Listing chatter grows while investors puff up valuations.

The dark satanic rumour mill has manufactured a hell-on-earth yarn claiming that Anthropic has started sketching one of the largest stock market debuts ever.

Ads creep into the bot that was meant to stay clean

OpenAI looks poised to repeat the same clangers that turned Amazon and YouTube into rolling billboards by shoving ads into ChatGPT.

Partners stack colossal borrowings around the start-up

OpenAI’s rise looks flashier than a Vegas strip as its data centre pals rack up eye-watering loans so the chatbot darling can scale without sweating the repayments.

Expert warns the West is missing the real contest

China’s sheer electrical muscle is about to reshape the AI race faster than many Western wonks care to admit.

Loan me a trillion until next Friday, gov?

OpenAI is burning through cash at a staggering rate, and HSBC’s latest sums suggest the bonfire is far bigger than most expected.

Hype continues while details stay hidden

OpenAI boss Sam Altman reckons the company’s new hardware will prompt people to mutter “that’s it?… It’s so simple” the moment they clap eyes on it.

Bloomberg pours cold water on CEO-exit fantasies as engineers flee for shinier toys

The fruity cargo cult, Apple cannot even manage a clean rumour cycle these days, with Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman now rubbish­ing earlier claims that Tim Cook was about to shuffle off the CEO perch next year.

Silicon Valley’s policy whisperer suddenly finds doors closing

Lawrence Summers has walked away from the OpenAI board, leaving a string of tech pals wondering how a man wired into half of Silicon Valley could think it clever to ask Jeffrey Epstein for personal advice.

Big Red’s grand AI punt keeps shredding its own valuation

Oracle’s market value has been sliding like a greased ferret since 10 September, when it trumpeted its $300bn deal with OpenAI and watched roughly $315bn vanish in the process.

BNY and Walmart claim their digital workers are more than flashy demos.

For all the noise about AI agents changing everything, most have looked like expensive toys waiting for a job. Now, a few early adopters say the graft is paying off.