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UK Detective Under Investigation for Allegedly Using Microsoft Copilot to Assist in Criminal Case Decisions

A senior detective with Derbyshire Constabulary is under investigation for gross misconduct by the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) over allegations of using Microsoft Copilot to assist in criminal case decisions. The detective is accused of using AI to make policy decisions, assess and manage risk, and inform investigative decisions, as well as inputting case-related sensitive operational and personal information into the tool. Derbyshire Police approved officers' use of Copilot in May 2025 for drafting reports and summarizing information, but explicitly prohibited inputting operational, sensitive or personal data; the investigation will examine usage between May 2025 and June 2026, and no conclusions have yet been reached.

Nvidia, Microsoft and others warn UK has one year to defuse data center protest risk

AI infrastructure companies including Nvidia, Microsoft and Cisco have submitted recommendations to the UK government, saying the UK has about 12 months to establish a "compact" that benefits communities, or it may face protests similar to those in the US that threaten data center construction. The SAIL working group recommends letting councils that approve data centers retain more tax revenue and establishing a local benefit framework. Organizations such as PauseAI UK and Foxglove criticized this approach as buying off communities with benefits, and noted that 15 community groups in Scotland are already opposing related projects.

Microsoft report says Storm-0940 used open-source AI agent ARTEX to automate attacks on hundreds of organizations

Microsoft released a report stating that a China-linked actor named Storm-0940 used the open-source AI agent ARTEX to automate attacks on hundreds of organizations across different industries worldwide. ARTEX is released as open source on GitHub and chains together multiple LLM agents, requiring almost no human intervention from reconnaissance to data theft; it logs in using ConnectWise's Microsoft 365 backup and management application key, bypassing user sign-in and MFA, and in several intrusions achieved cloud privileged access from the initial target in under 3 hours. The report also notes that most attack attempts failed, with one password spray recording 151K+ failures and not a single success, and that application sign-in alone does not prove data was stolen.

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Anthropic IPO filing shows $131.7 billion in cash and short-term investments

Anthropic's IPO filing shows it holds $131.7 billion in cash and short-term investments, a scale exceeding that of Amazon and Microsoft; among U.S. non-bank companies, only Berkshire Hathaway and Alphabet hold more, and it exceeds the combined total of Nvidia and Apple. Its cash and equivalents rose from $17.4 billion at the end of 2025 to $112.4 billion as of June 30, with interest income of $11 billion in the first half of the year, higher than its operating loss of $693 million. Over the same period, undiscounted obligations for leases not yet commenced rose from $50.2 billion to $321.4 billion, with an additional $265.6 billion in fixed or minimum guaranteed commitments; after June 30, it signed new agreements with approximately $245 billion in minimum payments, and Anthropic said it may settle some leases by issuing convertible bonds rather than cash.

Microsoft's first-quarter revenue reaches $92.3 billion, Azure grows 48%

Microsoft's first quarter of fiscal year 2027 revenue reached $92.3 billion, up 19% year over year, with operating income of $4.59 billion and net income of $3.66 billion growing 21% and 32% respectively. Microsoft Cloud revenue was $63.9 billion, up 30%, of which Azure grew 48%; the newly segmented "Agents and Infrastructure" division posted revenue of $76.8 billion, up 25%, while the "Devices and End-Consumer" division's revenue fell 3% to $15.5 billion, with the Windows business down 22%. Microsoft CFO Amy Hood said Copilot usage in Microsoft 365 grew 50% quarter over quarter, but did not disclose specific user numbers, only stating that the Microsoft 365 E7 package already has millions of users.

Anthropic accounts for 34.5% of SpaceX's Q3 revenue, becoming its largest customer

Bloomberg disclosed that Anthropic accounts for 34.5% of SpaceX's Q3 revenue of $14.575 billion, surpassing the U.S. government to become its largest customer. SpaceX's filing labels this customer only as Customer B, and the related payments are for renting Nvidia GPU compute capacity at its Memphis data center; this compute leasing business also serves Google. Anthropic's S-1 filed on October 26 shows that its arrangement with SpaceX reaches up to $120.5 billion by 2029, while its commitments to Google, Amazon, and Microsoft are minimum values of at least $114.5 billion, $110 billion, and $44.9 billion, respectively.

Anthropic Prepares for IPO: Prospectus Discloses Compute Commitments and Security Risks

Anthropic is preparing for an IPO, with a valuation estimated at up to $2 trillion, and the prospectus published this Monday disclosed details on security, customer dependence, and corporate governance. In the first nine months of 2026, about 5% to 7% of revenue came from customers found to have violated usage policies; the top five customers contributed about 25% of revenue, and in the first half of 2026, 48% of revenue was obtained through platforms such as AWS, Google Cloud, and Microsoft Azure. Existing and planned AI infrastructure agreements total about $657 billion, of which about $417 billion is non-cancelable, and spending could rise to $806 billion after including hardware capacity still under negotiation. After listing, the seven founders will collectively control 50.1% of ordinary shareholder voting rights. The specific listing date has not yet been determined; according to The Wall Street Journal, the target is the week of November 16.

Trump says large data centers must generate their own power and pay cash dividends to communities

In a Truth Social post, Trump said large new data centers must generate their own power and pay cash "dividends" to their host communities. The closest existing commitment is the Ratepayer Protection Pledge signed in March this year by Amazon, Google, Meta, Microsoft, OpenAI, Oracle and xAI, under which signatories pledged to build or purchase generating capacity and bear infrastructure upgrade costs, but experts believe the pledge may not be enforceable at the federal level. Trump said some projects that were initially highly unpopular became popular after financial agreements were reached, and the dividend proposal goes further than those pledges.

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WSJ sees Anthropic IPO draft: half-year revenue $16.3 billion, compute commitments about $450 billion

The Anthropic IPO draft seen by WSJ shows half-year revenue of $16.3 billion, a book loss of $80.7 billion, and compute commitments of about $450 billion. The draft discloses fixed payments of $252 billion to three major cloud providers over the next 7 to 10 years, including $111 billion to Google, $110 billion to AWS, and $31 billion to Microsoft, payable whether or not used. There is also over $160 billion in Google chip leasing (via Broadcom) and up to $86 billion in Nvidia GPU rental, plus $150 billion in deals under negotiation.

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