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Anthropic’s public IPO filing dominated coverage, revealing rapid revenue growth, substantial computing commitments and unusual governance arrangements alongside warnings about AI safety. The financing demands of AI infrastructure drew further scrutiny as Meta outlined plans to raise up to US$95 billion and SpaceX secured approximately US$40 billion for GPU equipment. OpenAI launched GPT-6.1 Terra, emphasising lower-cost computer use and automation, while Oracle, ServiceNow and Workday advanced enterprise AI agents and associated security controls. Microsoft offered voluntary exits to approximately 60,000 employees as AI infrastructure spending reshaped priorities. Sovereign AI investments and partnerships expanded internationally, while legal and research developments highlighted growing concerns about child safety, copyright, biosecurity and the reliability of increasingly autonomous systems.