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House Oversight investigates Delaware's proposed AI-run companies
Chairman James Comer requested documents on October 26 about Delaware's plan to let AI agents manage companies with liability protections for their owners. The proposal remains a draft; Governor Matt Meyer's office told Ars Technica it is reviewing the letter.
ThereforeThe inquiry could inform federal legislation limiting state AI regulatory initiatives.
oversight.house.gov — committee announcement · Ars TechnicaCopy link to: House Oversight investigates Delaware's proposed AI-run companies
Also
Parents sue OpenAI over alleged seizure-medication advice
A complaint reviewed by TechCrunch alleges GPT-4o helped Bowen Wan reduce medication and conceal it from doctors before her death; OpenAI told The New York Times newer models better recognize urgent situations.
ThereforeThe family seeks a firm prohibition on medication advice.
TechCrunchCopy link to: Parents sue OpenAI over alleged seizure-medication advice
Follow-up to Oct 26: Meta prices upsized $25 billion common-stock offering
Meta set a $625 share price and expects an October 29 close, subject to conditions.
ThereforeMeta intends to use the proceeds for general corporate purposes after settling the forward agreements, which it expects by November 19, 2027.
investor.atmeta.com — Meta pricing announcementCopy link to: Follow-up to Oct 26: Meta prices upsized $25 billion common-stock offering
Physical Intelligence seeks at least $1 billion, Bloomberg reports
Per Quartz, citing Bloomberg, the robotics AI company is discussing financing at about a $20 billion valuation, with Avenir and Lux Capital in talks to lead.
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Anthropic extends a 40% government Claude discount
Anthropic says its expanded GSA agreement covers enterprise, government and API products, including state, local, tribal and territorial buyers.
ThereforeAgencies can pay for consumed usage without a minimum spending commitment.
Anthropic announcementCopy link to: Anthropic extends a 40% government Claude discount
Research worth a look
Anthropic acquires Mithril Medicine and details six drug-development partnerships
The company reports mostly preclinical results, including a Claude-assisted CAR design that Generate Biomedicines found increased receptor production roughly tenfold in lab tests.
Anthropic researchCopy link to: Anthropic acquires Mithril Medicine and details six drug-development partnerships
Tools & releases
Google releases Genie 4 to trusted testers
The research preview adds native audio and real-time text steering; Google warns that object permanence and spatial accuracy can drift.
Google DeepMind announcement · The VergeCopy link to: Google releases Genie 4 to trusted testers
Liquid AI releases six open-weight LFM3 models
The roughly two-billion-parameter models cover text, vision, audio, combined modalities and structured decisions; Liquid AI says each can be fine-tuned on one GPU.
Hugging Face — Liquid AI announcementCopy link to: Liquid AI releases six open-weight LFM3 models