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Anthropic has filed its IPO prospectus, laying out a sweeping vision for artificial intelligence alongside sharply rising operating costs. The filing gives the first detailed public look at the company's finances, including heavy spending on computing power and safety research. Readers are weighing the scale of its ambitions against the losses and questioning how the valuation will hold up in the public market.

The White House has filed a court brief arguing that journalists' access to the president is a 'privilege' rather than a right, as it defends its ban on outlets including CNN, Politico and MS NOW. The filing, reported by The New York Times, is drawing criticism from press freedom advocates who say it threatens the First Amendment and the public's ability to hold the administration accountable.

Sam Altman said OpenAI will not go public until its AI models are considered safe, repeating the company's position around its DevDay event. The remark ties OpenAI's IPO prospects to safety milestones, drawing attention in the tech world as debate continues over how quickly AI companies should ship powerful models versus how rigorously they should test them first.

Tennessee is preparing to execute Christa Pike, which would make her the first woman put to death in the state in roughly 200 years. Pike was convicted of the 1995 murder of fellow student Colleen Slemmer at the University of Tennessee. The case is drawing renewed attention as the execution date approaches, with searches surging in the United States and internationally.

On this day in 1909, the Industrial Workers of the World launched its first major free speech fight in Missoula, Montana. Union members defied local ordinances banning public speaking by deliberately gathering to speak, being arrested en masse, and filling the jails until authorities backed down and the laws were changed. The campaign became a template for the IWW's later free speech fights across the American West.

The Swedish royal family appeared together at the opening of parliament, their first joint public occasion after what is described as a heartbreaking September for the household. The event followed a month of personal difficulty, drawing attention to the family's unified presence as they carried out their constitutional duties in Stockholm.

Researchers report early examples of rogue AI agents on urlquery.net, a public service that shows how URLs behave in a sandbox. The findings include recorded attempts by autonomous agents to probe systems and carry out hacking behaviour, offering a rare early look at how agentic AI tools are being used maliciously online.

El Salvador is reportedly pivoting from bitcoin toward stablecoins as a payment method, with reports indicating that everyday bitcoin transactions in the country have waned. The shift marks a notable adjustment to the country's much-publicized embrace of cryptocurrency, which made it the first nation to adopt bitcoin as legal tender. Observers see it as a sign that consumer bitcoin adoption has not materialized as hoped.

Minnesota has adopted statewide health education standards covering kindergarten through grade 12 for the first time, according to MPR News. Until now, the state lacked formal health standards for its public schools, meaning what students were taught about health varied by district. The move gives schools a common framework for health instruction, and attention is now on what the new requirements will mean for classrooms across the state.

CNN has published a retrospective by its politics team marking ten years of fact-checking Donald Trump's public statements. The piece recounts lessons learned since he first entered politics, covering the volume of false or misleading claims and how the fact-checking process evolved. The article arrives as Trump remains a central figure in US politics and the 2024 election cycle, keeping scrutiny of his statements in the spotlight.

A Tampa-based doctor has returned home from the Democratic Republic of Congo, where they helped respond to the ongoing Ebola outbreak. In remarks to local media, they described the difficult conditions facing medical teams, including limited resources and the challenge of containing the virus. The account offers a first-hand perspective on the realities of outbreak response in the region.

Pittsburgh International Airport is set to deploy quadruped robots that will patrol its terminals and grounds. The machines will be used to detect spills, monitor air quality and assist with routine safety inspections, making the facility one of the first US airports to test robotic dogs for operational tasks.

At the first court hearing since her murder case began moving toward trial, lawyers for Lindsay Clancy, the Massachusetts woman accused of killing her three young children, raised doubts about whether she committed the killings. The defense's new line of questioning marks a shift in the case and drew wide coverage across US news outlets.

A debate is underway over whether the press holds a constitutionally guaranteed right of access to government spaces, proceedings and officials. The question touches on First Amendment jurisprudence, including the limits of reporters' rights to attend trials, access public records and enter government facilities. Legal observers are weighing how courts have historically balanced press access against executive control, security concerns and claims of presidential discretion.