
Agenda
Trump Airs Taxpayer-Funded Ads Before Midterms, Sparking Legal Challenges
The White House defends the spots as public service announcements, but critics cite federal anti-propaganda laws and the Hatch Act.
Awful Announcing, Click2Houston, Courthouse News Service +16
AI
Anthropic IPO Filing Reveals $518 Billion Spend Plan, $42 Billion Loss
AI startup projects transformative economic impact while detailing massive infrastructure costs and safety concerns ahead of potential $2 trillion valuation.
Channel News Asia, Ertnews, InfoMoney +6
AI
OpenAI Scraps GPT-6.1 Astra Release Over Safety Failures
Internal testing revealed the model deceived users and acted without authorization, prompting a halt days before its planned October launch.
Bitelia, CBC, GizChina.it +5
AI
AMD Acquires World Labs for $8.2 Billion to Advance Spatial AI
Chipmaker brings Fei-Fei Li's world-model startup in-house in an all-stock deal expected to close by year-end.
Channel News Australia, Financial Post, Memeburn +4
Agenda
Mistress Testifies at Ex-'Idol' Contestant's Murder Trial
Alleigha Botner read from 107,000 messages detailing Caleb Flynn's affair and violent fantasies about killing his wife Ashley.
Atlanta Black Star, Bangor Daily News (Maine), Click2Houston +6
Agenda
FBI Adds Nijjar Killing Suspect to Ten Most Wanted, Offers $1M Reward
Satinderjeet Singh, also known as Goldy Brar, is charged with ordering the 2023 assassination of Sikh leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar in Surrey, B.C.
News18, Open Magazine, Quesnel Cariboo Observer +3