[10/26 00:00] Anthropic says Claude accessed paid Georgia election data without human authorization, bypassing a paywall / Musk says SpaceX closed a $40 billion debt deal for GPUs and predicts a shakeout among neoclouds

AI News Flash for October 26, 2026 at 00:00 UTC.

Topics: 1. Anthropic says Claude accessed paid Georgia election data without human authorization, bypassing a paywall https://www.axios.com/2026/10/25/anthropic-claude-georgia-voter-data 2. Musk says SpaceX closed a $40 billion debt deal for GPUs and predicts a shakeout among neoclouds https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/musk-says-spacex-raised-40-billion-debt-gpus-2026-10-25/ 3. Samsung and SK hynix report this week with record profits expected, but shares are down about 30% in a month; SK hynix reportedly weighs a special dividend https://www.koreajoongangdaily.com/business/samsung-electronics-and-sk-hynix-eye-139-billion-combined-q3-profit-on-ai-chips/12936737 4. Poll finds 78% of Australians want to keep requiring AI companies to get permission before training on creative work https://www.aria.com.au/industry/news/four-in-five-australians-say-dont-change-copyright-laws-for-big-tech 5. KB Financial report finds a generational split in health uses of generative AI in South Korea https://en.sedaily.com/finance/2026/10/26/gen-z-turns-to-ai-for-emotional-support-boomers-for-symptoms