AI and Tech News, 7 Oct 2026: OpenAI Math, Amodei Pay, SpaceX

OpenAI just dropped hundreds of AI-written math papers. That leads today's ten biggest technology and AI stories, along with Dario Amodei's pay disclosure and SpaceX's reported $40B chip financing.

1. An Unreleased OpenAI Model Produced 722 Math Manuscripts, Now Public

The papers, grouped into 372 results and posted openly on GitHub, came from an internal model aimed at about 4,000 open problems. OpenAI says more than 100 long-standing problems were resolved.

2. Dario Amodei Earned $18M in 2025, Anthropic's IPO Filing Shows

Reuters reported from the confidential prospectus that most of the CEO's pay came from stock and option awards. President Daniela Amodei received $16.4M, and both saw their base salaries double to $1.4M.

3. SpaceX Is Reportedly After $40B in Apollo-Led Debt for Nvidia Chips

The Financial Times reported the package would combine about $10B in bank loans with $30B in investment-grade debt. It's a sign of how big a source of corporate borrowing AI has become.

4. Mistral's Large 4 Is a 1-Trillion-Parameter Open-Weight Model

The Paris lab's mixture-of-experts model, nicknamed Le Chonk, uses 49B active parameters. It's available now in API preview, and Mistral says the weights will follow by the end of October.

5. Uber Will Buy Catering Platform ezCater for $2.3B in Cash

Boston-based ezCater logged more than $2.5B in gross bookings over the past year. Pending regulatory approval, the deal pushes Uber Eats into corporate catering.

6. Apple and LG Are Reportedly Building Smart Home Devices Together

Bloomberg's Mark Gurman says the LG-branded doorbell, lock, thermostat and cameras will work with Apple's upcoming home hub. They're at least a few months from launch, though.

7. A Report Says Xbox Has Exclusive GTA VI Cloud Streaming Rights, and Xbox Denies It

The Verge reported that Xbox Cloud Gaming will be the only service allowed to stream Grand Theft Auto VI at launch, but Xbox has since denied that the streaming is exclusive. Rockstar and Take-Two haven't commented.

8. Lambda, Backed by Nvidia, Is Raising Up to $4B Before a Planned IPO

The Wall Street Journal and TechCrunch reported that Blackstone and Coatue are leading the round at a $14.5B pre-money valuation. It follows a jump in Lambda's order backlog to $50B.

9. Anduril Lands a Navy Contract Worth Up to $2.9B for Submarine Parts

The defense tech company will build Virginia-class submarine components. It also plans a $3.7B shipyard at Sparrows Point, Maryland, to supply the program's two prime builders.

10. The Personal Agent Protocol Launches With Meta, Walmart, Stripe and Sierra

The open standard, also backed by Shopify, sets out how personal AI agents sign in and act with businesses using OAuth-based permissions. A v0.1 specification is due this month.