Top of the Hour — 6:00 AM · Sat Sep 12, 2026

Saturday, September 12: The Intercept drops 400 pages of secret Pentagon AI contracts; a Jacob Coxon resignation letter rattles Anthropic's safety brand; Nscale prices a $3.5B Nvidia-backed pre-IPO round; the Anthropic Claude Max class action expands; and House Democrats push to cancel fall recess until AI safety laws pass. In this hour: The Intercept Publishes 400 Pages of Pentagon AI Contracts With OpenAI, Anthropic, Google & xAI · Anthropic Pretraining Researcher Resigns Over Self-Improving AI Fears — Colleagues Don't Push Back · Anthropic Claude Max Class Action Broadens — Actual Boost Alleged at 3.5x and 6–8x, Not 5x and 20x · Nscale Seeks $3.5B Pre-IPO Round — $2B From Nvidia, $1.5B Convertibles Led by Third Point · House Democrats Urge Speaker Johnson to Cancel Fall Recess Until Congress Passes AI Safeguards.