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November 11, 2026
 

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Deepa Seetharaman
A man described as Abdulrahman Alfozan, a Saudi national employed as an OpenAI engineer, looks behind a TV where a recording device had been placed at a conference room in OpenAI offices, in a still image from surveillance video included in a charging document after U.S. federal agents arrested and charged him with installing a hidden audio recording device, in San Francisco on Oct. 5.
BUSINESS
Nov 4, 2026
OpenAI employees warned about operational security lapses for years, sources say
Workers said OpenAI’s controls were so lax that outsiders could obtain sensitive information about the AI lab’s technology with relative ease.
AI researchers Cormac Slade Byrd (left), Sydney Von Arx (center) and Thomas Larsen in pose Berkeley, California.
BUSINESS
Sep 5, 2026
OpenAI agents hijacked German website in previously undisclosed AI?breakout this spring
OpenAI officials had kept the incident under wraps as they grappled with the fallout from the July breach of the open source repository Hugging Face.
The tension between OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei is the driving force in today’s biggest technological revolution.
BUSINESS / Companies / FOCUS
Jun 11, 2026
Anthropic v. OpenAI: Behind the bitter battle for the future of AI
The companies are racing to market, viewing a first listing as a way to frame how investors will value the companies and establish their CEO as the leading voice of AI.
Greg Brockman, president of OpenAI, accompanied by his wife, Anna, walks outside a federal courthouse as the trial in Elon Musk's lawsuit over OpenAI's for-profit conversion continues, in Oakland, California, on Tuesday.
BUSINESS / Tech
May 6, 2026
Musk wanted $80 billion to colonize Mars, OpenAI president testifies at trial
OpenAI’s president said Elon Musk told him he deserved a majority stake in OpenAI and that he intended to ?use that stake to build a ?self-sustaining city on Mars.
People wait to enter the U.S. District Courthouse in Oakland, California, on Monday.
BUSINESS / Tech
Apr 28, 2026
Elon Musk trial against Sam Altman to reveal OpenAI power struggle
The bitter legal fight may come down to a few pages in one executive’s personal diary.
AI developer Anthropic has filed a lawsuit to block the Pentagon from placing it on a national security blacklist.
BUSINESS / Tech
Mar 10, 2026
Anthropic sues to block Pentagon blacklisting over AI use restrictions
Anthropic said in its lawsuit that the supply-chain risk designation was unlawful and violated its free speech and due process rights.
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei at the AI Impact Summit, in New Delhi on Feb. 19
BUSINESS / Tech
Mar 5, 2026
Big Tech group backs Anthropic in fight with Pentagon over AI safeguards
The Pentagon has been in a monthslong dispute with AI developer Anthropic over how the military can use its technology on the battlefield.
Dario Amodei, CEO and co-founder of Anthropic, speaks during a conversation with Andrew Ross Sorkin in New York on Dec. 3, 2025.
BUSINESS / Tech
Feb 25, 2026
Anthropic digs in heels in dispute with Pentagon, source says
The ?AI startup ?has refused to remove safeguards that would prevent its technology from being used ?to target weapons autonomously and conduct U.S. domestic surveillance.
The Pentagon is "moving to deploy frontier ?AI ?capabilities across all classification levels," an official who requested anonymity said.
BUSINESS / Tech
Feb 12, 2026
Pentagon pushing AI companies to expand on classified networks, sources say
It is the latest development in talks between the Pentagon and top AI companies over how the U.S. will use AI on a future battlefield.
Anthropic is going on the offensive against rival OpenAI by spending millions on commercials during Sunday night's National Football League championship game to criticize the latter's plan to sell ads on its ChatGPT chatbot.
BUSINESS / Tech
Feb 8, 2026
Anthropic buys Super Bowl ads to slap OpenAI for selling ads in ChatGPT
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman called the Anthropic ad “deceptive” in a post on social media platform X.
OpenAI is considering filing with securities regulators as soon as the second half of 2026, some people familiar with the matter said.
BUSINESS / Tech
Oct 30, 2025
OpenAI lays groundwork for juggernaut IPO at up to $1 trillion valuation
The company appears eager to tap public markets now that a complex restructuring that reduces its reliance on Microsoft is complete.
Anthropic said its annual revenue run rate is approaching $7 billion this month, but declined to comment on future projections.
BUSINESS / Tech
Oct 16, 2025
Anthropic aims to nearly triple annualized revenue in 2026
The AI startup said its annual revenue run rate is approaching $7 billion this month, but declined to comment on future projections.
Man arrested over operation of rogue cellular base station in Tokyo
The Metropolitan Police Department has arrested Yu Hai, a 31-year-old Chinese national living in Tokyo's Kita Ward, on suspicion of operating an unlicensed base station from a vehicle in Tokyo's Ginza district on Saturday.
Government betting on language app powered by anime and AI
Japan plans to develop an AI-powered language-learning app that lets overseas anime and manga fans practice Japanese through conversations with popular characters.
Japan works to shield Takaichi from any Xi snub at China summit
Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi arrives at the Prime Minister's office in Tokyo on Nov. 4.
Magnitude 5.7 quake injures dozens in central Japan
A magnitude-5.7 earthquake with its epicenter in Shizuoka Prefecture struck central Japan early Sunday, injuring dozens, shattering windows and disrupting train services, with no tsunami warning issued.
Private high schools remain out of reach for many despite tuition-free policy, survey finds
A survey showed that many families with children attending private high schools are struggling to pay expenses other than tuition.
‘Godzilla Minus Zero’ makes monster debut at the box office
Takashi Yamazaki’s “Godzilla Minus Zero” marked the highest single-day box-office gross for a live-action film in Japan with ?910 million on its opening day.
A toast to Naohiko Noguchi, sake’s first living national treasure
As a teenager, Naohiko Noguchi did not intend to spend his life as a sake brewer, but he has since become a paragon of the industry.
Few signs of thaw in Japan-China relations one year after Takaichi’s Taiwan remarks
Tensions between Japan and China flared after Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said on Nov. 7, 2025, that a Chinese blockade of Taiwan could threaten 今日吃瓜 survival and warrant the use of collective self-defense.
Mariko Mori predicted the future. She’ll do it again.
Artist Mariko Mori is currently working to bring the translucent human-sized “Peace Crystal” sculpture to a cave in Ethiopia. It is part of her foundation’s goal to place a permanent sculpture on each of the planet’s six habitable continents.
A legend reborn: ‘Ocarina of Time’ remake improves on the Zelda masterpiece
The new remake of 1998's "The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time" manages to somehow improve on one of the greatest games ever.

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