TSMC bets $1B on AI labs; New York opens safety registration
Thursday, November 12, 2026 · 6 min
TSMC approved plans for up to $1 billion in OpenAI and Anthropic stakes, Jeremy Hsu reports at Ars Technica, deepening suppliers’ financial ties to AI labs. New York opens frontier-model registration, while Tether releases a small model for on-device tool use.
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TSMC approved plans for up to $1 billion in OpenAI and Anthropic stakes, Jeremy Hsu reports at Ars Technica, deepening suppliers’ financial ties to AI labs. New York opens frontier-model registration, while Tether releases a small model for on-device tool use.
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- Taiwan’s chipmaking giant TSMC to invest $1B in Anthropic, OpenAI — Ars Technica
“The chipmaker’s board approved plans to invest up to $500 million in OpenAI preferred stock reserved for large investors and another $500 million to purchase Anthropic common shares at the latter’s expected IPO price, according to Reuters . Such an investment may give markets “a…”
- New York opens a RAISE Act portal for large frontier AI developers, the state says - AI Tech Daily — AI Tech Daily
“New York on Tuesday opened an online registration portal for large frontier AI developers covered by the state’s Responsible AI Safety and Education Act, known as the RAISE Act, Governor Kathy Hochul’s office said in a Nov. 10 release. Large frontier developers must register…”
- BotPsy: On-Device Personal Assistant with a Sub-Billion-Parameter Agentic Language Model — Hugging Face
“BotPsy is a "personal assistant" that uses tools to perform a variety of simple tasks for the user, in domains such as web search & research, travel & lifestyle, commerce & finance, business & customer operations, device & vehicle control, files & documents, calendar, and email…”