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Anthropic's Revenue Does the Math Olympiad: From $9B to $65B Faster Than You Can Say 'Scaling Laws'
Anthropic's revenue run rate hits $65B, up from $9B last year, and they're eyeing a $2 trillion IPO - because why not?
2026-08-18
TechCrunch
2026-07-29
The Verge
Ferrari's Controversial EV Hits Sales Goal Faster Than You Can Say 'Jony Ive'
Ferrari's Jony Ive-designed Luce EV hits 2026 sales target in two months, driven by Chinese demand and Silicon Valley's love for expensive, polarizing things.
2026-07-22
The Guardian Europe
Lobbying Firm Offers Cash for Flattering News Coverage, Because Why Bother With Advertorials?
CT Group, a lobbying firm founded by a Tory strategist, offered cash to journalists for favorable coverage, because nothing says 'ethical lobbying' like paying for news that looks independent.
2026-07-19
The Verge
Author Dave Eggers Tells OpenAI Staff They've 'Silenced a Generation' With ChatGPT
Author Dave Eggers visited OpenAI to tell staff that ChatGPT is catastrophically harming education and silencing a generation of writers. Sam Altman probably saw this coming.
2026-07-17
TechCrunch
Chinese AI Lab Moonshot Says Kimi K3 Will Be So Good You Might Not Need to Pay Anthropic
Moonshot's Kimi K3 aims to match Anthropic's Opus 4.8 while being open-weight and free-ish, sparking a debate on why anyone pays for AI models.
2026-04-30
The Guardian Europe
Financial Times Journalists Dispute Management's Plan to Add a Day of Office Misery
Financial Times journalists argue that forcing them into the office an extra day a week is a case not made, while the company reports rising profits and a growing audience.
The Good Times
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