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The latest Peter Thiel news, : UK Sovereign AI Fund joins $6.5bn round for Anthropic-backed Fractile.

The provided text does not mention Peter Thiel. The coverage focuses on Geoffrey Hinton's warnings about AI risks and criticism of Donald Trump, the Pentagon ceasing use of Anthropic tools, local opposition to AI datacenters, OpenRouter's growth, Tom Watson joining Palantir, and Clearview AI testing a new investigative tool.

9 stories mentioning Peter Thiel since 18 September 2026, newest first, each with its sources and discussion. Follow to see new ones on your front page.

  1. Business & Funding new

    UK Sovereign AI Fund joins $6.5bn round for Anthropic-backed Fractile

    The UK government’s Sovereign AI Fund is set to invest in Fractile, a London-based chipmaker backed by Anthropic, as part of a new funding round. The deal is expected to value the startup at approximately $6.5bn…

    1 source
    telegraph.co.uk
  2. Policy & Regulation new

    Opinion: Thiel's leaked Rome talks call EA, AI safetyism Antichrist, Bill Gates Mr. Hyde

    Leaked recordings of Peter Thiel’s four‑part Rome lecture series, obtained by The Verge, reveal the billionaire’s view that effective altruism (EA) and AI “safetyism” are precursors to the Antichrist. Thiel, who first…

    1 source
    theverge.com
  3. Research new

    Stanford economists argue AI should focus on human collaboration over automation

    Gabriel Unger and Arvind Narayanan, economists at Stanford’s Digital Economy Lab, challenge the dominant AI agenda in an essay. They argue that AI research is overly focused on automating human labor, driven by…

    1 source
    AI Snake Oil
  4. Policy & Regulation new

    Geoffrey Hinton calls Trump a corrupt felon and warns of AI risks

    Geoffrey Hinton, a pioneer of modern AI, has intensified his warnings about the existential threats posed by artificial intelligence in a new interview. He criticized US President Donald Trump as a "corrupt, senile…

    1 source HN 5
    The Guardian AI
  5. Society & Work new

    Peter Thiel accuses Obama and Pope of exploiting AI fears for popularity

    Peter Thiel accused former President Barack Obama and Pope Leo XIV of using public anxiety about artificial intelligence to boost their own popularity, according to exclusive recordings obtained by Decoded by POLITICO.…

    1 source
    yahoo.com
  6. Pentagon stops using Anthropic AI tools months after blacklisting company, BBC told

    The US Department of Defense has officially ceased using Anthropic's AI tools, a department official told the BBC on Monday. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth designated Anthropic a national security supply-chain risk in…

    3 sources
    bbc.comBBC Technologyandroidheadlines.com
  7. Policy & Regulation new

    Silicon Valley’s AI push meets democratic backlash, poll finds

    A wave of local opposition to AI datacenters is reshaping the ambitions of Silicon Valley’s technologists. A survey by Marquette University Law School found that 73% of Americans think the costs of datacenters outweigh…

    1 source
    The Guardian AI
  8. Agents & Tools new

    OpenRouter reaches 10 trillion tokens daily as Stripe acquisition completes

    OpenRouter, a neutral API for AI model inference, has grown to process over 10 trillion tokens per day, serving more than 10 million developers. Founded by Alex Atallah, the platform emerged from early experiments with…

    1 source
    Latent Space
  9. Policy & Regulation new

    Former Labour deputy leader Tom Watson joins Palantir

    Tom Watson, the former Labour deputy leader and peer, has been appointed senior vice‑president of Palantir’s UK and Europe operations. He will work alongside Palantir’s UK‑Europe chief executive Louis Mosley as the…

    1 source
    theguardian.com

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As of 1 November 2026: UK Sovereign AI Fund joins $6.5bn round for Anthropic-backed Fractile. The UK government’s Sovereign AI Fund is set to invest in Fractile, a London-based chipmaker backed by Anthropic, as part of a new funding round.

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The provided text does not mention Peter Thiel. The coverage focuses on Geoffrey Hinton's warnings about AI risks and criticism of Donald Trump, the Pentagon ceasing use of Anthropic tools, local opposition to AI datacenters, OpenRouter's growth, Tom Watson joining Palantir, and Clearview AI testing a new investigative tool.