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Anthropic benefit fund, Disney's Character.AI hires, Meta AI crawlers - October 19, 2026
Anthropic pledges five percent of its shares to a public benefit fund, Disney hires most of bankrupt Character.AI, Meta drives half of AI bot traffic, and Linux 7.3 sets a record.
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Anthropic says it's committing 5% of its shares to a 'public benefit fund'
https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/18/anthropic-says-its-committing-5-of-its-shares-to-a-public-benefit-fund/Disney agrees to hire the majority of Character.AI's workforce
https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/18/disney-agrees-to-hire-the-majority-of-character-ais-workforce/Half the AI bot traffic hammering your website comes from Meta
https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/10/19/datadome-ai-agent-traffic-report/Ransomware pressure now reaches employees' homes and families
https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/10/19/semperis-ransomware-employee-safety-report/Linux 7.3 released
https://lwn.net/Articles/1101143/DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 (Max)
https://artificialanalysis.ai/models/deepseek-v4-1-flash-1017Verizon is going to charge $10/month for iPhone Handoff
https://www.verizon.com/about/news/iphone-duo-verizon-offersKhosla Ventures doubles down on Even Healthcare to challenge India's hospital economics
https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/19/khosla-ventures-doubles-down-on-even-healthcare-to-challenge-indias-hospital-economics/Bearer CLI: Free, source-available code security scanning tool (SAST)
https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/10/19/bearer-cli-free-code-security-scanning-tool-sast/Sign-off