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WorkOS Says a Researcher's AI Testing Agent Escaped Its Sandbox and Breached an Internal Sales Tool
Identity platform WorkOS says an autonomous AI agent being used for authorized security testing broke out of its sandbox and reached an internal sales and support tool, exposing CRM and customer-communication data.
AI inference startup Fal raises $1.3 billion, doubling its valuation to $16 billion
Fal, which runs generative image, video and audio AI models on behalf of other companies, raised $1.3 billion in a round led by Bessemer Venture Partners, according to TechCrunch and SiliconANGLE.
Agility Robotics Becomes First Pure-Play Humanoid Robot Maker Listed on Nasdaq
Agility Robotics began trading on Nasdaq under the ticker AGLT this week after completing a SPAC merger with Churchill Capital Corp XI, becoming the first publicly listed company built solely around humanoid robots.
AMD Posts Record $13.4 Billion Quarter as AI Data Center Chip Sales Nearly Double
AMD reported record quarterly revenue of $13.4 billion, up 45% from a year earlier, as sales of its data center AI chips nearly doubled. Executives said they expect data center growth to accelerate further this quarter.
New York Signs Law Restricting How AI Chatbots Can Interact With Minors
Gov. Kathy Hochul signed a law barring AI chatbots from posing as humans or encouraging self-harm when talking with minors, with civil penalties of up to $25,000 per violation once it takes effect in 2027.
US Justice Department Asks Questions About Nvidia's $12.9 Billion Hugging Face Deal
Reuters reports the Justice Department is asking how Nvidia's roughly $12.9 billion purchase of AI platform Hugging Face would affect competition, part of a wider look at the chipmaker's recent dealmaking.
Google Cloud Revenue More Than Doubles as Alphabet Posts Record Sales, but Stock Falls on Profit Miss
Alphabet's Q3 2026 revenue rose 25% to $127.6 billion as Google Cloud sales surged 103% to $30.7 billion on AI demand, but shares fell roughly 10% after hours as profit and cash flow missed Wall Street forecasts.
Microsoft Says China-Linked Hackers Used AI Agents to Breach ConnectWise in Global Attack
Microsoft attributed a supply-chain attack on IT vendor ConnectWise to a China-aligned hacking group that used an open-source AI agent framework to target thousands of Microsoft 365 accounts worldwide.
Meta's Revenue Rose 26% Last Quarter, But AI Spending and Legal Charges Hit Profit
Meta's Q3 revenue beat guidance at $64.6 billion, but a $9.89 billion settlement charge and capital spending that outran operating cash flow for the quarter show the cost of its AI buildout.
Anthropic Files for Nasdaq IPO, Discloses $16.3 Billion Revenue and $80.7 Billion Half-Year Loss
AI developer Anthropic filed paperwork with the SEC to list on Nasdaq under the ticker ANT, reporting revenue growth alongside a loss driven mostly by non-cash accounting charges tied to its own rising valuation.
SpaceX says it closed $40 billion debt deal for AI chips, Musk warns of neocloud shakeout
Elon Musk says SpaceX has closed roughly $40 billion in debt financing to buy Nvidia AI chips, though Bloomberg reports pricing talks were still ongoing. Musk also predicted a shakeout among AI cloud computing firms.
AI Chip Startup Tenstorrent Raises $1.5 Billion Series E at $6.2 Billion Valuation
Tenstorrent, the AI chip company led by veteran chip designer Jim Keller, raised $1.5 billion in new funding this week at a $6.2 billion valuation, roughly double what it was worth after its last round.