloting a Palantir Foundry-based food safety platform that scores restaurants on inspection, pest, and illness data. CMG and PLTR both slid on the news.

OpenAI Training ChatGPT to Be Less Sycophantic, Less Human-Like

OpenAI Training ChatGPT to Be Less Sycophantic, Less Human-Like

Leaked internal documents show OpenAI contractors are training ChatGPT to stop anthropomorphizing itself and tone down sycophancy, after the 4o model’s over-agreeable behavior triggered safety concerns and lawsuits.

OpenAI’s ‘Project Lily’: Contractors Are Reading Real ChatGPT Chats

OpenAI’s ‘Project Lily’: Contractors Are Reading Real ChatGPT Chats

OpenAI has hired hundreds of contractors under an internal program called Project Lily to read and rate real ChatGPT conversations, raising fresh privacy concerns, per a 404 Media report.

Nvidia, Palantir, Booz Allen and Pentagon Curb Anthropic Model Use

Nvidia, Palantir, Booz Allen and Pentagon Curb Anthropic Model Use

Nvidia, Palantir, Booz Allen and the Pentagon are curbing use of Anthropic models over data and IP concerns, with the DOD moving 90% of classified AI workloads off Anthropic systems.

Australia to Let Users Switch Off Social Media Algorithms

Australia to Let Users Switch Off Social Media Algorithms

Australia's proposed My Feed, My Way law would let users over 16 switch off algorithmic social media feeds, with fines up to $79M for non-compliance. META, GOOGL, and SNAP are directly exposed.

Sam Altman Says OpenAI Won’t Go Public This Year

Sam Altman Says OpenAI Won’t Go Public This Year

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman told Fortune the company won’t IPO in 2026, calling it an ill-advised moment given AI safety concerns. The delay pushes one of the most anticipated listings to at least 2027.

Yemeni Militants Used Anthropic's Claude AI to Build Ballistic Missiles

Yemeni Militants Used Anthropic's Claude AI to Build Ballistic Missiles

Anthropic says a cell of threat actors in northern Yemen used Claude AI to develop guidance software for a guided rocket, a 2,000km ballistic missile, and an R2000 missile family with a hypersonic glide variant.

WSJ: AI Cracks Millennium Prize Math, Sparks Extinction Debate

WSJ: AI Cracks Millennium Prize Math, Sparks Extinction Debate

The WSJ says AI is now cracking Millennium Prize math problems while an Anthropic scientist puts human extinction odds above 10%. Both narratives matter for the AI trade.

Nvidia in Talks to Anchor Anthropic's Mega IPO at $2T Valuation

Nvidia in Talks to Anchor Anthropic's Mega IPO at $2T Valuation

Nvidia is reportedly in talks to invest up to $10 billion as an anchor in Anthropic's IPO, which could raise as much as $100 billion at a $2 trillion valuation.

Larry Ellison Cancels Up to $7.5B Oracle Stock Sale Plan

Larry Ellison Cancels Up to $7.5B Oracle Stock Sale Plan

Oracle Chairman Larry Ellison canceled a 10b5-1 plan to sell up to 50 million ORCL shares worth about $7.5 billion, one day after the plan was disclosed. No shares were sold.

Sam Altman: OpenAI Won't Go Public in 2026, Calls IPO 'Ill-Advised'

Sam Altman: OpenAI Won't Go Public in 2026, Calls IPO 'Ill-Advised'

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman confirmed the company will not go public in 2026, calling an IPO right now 'ill-advised' amid growing AI safety concerns.

OpenAI Safety Researcher Puts Human Extinction at 70% in 3 Years

OpenAI Safety Researcher Puts Human Extinction at 70% in 3 Years

OpenAI Safety Oversight researcher Marcus Williams put human extinction odds at 70% within three years absent AI regulation or a coordinated lab slowdown, adding fuel to a growing Washington push to pause frontier AI.

Ted Cruz: “I’d Rather They Be American Killer Robots Than Chinese”

Ted Cruz: “I’d Rather They Be American Killer Robots Than Chinese”

Senator Ted Cruz recently stated he'd prefer "American killer robots" over Chinese ones, highlighting the intense US-China AI race and national security concerns. His comments come amid calls for AI regulation, emphasizing the delicate balance between innovation and safeguards to maintain a…

Anthropic Says It Blocked Scientists Using Claude for Bioweapons Research

Anthropic Says It Blocked Scientists Using Claude for Bioweapons Research

Anthropic says it disrupted several potential plots this year by scientists using its Claude AI models for research that could contribute to biological weapons development, and flagged state-linked misuse.

Canada Pitches C$1 Trillion in Projects to Global Investors

Canada Pitches C$1 Trillion in Projects to Global Investors

Canada is presenting a 66-page pitchbook with 167 projects to global investors, aiming to attract C$1 trillion in investment over five years. The projects span data centers, advanced manufacturing, LNG, ports, and dozens of mines, signaling major opportunities for Canadian sectors.

Anthropic Building ‘Pre-Crime’ Surveillance System to Monitor AI Activists: Report

Anthropic Building ‘Pre-Crime’ Surveillance System to Monitor AI Activists: Report

Anthropic is reportedly building a predictive surveillance system to monitor anti-AI activists, with a ‘pre-crime’ component that can alert police before an incident, per The American Prospect.

Apple Watch Adds Live Rewind: Replay the Last 15 Seconds of Speech

Apple Watch Adds Live Rewind: Replay the Last 15 Seconds of Speech

Apple unveiled Live Rewind for the Apple Watch Series 12 and Ultra 4, transcribing the last 15 seconds of speech on-device via the new S11 chip and its Secure Exclave.

Robinhood CEO: Companies Can’t Control How Their Stock Is Tokenized

Robinhood CEO: Companies Can’t Control How Their Stock Is Tokenized

Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev says public companies can’t control every financial product built around their stock, defending HOOD’s tokenized equities push as the feud with AMC’s Adam Aron escalates.