AI Daily Digest, October 16, 2026: EU AI Act Targets OpenAI and Anthropic, Maia 300 Goes Multi-Gigawatt
The European Commission sent its first named information requests under the AI Act to OpenAI and Anthropic, covering security, external evaluation, and model usage monitoring. Microsoft said its Azure Maia 300 accelerator enters production in 2027 and will scale to multi-gigawatt deployments. Anthropic launched Enterprise Frontier Safeguards, storing monitoring data in customers' own cloud accounts.
- AI Act requests cover security, external evaluation and model usage monitoring
- Non-compliance fines reach €15 million or 3% of global turnover
- Maia 300: 40% more tokens per watt, 288GB memory, 18TB/s bandwidth
- Anthropic stores monitoring data in customer clouds with no staff review
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