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Anthropic tightens limits on Claude subscriptions
Axios says the change underscores how agent-style usage can overwhelm ‘all-you-can-eat’ subscription models.
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40 stories · Updated 2026-05-14
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AI digs up decades of code debt. Patch up.
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Google unveils new TPUs positioned for the ‘agentic era’
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Google Commits Up to $40 Billion to Anthropic in Largest AI Investment Deal Yet
Alphabet will inject $10 billion immediately at a $380 billion valuation, with $30 billion more contingent on Anthropic hitting performance benchmarks.
Chips
SpaceX Plans to Manufacture Its Own GPUs at New Semiconductor Fab, S-1 Filing Reveals
Excerpts from the company's confidentially filed $1.75 trillion IPO registration list in-house GPU production as a major capital expenditure, alongside the Terafab chip venture Elon Musk is developing with Tesla and xAI using Intel's 14A process node.
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OpenAI Briefs Federal Agencies and Five Eyes Allies on New Cyber AI Model
The company held a Washington event for roughly 50 cyber defense practitioners and is extending access to its GPT-5.4-Cyber model through a tiered program designed to keep advanced tools out of adversarial hands.
Chips
ASML Shares Slide Despite Raised 2026 Forecast as Investors Weigh China Export Risk
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Google.org Expands Digital Futures Fund to $35 Million to Study AI's Impact on Work, Security, and Governance
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US Officials Warn Wall Street That Anthropic's Mythos AI Could Usher In a New Era of Cyber Risk
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AI
Anthropic Signs Multibillion-Dollar Cloud Deal With CoreWeave to Power Claude
The agreement gives Anthropic a new tranche of Nvidia-powered data center capacity in the US, as demand for Claude continues to surge past a $30 billion annual run rate.
Chips
Intel secures multiyear Google commitment to use Xeon chips and customize Intel's infrastructure processors in data centers
The partnership gives Intel a crucial validation of its data center chip roadmap at a moment when the company is fighting to stay relevant against Nvidia and custom silicon.
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Amazon announces $25 billion total investment in Mississippi data centers, adding 2,000 high-skilled jobs
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OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google join forces through Frontier Model Forum to combat AI model theft by Chinese rivals
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The Nvidia manufacturing partner's quarterly results signal that hyperscaler appetite for AI compute hardware remains robust despite geopolitical headwinds.
AI
Anthropic forces Claude Code users to pay separately for OpenClaw and other third-party AI agents
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Policy
White House Releases National AI Policy Framework, Seeks to Preempt State Laws
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Trump's Four-Page AI Framework Pushes Federal Control but Faces Uphill Battle in Congress
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Nvidia Launches NemoClaw to Make OpenClaw Agent Platform Enterprise-Ready
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Analysis
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Policy
Anthropic's Pentagon Battle Sets a Dangerous Precedent for Every AI Company With Government Clients
Silicon Valley is watching closely as the first-ever supply-chain risk designation against a US domestic company tests whether the executive branch can penalize firms for their AI safety positions.
AI
OpenAI Acquires AI Security Platform Promptfoo to Harden Enterprise Agent Testing
The deal brings automated red-teaming and vulnerability detection into OpenAI's Frontier enterprise platform, used by more than a quarter of Fortune 500 companies.
Policy
Anthropic Sues Pentagon Over 'Supply-Chain Risk' Designation, Calling It Unconstitutional Retaliation
The Claude maker filed two federal complaints challenging the DOD's unprecedented blacklisting of an American AI company, citing First Amendment violations.
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Policy
OpenAI Amends Pentagon Deal After Weekend Backlash, Adds Anti-Surveillance Protections
After announcing its DoD partnership on Friday, OpenAI revised the agreement to explicitly bar use of its AI for mass surveillance of American citizens.
AI
ChatGPT Uninstalls Surge 295% After Pentagon Deal as Claude Downloads Soar
App data showed a dramatic consumer backlash against OpenAI's DoD partnership, with Claude briefly surpassing ChatGPT as the top U.S. App Store download.
Policy
OpenAI Lands Pentagon AI Contract Hours After Trump Blacklists Anthropic From Federal Work
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth classified Anthropic as a national security supply-chain risk, banning its models from all federal agencies, while OpenAI immediately secured a classified-network deal with the Department of Defense.
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