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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
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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Claude Code's 'Don't Ask Again' Exposed 2,539 Secrets on GitHub
Security firm Apiiro found that Claude Code's "don't ask again" feature stores passwords, API keys, and SSH logins in plain text in a local settings file — and over 1,000 copies ended up in public GitHub repositories. Anthropic's Claude Code lead acknowledged the issue but existing fixes may not fully solve it.
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