📋 Quick Takeaways

• SoftBank completes $22.5B OpenAI investment to fuel AI infrastructure expansion and global compute capabilities
• Anthropic secures multi-billion Google TPU deal for up to 1 million chips, accelerating Claude model training
• Google President Ruth Porat predicts AI cancer cure in our lifetime through scientific transformation
• Tesla unveils Optimus robot AI advances with enhanced dexterity and video-based learning in Q3 earnings
• Elon Musk defends $1T package for Tesla’s robot army development amid AI pivot
• Cal State partners with Amazon and OpenAI to create largest AI-empowered university system
• Sora app hits 1M downloads but sparks deepfake trust crisis with celebrity misuse
• OpenAI develops generative music tool to enter AI audio creation market
• Anthropic’s business model outperforms OpenAI in corporate cost-saving applications
• AI spending boosts economy while businesses face survival challenges
• xAI launches Grok kids mode with enterprise-level content filtering
• OpenAI acquires Sky for Mac AI integration expanding native OS capabilities
• Anthropic introduces Claude Skills for custom developer task extensions

💰 Major AI Funding & Investments

SoftBank Approves Final $22.5 Billion for OpenAI

Historic Investment Milestone: SoftBank finalized the remaining $22.5 billion of its $30 billion commitment to OpenAI on October 25, marking one of the largest AI funding deals ever.