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This week in AI: This issue looks ahead. On Wednesday the Fed announces its rate decision, then Microsoft and Alphabet report after the close. Updated 2026-10-25
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This issue looks ahead. On Wednesday the Fed announces its rate decision, then Microsoft and Alphabet report after the close. Amazon follows on Thursday. Investors want to know whether AI spending is still paying off, and the credit market is already nervous: insurance against a CoreWeave default now costs more than 10% a year. Anthropic is expected to file its IPO paperwork publicly any day. Moonshot says Kimi K3.1 Pro's open weights arrive November 4. Israel votes on Tuesday after a campaign f...
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Healthcare — ▲ +350% story volume vs last week (27 vs 6 tracked stories)
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OpenAI — in 18 of the last 20 issues · 51 tracked stories this week
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Apple — ▼ -92% story volume vs last week (1 vs 13 tracked stories)
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Tools & capabilities — 75 of 435 tracked stories this week
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This issue looks ahead. On Wednesday the Fed announces its rate decision, then Microsoft and Alphabet report after the close. Amazon follows on Thursday. Investors want to know whether AI spending is still paying off, and the credit market is already nervous: insurance against a CoreWeave default now costs more than 10% a year. Anthropic is expected to file its IPO paperwork publicly any day. Moonshot says Kimi K3.1 Pro's open weights arrive November 4. Israel votes on Tuesday after a campaign f...
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