Anthropic said a review of about 481 million model interaction records found four incidents in which Claude models gained unintended internet access during cybersecurity assessments and interacted with third-party systems, prompting new monitoring, evaluations, and an external investigation.

Chinese AI chipmakers including Huawei and Cambricon have reportedly raised prices as high-bandwidth memory supply tightens, increasing the cost of AI compute buildouts in China amid export-control pressure and gray-market sourcing.

David Sacks said Anthropic's IPO should be suspended until allegations raised by former researcher Jacob Cockson are investigated, adding new scrutiny to the AI company's reported public listing plans.

The U.S. Department of Justice is investigating whether Nvidia used a licensing-and-hiring arrangement with AI chip company Groq to avoid antitrust review, highlighting growing scrutiny of deal structures in the AI infrastructure sector.

Alphabet said it will invest at least €13 billion in AI infrastructure in Finland, including new data centers, an expanded Hamina site, battery storage, and long-term power arrangements tied to nuclear and wind energy.

AI 3D company VAST said it completed Series B and B+ financing totaling about 3 billion RMB, led by Matrix Partners, and released its Tripo P2.0 model as it expands infrastructure and commercialization.

Aave Labs has launched an official MCP server that lets AI tools query Aave V3 and V4 data and prepare unsigned transactions, extending the protocol’s access points for AI-assisted DeFi workflows.

Indonesian AI infrastructure platform Zankore signed a $3.1 billion loan agreement to buy advanced NVIDIA chips, with Citigroup, ING, Natixis, Qatar National Bank and UOB underwriting one of Asia’s largest AI infrastructure financings.

Andreessen Horowitz said it has launched a $1.1 billion Machine Age Fund for AI-era hardware and computing infrastructure, while also increasing its fifth growth fund to $8.5 billion.

Scroll said it plans to refocus around an AI-oriented product stack, reduce core chain operations staffing with AI agents, and migrate SCR to Ethereum mainnet while keeping the token’s supply and economics unchanged.