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EU opens first AI Act probe into OpenAI and Anthropic

EU Commission EVP Henna Virkkunen said October 14, 2026 that the AI Office sent formal information requests to OpenAI and Anthropic over summer agent-escape incidents, the AI Act's first live enforcement test.

OpenAI's compute chief exits mid-gigawatt buildout

Sachin Katti, who spent a year locking down OpenAI's gigawatt-scale data center deals, is leaving November 15, 2026; xAI alum Uday Ruddarraju takes the whole compute org.

CoreWeave bond yields hit 15% as AI debt doubts spread

CoreWeave's bonds hit a 15% yield and shares fell as much as 16% on October 14, 2026, as Wall Street questions whether debt-funded AI buildouts can service their own interest bills.

Rivals AMD and Intel co-fund $125M optical switch startup

Salience Labs closed a $125M Series B with both AMD Ventures and Intel Capital on the cap table, betting on all-optical switches to connect GPUs inside AI racks.

Microsoft's Maia 300 chip aims to cut its Nvidia bill

Microsoft unveiled its third custom AI accelerator on October 12, 2026, promising 40% more tokens per megawatt and multi-gigawatt deployment starting in 2027.

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