- Money moves. Anthropic, cofounded by Daniela Amodei, is reportedly on track to be valued at more than $100 billion in its latest funding round. Investors have preemptively approached the AI company with the offer; it wasn’t formally fundraising. The news comes after Mira Murati’s Thinking Machines Lab
formally closed its $2 billion seed round with a $12 billion valuation earlier this week.
The Information- Bondi under fire. Attorney General Pam Bondi has faced a barrage of criticism from MAGA supporters since the Justice Department revealed a memo on disgraced financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, stating that there is no evidence of a client list and that no further documents would be released. Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), has broken ranks with President Trump and Bondi on the issue, saying that he’d want to see more files released to the public.
NPR- A global issue. Iran has deported over 1.4 million Afghans this year, leading to devastation among the women and girls who have had to go back to living under the Taliban regime. The current Afghan government has made it illegal for girls to study beyond sixth grade; women cannot hold jobs or go to public spaces without a male companion.
New York Times- Dummy decisions. A group of bipartisan women senators is sponsoring the “She Drives Act” to require the use of advanced test dummies that better reflect the driving population, including one simulating a petite woman. While women make up about half of U.S. drivers, they are 73% more likely to suffer serious injuries and 17% more likely to be killed than men, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. The most commonly used test dummies today represent a 5'9" man who weighs 171 pounds.
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