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Since August 2025 we have kept 2,462 stories, the few that mattered from everything AI published each day. 1,139 of them belong to just 9 storylines, and OpenAI, Anthropic, NVIDIA are in more of them than anyone else. That is the whole field, in one page.

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The storylines

AI news looks like chaos day to day. Over months it is 9 stories told again and again. Here is each one: how big it is, when it was loudest, and the three headlines that tell it.

Storyline 01 of 9

When agents go off script

AI agents doing things nobody asked for: submitting forms, working around limits, deleting what they should not. The incidents, the disclosures, and the controls being built in response.

Stories: 28
Started: Nov 2025
Loudest: Aug 2026
Last 30 days: 6

Who is in itAnthropic 12 OpenAI 8 Google 4 Microsoft 3 Meta 2

How it started · Nov 3, 2025Tech groups step up efforts to solve AIs big security flawFinancial Times Tech ↗
The peak · Aug 18, 2026OpenAI overhauls safety protocols after its AI agents went rogueWired ↗
Where it is now · Oct 12, 2026Microsoft President Brad Smith Says AI Is Less Regulated Than Milk, Urges UK to Lead Global RulesTechCrunch AI ↗

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Storyline 02 of 9

The frontier model race

Every major model release from the labs at the top: what shipped, what it beat, and how fast the next one followed.

Stories: 84
Started: Oct 2025
Loudest: Feb 2026
Last 30 days: 11

Who is in itOpenAI 28 Google 25 Anthropic 22 xAI 8 NVIDIA 7

How it started · Oct 28, 2025Nvidia H100 Launches to Space Next Month to Run Google Gemini AINext Big Future AI ↗
The peak · Feb 13, 2026OpenAI Debuts First Model Using Chips From Nvidia Rival CerebrasBloomberg Technology ↗
Where it is now · Oct 14, 2026Liquid AI Releases 24B Open-Weight Model for Fast Local AgentsLiquid AI ↗

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Storyline 03 of 9

The compute buildout

Data centers, chips, power and the deals that pay for them: the physical race underneath the models.

Stories: 315
Started: Aug 2025
Loudest: Nov 2025
Last 30 days: 26

Who is in itNVIDIA 136Google 39 OpenAI 34 Meta 26 Microsoft 17

How it started · Aug 6, 2025Nvidia warns of disaster if it has to put kill switch and backdoor in chipsArs Technica ↗
The peak · Nov 27, 2025Reliance Venture to Build $11 Billion AI Data Center in IndiaBloomberg Technology ↗
Where it is now · Oct 13, 2026Chinese Tech Firms Bought Over 1 Million Nvidia Gaming Chips This Year to Fill an AI Compute GapFinancial Times Tech ↗

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Storyline 04 of 9

Follow the money

Funding rounds, valuations, listings and acquisitions: who is betting on what, and how big the bets have become.

Stories: 337
Started: Aug 2025
Loudest: Feb 2026
Last 30 days: 38

Who is in itOpenAI 55 NVIDIA 53 Anthropic 32 Google 15 xAI 14

How it started · Aug 6, 2025OpenAI-backed Chai raises $70 million for AI-driven drug discoveryFinancial Times Tech ↗
The peak · Feb 26, 2026Anthropic Acquires Vercept to Advance Claude's 'Computer Use' CapabilitiesTechMeme ↗
Where it is now · Oct 13, 2026Tencent Raises $5.7 Billion in Bonds to Fund Its AI PushBloomberg Technology ↗

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Storyline 05 of 9

Rules and the courts

Laws, regulators, lawsuits and governments: the rules forming around AI, and the cases testing them.

Stories: 157
Started: Aug 2025
Loudest: Jun 2026
Last 30 days: 15

Who is in itAnthropic 44 OpenAI 44 xAI 21 Google 13 NVIDIA 12

How it started · Aug 6, 2025OpenAI Offers ChatGPT for $1 a Year to US Government WorkersBloomberg Technology ↗
The peak · Jun 23, 2026Anthropic customer sues US government over losing access to Fable AI modelBloomberg Technology ↗
Where it is now · Oct 12, 2026Microsoft President Brad Smith Says AI Is Less Regulated Than Milk, Urges UK to Lead Global RulesTechCrunch AI ↗

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Storyline 06 of 9

Robots and physical AI

Humanoids, robot dogs, self-driving and the training data behind them: AI leaving the screen.

Stories: 106
Started: Sep 2025
Loudest: Aug 2026
Last 30 days: 6

Who is in itNVIDIA 22 Google 13 OpenAI 5 xAI 5 Anthropic 3

How it started · Sep 25, 2025Google DeepMind unveils its first thinking robotics AIArs Technica ↗
The peak · Aug 27, 2026Anthropic Tests New Way for Claude to Work With Robots and Scientific Lab ToolsBloomberg Technology ↗
Where it is now · Oct 14, 2026NEURA Launches Neuron AI to Give Robots Touch, Sound and MemoryNEURA Robotics ↗

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Storyline 07 of 9

Open models

Weights anyone can download and run: the open releases closing the gap with the closed labs, and who is shipping them.

