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Anthropic and OpenAI executives are gaming out a public backlash after a major AI incident, Axios reports. Insiders put the timing at 6 to 12 months.

Anthropic says a team of Claude Science agents helped build the first complete UV map of the sky, about a third of it predicted rather than observed. A preprint finds agent benchmark scores can move because of the grader, not the agent, and Exa previews a search benchmark it designed and runs itself. What each one shows, and what it doesn't.

Update, 9 Oct 2026: Bloomberg reports that OpenAI expects to reach or exceed $70bn in annualised revenue by the end of the year, citing people familiar with the matter. That is a projection, not current revenue, and OpenAI declined to comment. The Financial Times reports that OpenAI told investors its annualised revenue was "approaching $50 billion" at the end of September, about $20bn below figures reported last month. What "annualised" means, why OpenAI and Anthropic count differently, and what the report does not prove.

Anthropic has published a new Usage Policy, taking effect on 12 November, with a section on deceptive campaigns, tighter wording on weapons and surveillance, and a ban on extreme abuse of its models. The UK's ICO says ten AI developers have made or committed to data protection changes, and has opened a call for evidence on AI agents. What changes, and for whom.

Google Cloud's Gemini agent, in private preview, takes on whole tasks and can get its own Workspace email and calendar. Coworker pricing is not yet set.

Three agent-security stories from 8 October. Zenity says one prompt to an exposed AWS AgentCore agent could lead to control of every agent in the same account and region, and AWS disputes it. Claude Code adds an option that blocks an action when a safety hook fails. Cisco Talos finds malware that writes to AI analysts. What each shows, and what it does not.

Anthropic has expanded its Cyber Verification Program into three tiers, Defense, Red Team and Specialized, that relax Claude's cyber safety blocks for vetted security teams on Opus 5.5, Sonnet 5.5 and Mythos 5.1. Specialized applicants are reviewed with the US government. What each tier allows, and what Anthropic's own test shows.

Anthropic's Claude Haiku 5.5 costs around 75% less to run than Haiku 4.5, by Anthropic's estimate, and jumps from 15.7% to 72.4% on Anthropic's OSWorld 2.1 computer-use test. Sonnet 5.5 cache reads are also halved. What is confirmed, what is company benchmark, and who it is for.

Anthropic’s Claude for Google Workspace add-on entered public beta on 6 October 2026, with a Docs, Sheets and Slides sidebar plus link-based edit connectors.

Tech Startups, citing The Information, says Meta halved Claude Code users (~60k to ~30k) and Microsoft cut per-employee AI model caps from ~$100k to ~$10k monthly. Secondary reporting; treat as unverified.