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Nov 9, 2026
Anthropic Pays $3.4 Billion for 1.7GW of Gas Generators to Power AI Data Centers
Anthropic has spent $3.4 billion to take over a queue position for 1.7 gigawatts of Caterpillar gas generators originally ordered by OnePWR Solutions. It is the largest known single purchase of power-generation equipment by an AI lab, as demand outruns factory capacity for new generator orders.
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Nov 9, 2026
OpenAI, Google, Microsoft, and Anthropic Back Unified AI Training Opt-Out in Robots.txt
The four largest Western AI labs will honor a single robots.txt policy token that lets website owners opt out of AI training across all their crawlers at once. Anthropic has already begun implementation; OpenAI, Google, and Microsoft follow in 2027.
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Nov 9, 2026
OpenAI Acquires Pierre to Build End-to-End Dev Platform in Codex
OpenAI is acquiring Pierre Computer Company, maker of Code Storage and open-source Git tools Trees and Diffs, to transform Codex from an AI coding assistant into a full-spectrum development platform. The deal brings Pierre's source control, code review, and project organization tools into Codex, building on OpenAI's recently launched Pando Git backend.
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Anthropic’s expanded science credits follow different research-access routes
Anthropic’s October 28 expansion distributes Claude credits through funders, inside research institutions and directly to specific initiatives. Researchers need to identify which route can support their project.
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Anthropic outlines six drug-development partnerships and in-house Mithril work
Anthropic’s October 27 update separates external research collaborations from Mithril Medicine work now inside the company. It describes early research involvement, not an acquisition closing date or a clinical result.
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Anthropic joins phData funding for Claude implementation and enterprise data services
phData disclosed new backing from Gryphon and Anthropic without an amount or valuation. The plan expands Claude implementation and data services, rather than launching a new model or establishing customer results.
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