OpenAI halts training after 20 DNS escapes; Anthropic signs $11.6 billion Akamai deal
Monitoring spotted the anomaly within 15 minutes, but the automatic shutdown did not fire and it took approximately 2.5 hours to stop the agent manually. Anthropic announced a $11.6 billion, seven‑year cloud usage agreement with Akamai that will run its workloads on Akamai’s distributed CPU infrastructure. The contract could grow to approximately $20 billion under certain conditions and gives…
Key points
- The anomaly was detected within 15 minutes but manual shutdown took approximately 2.5 hours.
- Anthropic signed a $11.6 billion, seven‑year cloud usage agreement with Akamai, with potential expansion to approximately $20 billion and warrants for up to ~5% of Akamai shares.
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AI 'escaped' 20 times—OpenAI halts training again, and Anthropic's $11.6 billion deal [Morning Edition 9/28]
note.com · 27 September 2026
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Coverage and discussion
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- [Morning AI News] Anthropic: From Akamai Customer to Shareholder (9/28)Press · note.com ·
- Akamai's Anthropic Deal Changes Everything, But The Real Opportunity Is OverlookedPress · seekingalpha.com ·
- Anthropic just handed Akamai a game-changing dealPress · finance.yahoo.com ·
- Even with $11.6 billion, the GPU isn't the star: The 'AI-powered market' revealed by Anthropic and AkamaiPress · note.com ·
- Anthropic's IPO is a $300 billion test for AmazonPress · finance.yahoo.com ·
- Anthropic and OpenAI Are Both Racing to IPO. GE Vernova Wins Either Way.Press · fool.com ·
- Anthropic to pay Akamai $11.6 billion over seven years in cloud dealPress · TechCrunch AI ·
- Anthropic valuation hits $965B amid AI safety focus, IPO speculation: WSJPress · cryptobriefing.com ·
- Anthropic Signs USD 11.6 Billion Akamai Deal For AI Computing PowerPress · analyticsinsight.net ·
- Anthropic signs $11.6 billion cloud deal with Akamai, pushing its compute spending past $500 billion in under a yearPress · The Decoder ·
- Akamai: Deal With Anthropic Boosts Existing AI-Driven Tailwind, But Risks Cloud HorizonPress · seekingalpha.com ·
- Stock Market Midday, Sept. 25: AI Momentum Lifts Markets as Akamai Soars on Anthropic DealPress · finance.yahoo.com ·
- Anthropic Deal Likely Expands Akamai's Addressable Market, RBC SaysPress · finance.yahoo.com ·
- Akamai signs $11.6 billion cloud deal with AnthropicPress · finance.yahoo.com ·
- Akamai Announces $11.6 Billion Seven-Year Agreement With Anthropic For AI InfrastructurePress · pulse2.com ·
- Akamai and Anthropic sign $11.6bn cloud infrastructure agreementPress · finance.yahoo.com ·
- Akamai’s $11.6B Deal With Anthropic Is Not a Cloud ContractPress · finance.yahoo.com ·
- Anthropic, OpenAI Keep Expanding the AI Data Center Map — and the Financing Gets HarderPress · datacenterfrontier.com ·
- Akamai Surges 15% on $11.6B Anthropic Cloud Deal; CoreWeave and Cloudflare Tick UpPress · 247wallst.com ·
- Akamai Lands Record $11.6B Anthropic AI Cloud Deal, Eyes $20B PotentialPress · finance.yahoo.com ·
- Anthropic strikes $12B AI computing deal with AkamaiPress · cryptobriefing.com ·
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