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Nscale Investors Seek Lower IPO Target Amid AI-Related Concerns
Nscale Investors Seek Lower IPO Target Amid AI-Related Concerns
October 18, 2026  |  IPO

Artificial intelligence cloud company Nscale is reportedly facing pushback from investors to its IPO valuation target. Some backers are balking at the company’s initial public...

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Anthropic Takes Its AI Safety Proposals to Capitol Hill
Anthropic Takes Its AI Safety Proposals to Capitol Hill
October 18, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Anthropic has reportedly been pitching U.S. lawmakers on draft artificial intelligence safety legislation. That’s according to a report Friday (Oct. 16) by Politico, which describes...

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DeepSeek Deploys What It Calls Faster Version of Its Open-Source Model
DeepSeek Deploys What It Calls Faster Version of Its Open-Source Model
October 18, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

China’s DeepSeek has unveiled what it calls a faster and leaner version of its artificial intelligence model. The company describes the DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017 model, announced Saturday...

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Sam Altman’s World Debuts ID Verification for AI Agents
Sam Altman’s World Debuts ID Verification for AI Agents
October 18, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Sam Altman’s iris-scanning project World is making what it calls its “first industry-specific push.” The company on Sunday (Oct. 18) announced World ID for banking...

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Anthropic Turns to Lawyers to Teach AI Agents to Negotiate
Anthropic Turns to Lawyers to Teach AI Agents to Negotiate
October 18, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Anthropic is reportedly in discussions with legal groups to teach artificial intelligence agents negotiation skills. That’s according to a report Sunday (Oct. 18) by the...

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Regional Banks See Growth in Spite of Economic Gloom
Regional Banks See Growth in Spite of Economic Gloom
October 18, 2026  |  Banking

Several of America’s regional banks posted robust third-quarter earnings last week amid strong commercial loan demand. And as Reuters reported Friday (Oct. 16), these earnings...

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Crypto Hardware Wallets Become New Entry Point for Hackers
Crypto Hardware Wallets Become New Entry Point for Hackers
October 18, 2026  |  Cryptocurrency

Last week, cryptocurrency hardware wallet company Ledger said it was investigating a hack that drained $90 million from its devices. As Bloomberg News reported Sunday...

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Indian Consumers Embrace Cash Ahead of New Instant Payment Fees
Indian Consumers Embrace Cash Ahead of New Instant Payment Fees
October 18, 2026  |  Real-Time Payments

Indian consumers are reportedly increasing their cash usage ahead of new fees on the country’s popular digital payment system. Beginning next month, the United Payments...

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Musk Says White House Duties Distracted Him From AI
Musk Says White House Duties Distracted Him From AI
October 18, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Elon Musk says his work last year with the White House distracted him from artificial intelligence development at his businesses. “[I] kinda got carried away,...

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