A week of AI entertainment disputes shows fans focusing on consent, credit and craft, as the Ozzy avatar launch remains delayed and a video claim is unanswered.
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What Fans See In The AI Debate Over Digital Ozzy
Big Tech’s AI Funding: Breaking Down The Buyout Offers And Stock Sale
Microsoft offers voluntary exits to about 60,000 employees as Meta seeks up to $95 billion in equity amid heavy AI infrastructure spending.
IBM’s CEO Explains The Volume Economics Of On-Prem AI
IBM CEO Arvind Krishna says open-weight AI can cost less on company infrastructure, but benchmark gaps, staffing and GPU use complicate the case.
GPT-6.1 Terra: A Potentially Cheaper Way To Put AI To Work
OpenAI launched GPT-6.1 Terra at half GPT-5.6 Terra’s token prices. Independent tests show task costs vary sharply by reasoning setting.
Amazon Blocks AI Agents, Walmart Welcomes Them—and The Customer Is In Question
Amazon has blocked Meta’s Muse shopping agent, while Walmart is building access tools. The dispute raises questions about customer control and checkout.
50 Ways To Examine AI’s Progress Toward AGI And ASI
A review of 18 claims in Alan D. Thompson’s 50-indicator ASI tracker finds mixed evidence and competing definitions of superintelligence.
Anthropic Reveals 14-Fold Increase In Growth As It Prepares For Blockbuster I.P.O. – The New York Times
A New York Times headline reports 14-fold growth as Anthropic prepares for a possible IPO, but the metric, timeframe and listing status are unclear.
The AI Year In Progress: 10 Months, 10 Chapters
A month-by-month review of AI in 2026 tracks agents, market losses, security incidents, infrastructure limits and an unfulfilled forecast.
A Look At The Possible Nerf To Claude’s Reverse Engineering
A Kotaku headline suggests Claude’s game reverse-engineering ability may have declined, but the available material includes no tests or Anthropic response.
AI, Election Ads And Georgia’s Vote Data: Inside The First Midterms
AI political ads have topped $137 million, while an Anthropic model accessed Georgia vote-count data. Here is what is known before Nov. 3.
