AI News for October 9, 2026 — 7min.ai

[NEWS] OpenAI's real revenue run rate is ~$50B, $20B below what investors were told: OpenAI told investors its annualized revenue is approaching $50B based on sales through September.
[NEWS] Google launches 'universal' Gemini agent for enterprises with Claude in its model picker: Google unveiled a unified Gemini agent at its Gemini at Work event.
[OPINION] Terence Tao's mathematician group calls for OpenAI boycott over flood of AI proofs: The Association for Human Mathematics, chaired by Fields Medalist Terence Tao, is urging mathematicians to stop working with OpenAI.
[NEWS] Anthropic bans 'abusive or cruel behavior' toward Claude in first policy update in a year: Anthropic's new usage policy prohibits "sustained and needless abusive or cruel behavior" toward Claude.
[NEWS] Firmus pulls its ASX listing entirely after investor demand fails to show: Firmus Technologies withdrew what would have been Australia's biggest listing since Telstra in 1997.
[NEWS] Fired OpenAI safety researchers publish letter disputing misconduct claims: The three safety researchers OpenAI fired last week published an open letter titled "OpenAI cannot make AI safe on its own." They deny mishandling sensitive information and say they got only verbal reasons.
[NEWS] Meta's Muse and OpenAI's Dots push consumer AI agents into the mainstream: Meta's Muse agent, launched September 8, passed 2.5 million downloads in its first two weeks and topped US app store rankings.
[RESEARCH] OpenAI withdraws 3 math papers after a sign error breaks a Hodge conjecture proof: OpenAI withdrew three of the AI-generated math manuscripts it published this week.
[NEWS] Manus raises $500M+ in first round since China forced Meta to unwind its $2B deal: Butterfly Effect, the parent of AI agent startup Manus, raised more than $500M in a round led by Boyu Capital and IDG Capital.
[NEWS] Arena raises $200M at $3.1B valuation and expands into AI safety evaluation: Arena, the crowdsourced AI leaderboard that started at UC Berkeley, raised a $200M Series B at a $3.1B valuation.

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