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Latest edition · No. 37 · 28 October 2026

OpenAI Says Its Models Disproved the Exponential Time, and 2 more

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    OpenAI Says Its Models Disproved the Exponential Time Hypothesis

    OpenAI published three claimed results on 26 October 2026, including a refutation of a conjecture that hundreds of complexity papers assume to be true. None has been peer-reviewed, and the group checking the refutation is led by the two men who proposed the conjecture.

  2. 02

    Anthropic's S-1 Shows $16.3bn of Revenue and a $693m Loss

    The Claude developer applied on 26 October 2026 to list on Nasdaq as ANT. Revenue for the six months to 30 June was 14 times the year before, and almost 90 per cent of the $80.7bn net loss is a non-cash charge for the rising value of its own convertible notes.

  3. 03

    EQT Buys Range Resources to Pass 9 Bcfe a Day in Appalachia

    Each Range share converts into 0.987 EQT shares under a definitive merger agreement announced on 26 October 2026. The $50bn in the announcement is the combined company's enterprise value, not the price EQT is paying, which the release does not disclose.