💼 Business & Startups

June 2nd, 2026

Today's top 2 stories, curated by Daily Direct.

Fortune

Anthropic’s confidential S-1 signals summer AI IPO race could heat up fast

Anthropic has filed a confidential S-1, setting the stage for what could become one of the most anticipated IPOs of the year from a company valued at $61.5 billion. The move signals that the AI sector's public market debut is no longer a distant prospect but an imminent reality. With deep-pocketed backers and a rapidly expanding product suite, Anthropic's listing could set the tone for a wave of AI company offerings this summer.

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Fortune

The ‘godfather of AI’ says we’re not just creating new beings — they’ll be much smarter than us, and soon

Geoffrey Hinton, the Nobel Prize-winning pioneer behind modern neural networks, is sounding the alarm on the trajectory of AI development. He warns that the competitive drive to build ever-more-capable systems will produce entities far smarter than humans — and potentially hostile ones. Few voices carry more weight on this subject, making his pessimism difficult to dismiss.

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