Anthropic

Anthropic, music publishers square off on ‘fair use’ defence in AI copyright case

Publishers argued that Anthropic misuses its lyrics to generate competing content that harms human songwriters.

Walmart launches tools for AI agents to shop for customers as Anthropic launches its own

Walmart says customers will be able to require approval for every purchase or let an AI agent buy on its own up to a spending limit they set.

Anthropic logged net loss of over US$80 billion in first half of 2026: Report

Anthropic signalled it could spend as much as US$750 billion in the coming years to secure more computing capacity.

Former Google chief Eric Schmidt’s 1% Anthropic stake set to reap huge windfall

Eric Schmidt invested tens of millions of dollars in Anthropic’s Series A fundraising round.

Nvidia-backed Nscale, Anthropic in talks for new US$45 billion AI cloud deal, source says

The data centre developer is seeking another major deal with Anthropic for a second facility in West Virginia.

OpenAI seeks to accelerate fund-raising ahead of Anthropic IPO, sources say

AI giants OpenAI and Anthropic are increasingly tapping into a similar investor base.

While You Were Sleeping: 5 stories you might have missed, Oct 20, 2026

US President Donald Trump (right) faced criticism from its allies over a diesel deal with Russia that critics cast as an economic bailout for Moscow.

Anthropic, Musk outline duelling approaches to AI-era philanthropy

Elon Musk has pledged to give one SpaceX share to “every kid in America,” advocating direct share distributions as the burgeoning AI sector faces increasing public scrutiny.

Musk says he will gift SpaceX shares to ‘every kid in America’

It is not clear how such share contributions would work, and Elon Musk did not elaborate on his donation plans.

Man arrested after allegedly discussing Sydney childcare mass shooting plans with AI chatbot

David Lan Thackray was arrested after his conversations with AI chatbot Claude were flagged by Interpol.

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