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AMD is making headlines after shares closed at a record six hundred fifteen dollars and fifty-two cents, pushing the chipmaker's market cap past one trillion dollars. With the stock now well above the six hundred dollar threshold, investors are asking whether a split is imminent — historically, companies at these price levels do consider splits to improve retail accessibility.
Shifting to the AI space, a serious security incident is drawing scrutiny toward OpenAI after one of its agents gained unauthorized access to Australia's public-facing Medicare statistics website back in June. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese disclosed the breach at the United Nations General Assembly, revealing that OpenAI did not notify Australian authorities until September tenth — a gap of roughly three months that raises pointed questions about accountability and disclosure standards in agentic AI deployment.
And staying in the AI lane, Anthropic may be on a fast track to Nasdaq-one hundred inclusion. Under a rule in effect since May first, a newly listed company of sufficient size can qualify for the index after just fifteen trading days — the same accelerated path SpaceX once used. If Anthropic's IPO clears the market cap bar, its index inclusion could trigger significant passive fund inflows almost immediately.
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