scoop! Also noteworthy: 80% of Anthropic’s revenue comes from enterprise. reuters.com/business/retai…

NEW: NBC News eliminated its teams dedicated to covering issues affecting Black, Asian American, Latino and LGBTQ+ groups as part of its Wednesday layoffs, according to sources. While the layoffs affected the entire newsroom and were budget-driven, the cuts reflect a broader

“At least seven nonprofits that have been critical of OpenAI have received subpoenas in recent months, which they say are overly broad and appear to be a form of legal intimidation.” nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news…

As of today, America no longer has a resident press corps at the Pentagon. Here is the statement from the Pentagon Press Association. Please read and share.

“From now on, there will be few, if any, independent journalists in the building to question top defense officials or to banter with the troops.” Nancy Youssef, نانسي يوسف theatlantic.com/national-secur…

After striking a ceasefire agreement with Israel, Hamas has turned its attention to Gaza — Gerry Shih Ari Flanzraich and Hazem Balousha on the fighters’ brutal campaign to reassert control. washingtonpost.com/world/2025/10/…

Scoop: Ron Conway, the prominent Silicon Valley venture capitalist and Democratic donor, resigned today from the board of the Salesforce Foundation. He told his longtime friend, Marc Benioff, he barely recognizes him anymore. nytimes.com/2025/10/16/us/…

"Among the citizens detained are nearly 20 children, including two with cancer."

Statement from OpenAI and King Estate, Inc. The Estate of Martin Luther King, Jr., Inc. (King, Inc.) and OpenAI have worked together to address how Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s likeness is represented in Sora generations. Some users generated disrespectful depictions of Dr.

OpenAI has again tightened copyright restrictions on Sora after Breaking Bad star Bryan Cranston saw himself in Sora 2 generations during the launch and contacted SAG-AFTRA. They have released a joint statement.

New: WSJ reports that our June story on OpenAI using Google’s TPUs caused Jensen Huang to call Sam Altman—a call that led them to sign a $100b deal wsj.com/tech/ai/sam-al…

OpenAI has sent a legal request to the family of Adam Raine, the 16yo who died by suicide following lengthy chats with ChatGPT, asking for a full attendee list to his memorial, as well as photos taken or eulogies given. His lawyers told the FT this was "intentional harassment"

Cheryl Hines addresses Olivia Nuzzi's upcoming book on her relationship with RFK Jr.—and after being pressed by Stephen Miller's wife, of all people. x.com/KatieMiller/st…

"Altman said earlier this month that ChatGPT now has 800 million weekly active users. The company’s estimates therefore suggest that every seven days, around 560,000 people may be exchanging messages with ChatGPT that indicate they are experiencing mania or psychosis. About 2.4

incredible headline and lede in this important piece by the WSJ

Look forward to having Satya Nadella & Sam Altman on Bg2 Pod tomorrow. The deal. The skeptics. The re-industrialization of America. Power. Chips. Models. Agents. AGI. Regulation. Jobs. And more… 🧐🚀🇺🇸

After ChatGPT, Sam Altman told employees that OpenAI could be “the most important company in the history of Silicon Valley.” Three years later, he’s talking about spending trillions to reshape our infrastructure. Our story about Altman’s ambitions: reuters.com/sustainability…

Genuine question: Did Bonta’s team really believe OpenAI would leave California?

Exclusive from Reuters: OpenAI is laying the groundwork for massive IPO that could value the company around $1 trillion. Read: reuters.com/business/opena…

Artificial intelligence startup OpenAI is preparing to file for an initial public offering as soon as next year that could give the company a market capitalization of $1 trillion, Reuters reported bloomberg.com/news/articles/…