Google was in pole position for the coding agent race, but as usual they let someone else run away with it.
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Latest AI News from OpenAI, Anthropic, Microsoft and Perplexity
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P.S. — I won't be at #GoogleCloudNext, but @Kantrowitz will be! Today's newsletter also includes a look at recent AI news from @OpenAI
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Tencent Makes OpenClaw More Accessible to Users
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Very interesting to see Tencent make OpenClaw more accessible like this. It's only a matter of time, I think, before someone make it super user-friendly and it really takes off.
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Google Cloud gains momentum with competitive Gemini AI platform
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Google's rapid AI improvement has lifted its once-beleaguered cloud division, with startups and enterprises now clamoring to build on top of the newly competitive @GeminiApp
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OpenAI Maintains 80% LLM Market Share Despite Flat Growth
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While @OpenAI growth was flat, they continued to dominate in the volume category with 80% of LLM traces.
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Gemini App 3 Achieves 18% User Growth and 43% Market Share Surge
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Gemini has seen a steady climb since the launch of @GeminiApp 3, with an 18% increase in users and 43% increase in overall share.
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Anthropic Achieves Fastest Growth in User Adoption and API Usage
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@AnthropicAI had the speediest ascent, with a 73% increase in users and 39% increase in overall model run/API call share. -
Google DeepMind Forms Strike Team to Compete with Anthropic
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Google has formed a dedicated strike team within Google DeepMind to improve its AI coding models, driven partly by pressure from Anthropic, whose tools are seen internally as more advanced. Leadership, including Sergey Brin (!), is pushing urgently toward “agentic” AI systems
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Context Matters: Accountability for Tech Leadership Actions
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Context matters. In the light of what they have been involved with over the past year and a half, it’s hard to extend them and their overlords any amount of grace.
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McDonald’s Support Chat Powered by Claude AI Model
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Turns out McDonald's support chat runs on Claude. You can get your coding questions answered and your order taken for free. Source: https://
reddit.com/r/ChatGPT/comm
ents/1sqm4fx/why_pay_for_chatgpt_when_mcdonalds_support_bot_is/
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