Anthropic's IPO filing, Alphabet's $80B raise, Codex on Bedrock - June 2, 2026
Anthropic files to go public near a trillion dollars, coding agents land on AWS, and a ransomware crew is caught using Claude to build malware.
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Intro
Anthropic files confidentially for IPO at a 965 billion dollar valuation
https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/01/anthropic-files-to-go-public/Alphabet plans an 80 billion dollar raise for its AI buildout
https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/01/alphabet-plans-to-raise-80-billion-to-pay-for-ai-buildout/OpenAI's models and Codex agent arrive on AWS Bedrock
https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/06/02/openai-models-and-codex-on-aws/Simon Willison's Pasted File Editor, built by a coding agent
https://simonwillison.net/2026/Jun/2/pasted-file-editor/Hackers hijacked Instagram by tricking Meta's AI support chatbot
https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/01/hackers-hijacked-instagram-accounts-by-tricking-meta-ai-support-chatbot-into-granting-access/Dozens of Red Hat npm packages backdoored in a Mini Shai-Hulud wave
https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/06/02/red-hat-npm-packages-compromised-mini-shai-hulud/Sophos finds a ransomware crew using Claude to build EDR-evading malware
https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/06/02/ai-agents-edr-evasion-techniques/Florida sues OpenAI and Sam Altman in a first-of-its-kind case
https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/01/florida-sues-openai-sam-altman-in-first-of-its-kind-lawsuit-over-violent-incidents/Zvi on Claude Opus 4.8 and the new science of model welfare
https://thezvi.substack.com/p/opus-48-part-2-model-welfareDries Buytaert on Contentful and the limits of Buy European
https://dri.es/contentful-and-the-limits-of-buy-europeanSign-off
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