[10/19 00:00] Anthropic's "Project Panama" sourced hundreds of tons of books from Korea, Japan and Taiwan, JoongAng Daily reports / Investors push back on Nscale's $30 billion IPO valuation target

AI News Flash for October 19, 2026 at 00:00 UTC.

Topics: 1. Anthropic's "Project Panama" sourced hundreds of tons of books from Korea, Japan and Taiwan, JoongAng Daily reports https://www.koreajoongangdaily.com/lifestyle/korean-japanese-taiwanese-books-targeted-in-anthropics-project-panama-hunt-for-ai-training-material/12925754 2. Investors push back on Nscale's $30 billion IPO valuation target https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/companies-markets/ai-cloud-firm-nscale-faces-investor-pushback-over-ipo-valuation 3. India investigates Army officer's wife accused of using ChatGPT and Claude to write security papers for Chinese intelligence https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/jammu-chinese-espionage-case-army-officer-wife-ai-chatgpt-claude-defence-papers-ptag-3020221-2026-10-18 4. Massachusetts students plan Tuesday walkout calling for a national freeze on AI, as Springfield teachers seek a classroom AI moratorium https://www.masslive.com/westernmass/2026/10/springfield-educators-call-for-moratorium-on-ai-in-class.html 5. Sendai hospital uses AI to screen nuisance calls during night shifts https://kahoku.news/articles/JY6YBFBL0JKHN.html