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Why does Anthropic’s IPO feel so weird?
Compared to other blockbuster share sales, the build-up to the AI company’s stock market debut has felt discordant, even creepy
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‘These guys are just coming from nothing’: questions over multibillion-dollar Firmus float amid datacentre backlash
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OpenAI fires workers for 'mishandling sensitive information'
The former employees were investigated for sharing data with an outside AI evaluation group.