Anthropic Admits Existential Risks in IPO Filing & IG Goes After Youtube With 90-Min Horizontal Videos

#963: Anthropic files for potentially the biggest IPO in history all while admitting that AI could cause existential risk to humanity. Trump announces Audi will build a $4 billion US factory in Georgia. Instagram is testing out 90-minute horizontal videos in a move that competes with Youtube. ‘Maxxing’ is Dictionary.com’s 2026 word of the year. Finally, Microsoft offers voluntary buyouts for its laid off workers.

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