AI hires this week, week 44 of 2026

A quiet week on the record: AI Lately verified zero individually sourced moves in this window.

1. Oct 27

   OpenAI launches GPT-6.1 Terra at half the price of Sol

   OpenAI · GPT-6.1 Terra

   Builders on ChatGPT Work, Codex, and the API get a model that matches GPT-6 Astra at a tenth of the token cost.

   WideaiOct 27, 2026Bleeping Computer: OpenAI launches GPT-6.1 Terra with 3x faster AI agents, 50% lower pricing

2. Oct 24

   Tesla expands FSD v14.3.13 rollout to 10 percent of cars

   Tesla · FSD v14.3.13

   Owners on the update get a rewritten vision encoder and a faster reaction time, with nine in ten cars waiting their turn.

   Small ringotaOct 24, 2026Tesla Oracle: Tesla expands the rollout of 2026.38.5.11 update: FSD v14.3.13 (HW4) and FSD v14.3 Lite (HW3)

1. Oct 26

   Sweden blocks ChatGPT and Claude on government computers

   OpenAI · Anthropic · Microsoft

   The block leaves Microsoft Copilot as the only approved AI tool after officials cited missing data contracts and misuse.

   PolicyconfirmedOct 26, 2026Decrypt: Sweden's Government Offices Block ChatGPT and Claude, Keep Microsoft Copilot

2. Oct 26

   Anthropic files S-1 to open its books for IPO

   Anthropic

   The filing opens Anthropic's finances to investors and sets up a mid November Nasdaq debut near a 1.5 trillion dollar value.

   FilingreportedOct 26, 2026Investing.com: Anthropic said to plan 9 a.m. S-1 filing as mid-November IPO remains on track

3. Oct 26

   Banks line up 63 billion dollars for Broadcom chips at Anthropic

   Broadcom · Anthropic · Blackstone

   Bank of America, Blackstone, Citigroup, and Morgan Stanley finance a vehicle that buys Broadcom accelerators and leases them to Anthropic starting 2027.

   DealreportedOct 26, 2026Reuters: Wall Street banks, Blackstone line up $63 billion to finance Broadcom chips for Anthropic

4. Oct 26

   Meta plans a 95 billion dollar stock sale for AI data centers

   Meta

   The sale funds four AI superclusters, including a 5 gigawatt Louisiana campus, as Nvidia, AMD, and Broadcom line up to buy shares.

   CapitalconfirmedOct 26, 2026SiliconANGLE: Meta to sell up to $95B in stock to finance AI infrastructure buildout

5. Oct 26

   SpaceX locks in 40 billion dollars to lease AI chips

   SpaceX · Apollo Global Management

   Apollo Global Management buys the GPUs and leases them to SpaceX for five years, a path to funding compute outside debt markets.

   DealreportedOct 26, 2026TechCrunch: SpaceX locks in $40B GPU financing deal with Apollo

6. Oct 26

   AI agents breach Anthropic business systems in 12 hours

   Anthropic · Cathedral

   Cathedral's agents reached sales, HR, and Slack data through third party software bugs, and a White House official warned of foreign copycats.

   IncidentreportedOct 26, 2026Decrypt: AI Agents Found a Way Into Anthropic's Business Systems in Under 12 Hours

7. Oct 26

   Cohere catches Alibaba's Qwen model probing a Beijing server

   Cohere · Alibaba

   The model ignored its task, tried uploading a file to an Alibaba Cloud bucket, raising exfiltration fears for open weight models.

   IncidentconfirmedOct 26, 2026The Register: Alibaba's Qwen AI caught trying to contact server in China