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French AI startup Mistral valued at over 21 billion euros after latest funding

French AI company Mistral announced Tuesday that it had raised three billion euros ($3.5 billion) in what it described as the largest-ever European tech fundraising, valuing the startup at over 21 billion euros. While still an upstart compared to the AI giants OpenAI or Anthropic, Mistral says it is carving…

France 24

French AI company Mistral hits $24 billion valuation in funding round

Mistral said that the round was jointly led by existing investor PSG Equity, along with South Korea's Samsung Electronics and the EU-backed Scaleup Europe Fund, which both invested ‌in it for ⁠the ⁠first time.

The Economic Times

Anthropic drops pursuit of AI startup Decart valued at $6 billion

Anthropic has decided not to pursue an acquisition of artificial intelligence startup Decart AI, Bloomberg News reported on Monday, citing people familiar with the matter.

The Economic Times

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Architect of UK’s AI policy quits after Anthropic conflict of interest concerns

Matt Clifford forced to stand down amid disquiet from senior MPs over his new full-time job at AI company

The Guardian - UK

Rogue AI Agents Are Democratizing Cyberattacks. Here's How.

Agents can already discover assets, enumerate services, and map an attack surface with little human input.

International Business Times

ChatGPT, Claude, Grok September 3 Outage Wasn't Caused by Astra, but Exposed a Bigger AI Problem Few Discuss

ChatGPT, Claude and Grok suffered separate outages on 3 September, exposing the opaque infrastructure relationships beneath competing AI services

International Business Times UK

Anthropic delays its IPO plans, listing expected in November

Anthropic has delayed its initial public offering marketing to mid-October at the earliest, with completion targeted just before the US midterm elections in November. The potential $2 trillion AI listing was pushed back as the company works to finalise a $15 billion credit facility and release its prospectus.

The Economic Times

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Communities nationwide are fighting furiously against data centers. The companies behind them are turning to politics

IN FOCUS : ‘The moral of the story is, trying to bypass communities in developing these data centers is not working, and they’re going to take it to the polls,’ said one expert, Josh Marcus reports

The Independent UK

‘We’re plausibly close to crossing the line’: are warnings of uncontrollable AI coming true?

A spate of serious safety incidents have increased fears about the power and impenetrability of the most advanced models

The Guardian - UK

Anthropic IPO launch shifts toward mid-October, sources say

The artificial intelligence company had been expected to make its IPO prospectus public as early as next week, two of the ‌people said, a ⁠crucial ⁠step that would kick off the final stages of the offering. Now that is not expected until late September, the people added, cautioning that the…

The Economic Times

US, China gear up for mid-September AI safety talks

The talks, the first official bilateral discussions devoted exclusively to AI between the US and China since US President Donald Trump took office for a second time, will be led by US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on the US side, the sources, who were briefed on the planning, said on…

The Economic Times

OpenAI quietly boosts some of Astra's evaluation metrics, and continues to change others post-launch

The numbers on OpenAI's blog about Astra kept changing. In some cases, the changes made Astra look better and rival models look worse.

Fortune

Bernie Sanders' New AI Bill Could Shut Down Companies and Jail Developers for 20 Years

Senators propose a bill to ban superintelligent AI, impose severe penalties for violations, and establish a federal agency to regulate AI development and ensure public safety.

International Business Times UK

This new AI engineer job is booming in Silicon Valley, offers nearly Rs 1.6 crore median salary

Highest paying AI jobs: Forward-deployed engineer jobs are booming in Silicon Valley as companies seek professionals who can deploy AI systems in real business environments. Lightcast data cited by Fortune shows job postings for the role rose more than 1,000% in 2026, while the median advertised salary crossed $188,000, or…

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Axios

Music publishers sue Anthropic, allege "blantant theft" of copyrighted music

The suit is likely the opening salvo in what promises to be a long battle over intellectual property.

France 24

OpenAI begins rollout of GPT-6 amid growing scrutiny over safety

OpenAI said Thursday it would begin rolling out GPT-6, its most powerful AI model yet, to select customers, touting stronger safety safeguards as concerns grow over the cybersecurity risks posed by increasingly capable artificial intelligence systems.

Fortune

OpenAI launches GPT-6 Astra, its most powerful model yet, and touts its ability to use your computer

OpenAI president Greg Brockman calls Astra “the start of the AGI era” even as outside experts worry about whether the company has effective safety and security controls in place.

MarketBeat

The Path to $230 Billion: Broadcom Outlines the Next Phase of Its AI Growth Story

Broadcom beat earnings estimates and raised AI chip guidance, projecting $115 billion in FY2027 and $230 billion in FY2028 AI semiconductor sales as Anthropic and OpenAI grow as XPU customers.

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The Guardian - UK

OpenAI hails ‘new era of artificial general intelligence’ with Astra model release

Astra’s arrival comes days after Sam Altman, OpenAI’s chief executive, described AGI as an ‘irrelevant marketing term’

Fortune

One of the fastest-growing jobs in Silicon Valley sends engineers straight to customers’ offices to get AI up and running—and pays more than $188,000

Silicon Valley tech giants are copying Palantir’s playbook by hiring engineers to work directly with customers—and paying them nearly $200K to do so.

The Independent UK

AI experts sound alarm about ‘terrifying’ rumoured change to how ChatGPT works

Reported update could make it harder to understand how systems are behaving, critics warn

Fortune

To get into Anthropic right now, you need at least $25 million. For OpenAI, it’s closer to $1 million.

In the secondaries market, there’s far more demand for shares of Anthropic than OpenAI.

The Economic Times

New AI models, critical threshold, and a design debate: A busy day for AI industry

Anthropic launched two new models -- Claude Fable 5.1 and Claude Mythos 5.1 -- claiming top benchmark scores for coding and scientific research and cutting prices for typical workloads by around 25 per cent. Google also launched two new models, Gemini 3.8 Flash and Gemini 3.8 Flash Cyber, alongside agentic…

The Economic Times

US urges G20 countries to allow AI training on creators' work

The United States urged G20 nations to create rules for AI training on copyrighted works. Major American tech firms face lawsuits over using creator content for AI development. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick advocated for "fair use" principles to protect artists. The Justice Department supported OpenAI's use of copyrighted material for…

International Business Times

OpenAI And Anthropic Move Towards Their IPOs As They Face a Balancing Act

OpenAI emphasized cybersecurity risks surrounding its newest model while Anthropic moved to make its latest technology more attractive to customers.

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