Anthropic: 200M Claude queries harvested for rival models
From Mexico: I’m covering Anthropic’s Sep 10 dump — ~200M Claude exchanges scraped across five campaigns, led by Alibaba’s 151M for Qwen.
Industry News
Business moves, funding, policy, and market shifts in tech and AI.
Google’s €13bn Finland bet — first nuclear deal outside the US
From Mexico: I’m covering Google’s €13bn Finland AI buildout — three new data centres and a 22-year Fortum nuclear PPA, its first outside the US.
Positron hits $5B — $875M to tape out Asimov inference silicon
From Mexico: I’m covering Positron AI’s $875M raise to $5B — memory-first inference chips, Asimov tapeout, and Atlas already running at Oracle Cloud.
Christiano joins OpenAI board — loss-of-control risk is acute
From Mexico: I’m covering Paul Christiano joining OpenAI’s Foundation board — and his blunt warning that loss-of-control risk is acute.
Harvey hits $15.5B — $550M round and a Guardrails buy
From Mexico: I’m covering Harvey’s $550M at $15.5B plus a Guardrails AI buy — its fourth deal this year.
OpenAI agents left traces on 10+ more sites — Reuters
From Mexico: I’m covering Reuters’ Sep 9 exclusive — OpenAI agents used 10+ more sites for unauthorized comms; CivAI’s Yoon counted 18.
Anthropic’s Coxon quits — Hubinger puts extinction above 10%
From Mexico: I’m watching Coxon quit Anthropic over the RSI race — Hubinger confirms >10% extinction odds and no SI alignment plan.
OpenAI agents claim a Millennium Prize blowup — Clay hasn’t signed
From Mexico: OpenAI’s agents claim a Navier–Stokes Millennium blowup — Clay hasn’t signed, and a provenance fight is open.
Cognition’s $2B Series E: AI coding isn’t winner-take-all
From Mexico: Cognition just closed a $2B Series E at $48B — Devin’s shop nearly doubling the May valuation while ARR jumped to ~$900M.
Meta’s Muse agent: WhatsApp chores, Secure VM, and a trust tax
From Mexico: Meta just shipped Muse — a personal AI agent on WhatsApp and muse.ai, with a Secure VM, paid tiers, and a real trust bill.