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Broadcom to lend Anthropic up to $42B for chip leases
Broadcom agreed to lend Anthropic up to $42B to finance chip leases, disclosed in Anthropic's IPO prospectus; notes could convert to equity.
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Audible Adds Character Guide, Interactive Stories
Audible added a Character Guide, Interactive Stories with Dracula's Renfield, and a Visual Explorer, now in beta in the US and UK.
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Fireflies Launches Free Unlimited AI Dictation Tool
Fireflies.ai launched Talk, a free unlimited AI dictation tool supporting 100+ languages including 10+ Indian languages on Mac and Windows.
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Apple’s Tim Cook Era Ends as Ternus Takes Over
John Ternus succeeded Tim Cook as Apple CEO on September 1, moving quickly on cuts and faster launches, per Mark Gurman.
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Indian Scientists Find Rule-Breaking Superconductor
IISER Bhopal scientists found YbSb2, a type-I superconductor that breaks time-reversal symmetry, in Physical Review Letters.
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Broadcom to Invest $42 Billion in Anthropic
Broadcom will invest $42B in Anthropic plus a $125.2B chip commitment, per Reuters and the IPO prospectus.
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Manus 2.0 Launches With New Cue Personal Agent App
Manus launched Manus 2.0 on September 28 with the Cascade architecture, Manus Studio and the Cue personal agent app.
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Cloudflare Releases Open-Weight AI Decision Models
Cloudflare launched open-weight decision models Clef and Clef-flash on October 1 for fast AI agent decisions.
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Tavus Claims Its AI Griffin Passes Video Turing Test
Tavus unveiled Griffin on October 1, claiming 48% of people mistook it for human on video calls in its own test.
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Google Launches Gemini 4 Argon, Its Smartest AI Yet
Google launched Gemini 4 Argon on October 1-2 with 1M output tokens, limited to trusted cyber defenders for safety.