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Videos targeting two US Senate candidates appear to have borrowed the identities of real staffers and a former student. The first posts came down, but copies remained, while impersonated people were left with the reputational cost.
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Anthropic’s October 26 S-1 disclosed risks from misuse, weaponization and loss of control. The same filing showed first-half revenue above $16 billion, roughly 14 times the year-earlier period, putting growth and safety claims before public-market investors together.
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