Business Report: Alphabet Sinks as GDP Hits 3.4%, Oct. 29, 2026
Business report October 29, 2026: GDP grows 3.4%, PCE inflation hits 3.6%, Alphabet has its worst day ever, Lilly lifts health care, and Amazon and Intel slide.
Artificial Intelligence
AI news from The Boston Report: OpenAI, Google, Anthropic, Meta and new AI tools, plus the safety, policy and business questions around artificial intelligence.
Suffolk Opens $50 Million AI and Robotics Hub at Its Roxbury Headquarters
Suffolk 100MAG: the Boston builder opened a $50 million, 40,000-square-foot AI and robotics center at its Roxbury campus. What it does and why.
Google Unveils Gemini 4 Carbon, a Cybersecurity-Focused AI Model Most People Can’t Use Yet
Gemini 4 Carbon is Google’s new frontier AI model, built for cybersecurity and long coding tasks. Its benchmarks, safety claims, price and who gets it first.
Flagship Merges Cellarity, Etiome and Empress Into AI Biotech Etcelera
Flagship Pioneering launches Etcelera, a Somerville AI drug discovery firm merging Cellarity, Etiome and Empress, which raised $374M before the deal.
OpenAI Launches GPT-6.1 Terra, a Cheaper AI Model Built to Operate Computers
OpenAI’s GPT-6.1 Terra can click and type across apps, costs half as much as GPT-5.6 Terra and carries a Critical cyber rating. Prices, benchmarks and caveats.
Anthropic Files for Nasdaq IPO Under Ticker ANT, Revealing $16.3 Billion in First-Half Revenue
The Anthropic IPO filing shows $16.3 billion in first-half revenue, an $80.7 billion paper loss and founder control. What the S-1 reveals about Claude’s maker.
Business Report: Chip Rally Lifts S&P 500 as Boeing Slides, Oct. 27, 2026
Business report October 27, 2026: chip stocks lift the S&P 500 on a $63B Anthropic deal, Boeing sinks 10%, JetBlue jumps 19% and the Fed meeting begins.
More Than 1,000 Mathematicians Pledge to Keep AI Out of Their Research
A mathematicians AI pledge drive has topped 1,000 members after OpenAI posted 722 AI math papers. What the Association for Human Mathematics wants.
Google DeepMind Unveils Genie 4, an AI World Model With Sound and Live Editing
Google DeepMind’s Genie 4 world model adds native audio, two-minute scenes and live prompt edits. Here’s who can use it, how it works and its limits.
Business Report, Oct. 26, 2026: Anthropic Files for IPO, Meta Plans $95B Raise
Business report October 26, 2026: stocks rise as Anthropic files for a Nasdaq IPO, Meta plans a $95 billion raise and Microsoft offers staff buyouts.