Journal of the AI Universe
Best of the week
The top 10 stories of each week, chosen from the daily top stories.
Week 43, 2026
19 October – 25 October 2026 (week in progress) · 3 issues
- Anthropic is reported in talks with Nscale for a second 460 MW West Virginia data centre worth about $45 billion
- Tenstorrent raises $1.5 billion at a $6.2 billion valuation to stay independent and scale open AI chips
- Microsoft pulls out of Nscale's Essex AI data centre over power-supply concerns
Week 42, 2026
12 October – 18 October 2026 · 1 issue
- Kling 4.0 launches: 30-second, single-pass AI video shots
- Pentagon: an Autonomous Warfare Command is the 'end state' of Project Agincourt
- Gemini 4 Argon tops the Vals Index; Meta (816B) and Reflection (501B) release open models