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The last day's biggest stories: Anthropic files for a Nasdaq IPO, Apple unveils an OLED iPad mini, Microsoft offers buyouts to 60,000 staff, OpenAI ships GPT-6.1 Terra, and Bill Gates calls Muse the first truly great consumer AI product.
October 27, 2026 · 5 stories
On The Verge's Decoder podcast, Gates praised Muse for actually doing things rather than just chatting, and said he personally congratulated Meta chief AI officer Alexandr Wang. He still warned of roughly 20 years of AI disruption ahead.
Source: The Times of IndiaApple's biggest iPad mini update yet brings an 8.5-inch OLED display, the 2nm A20 Pro chip, a 5.4 mm design and an IP67 rating. Pre-orders open October 28, with sales from November 6; India pricing starts at Rs 82,900.
Source: The Indian ExpressThe mid-tier model combines image and screen understanding with precise computer use, aimed at everyday professional work. It is available to Plus, Pro, Business, Enterprise and Edu plans in Work and Codex, and via the API at $1/$5 per million input/output tokens. It is not in regular Chat.
Source: OpenAIThe Claude maker's prospectus shows first-half 2026 revenue of $16.3 billion, up from $1.2 billion a year earlier, and a net loss of $80.7 billion driven mostly by a $72.4 billion paper charge on convertible notes. The seven co-founders keep 50.1% of voting power; price and share count are still blank.
Source: USA TodayRoughly a quarter of Microsoft's 223,000-strong workforce is eligible for the Voluntary Exit Offer, covering staff at VP level and below in the US, Canada, UK and India. It is the company's second buyout offer this year, as it trims costs while pouring money into AI infrastructure.
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