Stories: 86
Started: Aug 2025
Loudest: Jul 2026
Last 30 days: 12

Who is in itOpenAI 23 NVIDIA 22 Anthropic 17 Google 12 Mistral 9

How it started · Aug 6, 2025OpenAI returns to open source roots with new models gpt-oss-120b and gpt-oss-20bVentureBeat ↗
The peak · Jul 28, 2026Nvidia Alliance Backs Open Source AI After Hugging Face BreachForbes Tech ↗
Where it is now · Oct 14, 2026Liquid AI Releases 24B Open-Weight Model for Fast Local AgentsLiquid AI ↗

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Storyline 08 of 9

AI that writes code

Coding agents and the tools around them: Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Copilot, and what they are doing to how software gets made.

Stories: 132
Started: Aug 2025
Loudest: Apr 2026
Last 30 days: 7

Who is in itAnthropic 45 OpenAI 38 Microsoft 27 Google 11 xAI 9

How it started · Aug 6, 2025Google's AI coding agent Jules is now out of betaTechCrunch AI ↗
The peak · Apr 23, 2026Anthropic says Claude Code did get worse but shoots down speculation it 'nerfed' the modelBusiness Insider Tech ↗
Where it is now · Oct 14, 2026Anthropic Replaces Git After Daily Code Merges Jump Past 30,000Anthropic ↗

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Storyline 09 of 9

AI and work

Layoffs, hiring, new kinds of jobs and the companies rebuilding around AI: what it is doing to work.

Stories: 63
Started: Aug 2025
Loudest: Mar 2026
Last 30 days: 4

Who is in itOpenAI 22 Anthropic 10 Meta 6 Google 5 xAI 4

How it started · Aug 6, 2025OpenAI Offers ChatGPT for $1 a Year to US Government WorkersBloomberg Technology ↗
The peak · Mar 9, 2026OpenAI and Google Employees File Amicus Brief Supporting Anthropic Against DODThe Verge ↗
Where it is now · Oct 14, 2026Kroger Plans 3,000 Corporate Job Cuts as It Expands AI UseAssociated Press ↗

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The players

10 companies make most of the news. Closer to the middle and bigger means more often in it. Point at one to see which storylines it is part of.Ranked by how often each is in the news. Open one for its tools, stories and storylines.

OpenAI626 Latest · Oct 13OpenAI Employee Arrested for Allegedly Planting a Hidden Recording Device in an Executive Conference Room Anthropic485 Latest · Oct 14Anthropic Replaces Git After Daily Code Merges Jump Past 30,000 NVIDIA370 Latest · Oct 14Danaher and Nvidia Partner to Connect AI Models With Real Lab Experiments Google341 Latest · Oct 14Google and Singapore Build Private On-Device AI to Detect Scams Meta174 Latest · Oct 12Meta Releases Muse Wonder, Claiming a Return to the AI Frontier Microsoft157 Latest · Oct 12Microsoft Unveils Maia 300 Chip to Cut Its Reliance on Nvidia xAI144 Latest · Oct 8Natura Unveils $99 Smart Ring That Summons AI Agents Including Claude, ChatGPT and Grok Bot Mistral35 Latest · Oct 6Mistral Unveils Large 4 'Le Chonk', a 1 Trillion Parameter Model to Rival US and Chinese AI DeepSeek30 Latest · Sep 13AI Agents Help Hackers Compromise 440 PaperCut Servers Alibaba29 Latest · Oct 14Researchers Trace AI Agent Fleet Making 2,600 Attempts to Scrape Amap

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Liquid AI Releases 24B Open-Weight Model for Fast Local Agents●NEURA Launches Neuron AI to Give Robots Touch, Sound and Memory●Anthropic Replaces Git After Daily Code Merges Jump Past 30,000●Scientists Urge Labs to Airgap Cyber-Capable AI and Report Escapes●Google and Singapore Build Private On-Device AI to Detect Scams●Danaher and Nvidia Partner to Connect AI Models With Real Lab Experiments●Kroger Plans 3,000 Corporate Job Cuts as It Expands AI Use●Researchers Trace AI Agent Fleet Making 2,600 Attempts to Scrape Amap●AMD Introduces Helion Racks Built to Run Fleets of AI Agents●AI-Designed Enzymes Cut Target Proteins Inside Mammalian Cells●Liquid AI Releases 24B Open-Weight Model for Fast Local Agents●NEURA Launches Neuron AI to Give Robots Touch, Sound and Memory●Anthropic Replaces Git After Daily Code Merges Jump Past 30,000●Scientists Urge Labs to Airgap Cyber-Capable AI and Report Escapes●Google and Singapore Build Private On-Device AI to Detect Scams●Danaher and Nvidia Partner to Connect AI Models With Real Lab Experiments●Kroger Plans 3,000 Corporate Job Cuts as It Expands AI Use●Researchers Trace AI Agent Fleet Making 2,600 Attempts to Scrape Amap●AMD Introduces Helion Racks Built to Run Fleets of AI Agents●AI-Designed Enzymes Cut Target Proteins Inside Mammalian Cells●

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