AI Fossil Model Suggests Three Mass Extinctions Were Gradual
An AI fossil model called OneStrata, trained on millions of fossil records, suggests three of Earth’s Big Five mass extinctions were gradual declines.
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.
DHS Orders Federal Agencies to Remove DeepSeek AI From Their Systems
The DeepSeek ban: DHS ordered federal civilian agencies to stop buying and remove DeepSeek AI, including third-party products built on its models.
Anthropic S-1 Draft Shows $16.3B Revenue and an $80.7B Loss
Anthropic S-1 draft: $16.3 billion in first-half 2026 revenue, an $80.7 billion net loss mostly from accounting charges, and up to $750 billion in compute plans.
OpenAI Models Come to Google Cloud as Microsoft Exclusivity Fades
OpenAI models on Google Cloud: GPT models are coming to Google’s model garden and Antigravity, putting OpenAI on all three major U.S. clouds after Microsoft.
ElevenLabs Launches Eleven Realtime Speech-to-Speech Models for Voice Agents
ElevenLabs launched Eleven Realtime on Oct. 20, two speech-to-speech models, v1 Mini and v1 Max, that turn voice AI agents into a single system with fast replies.
Disney’s Character.AI Deal: $20 Million License, Staff Hires and a Bankruptcy Fight
Disney Character.AI deal explained: a $20 million license, most of the startup’s staff hired, and lawsuits left behind in Chapter 11. What states want.
Hacker Used AI Agents to Breach 100+ Company Websites, Report Says
AI agents hacking campaign: a hacker used the Cairn platform to breach 100+ company sites, including Deere, SharkNinja and Cummins, NorForge and Reuters say.
Tenstorrent Raises $1.5 Billion as Valuation Jumps to $6.2 Billion
Tenstorrent Series E: Jim Keller’s RISC-V AI chip company raised $1.5 billion at a $6.2 billion valuation to scale Galaxy servers and take on Nvidia.
AI Chip Production 2026: Record Demand and a Map of New U.S. Chip Plants
AI chip production is at a record but supply is tight. Map 11 new U.S. chip plants with costs, CHIPS Act awards, start dates and delays, as of Oct. 18.
Proofpoint Agrees to Buy Varonis for $6.3 Billion in Bet on AI Data Security
Proofpoint will buy Varonis for $49.75 a share in cash, about $6.3 billion, closing in early 2027. Terms, premium, AI security context and reactions.