Wednesday, 14 October 2026
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The briefing

Wednesday, 14 October · the key facts, one line each
  1. 1
    Anthropic says new defences cut data harvested by distillers from Claude by around 90 to 99 percent

    Anthropic said on 12 October 2026 that new defences against distillation, where others copy a model by training on its outputs, have cut the data harvested from Claude by around 90 to 99 percent.

    Safety & Trust
  2. 2
    Asian chip stocks fall after Broadcom’s Hock Tan likens AI investing to a casino

    Asian chip stocks fell on 13 October 2026 after Broadcom chief executive Hock Tan compared AI investing to a casino at an event in Singapore.

    Business & Funding · Based on an unconfirmed report
  3. 3
    Character.ai files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy with Disney as the lead $20 million bidder for an IP licence

    Character Technologies, maker of the Character.ai chatbot app, filed for Chapter 11 in Delaware on 12 October 2026 to sell its assets.

    Tools & Apps
  4. 4
    Nvidia’s share of China’s AI chip market fell to 34% in the first half of 2026 as Huawei gained, IDC data shows

    Nvidia held 34% of China’s data centre AI chip market in the first half of 2026, down from a majority share in 2025, according to IDC data reported by Reuters.

    Chips & Compute · Based on an unconfirmed report
  5. 5
    Omron agrees to buy industrial PC maker OnLogic for $675 million in a push into physical AI

    Omron announced on 12 October 2026 that it has agreed to acquire OnLogic, a US maker of rugged industrial PCs, and its parent Interlogic.

    Chips & Compute · Based on an unconfirmed report

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Model tracker

ModelLabContextInput · 1M tokensStory
Microsoft-Decision-1MicrosoftNot stated$0.042Yesterday
GPT-6 Sol / GPT-6 Luna (ChatGPT)OpenAINot statedIncluded in ChatGPT plans11 Oct
Claude Haiku 5.5AnthropicNot stated on launch page$0.10 (up to 100K tokens)11 Oct
EmbeddingGemma 2Google DeepMind8,192 tokensFree (open weights)11 Oct

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