Anthropic can use the internet, copyrighted books, code, user feedback, public human knowledge, synthetic data, and its own models to improve Claude But if a developer uses Claude to bootstrap a competitive open alternative, Anthropic calls foul That is called Gatekeeping
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Tim Horan sizes SpaceX, doubts AI deals like Colossus, Grok, Cursor
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Tim Horan of Oppenheimer has done a great job sizing up SpaceX even before liftoff. I was not, however, convinced of the value in the AI business. You add up Colossus leasing, Grok, and Cursor, and what you have is shaky data center deals, yet-another-AI model on its way to being
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Argument for continued open frontier models: profitability and safety
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Has anyone clearly laid out an argument for continued availability of frontier open weights models that are (1) profitable for firms to distribute free as costs rise & (2) safe enough post-Mythos that governments will not intervene to stop their nations labs from distributing?
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My most valuable AI agent does no work, the highest compliment
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My most valuable AI agent does absolutely no work, and I mean that as the highest compliment. For a while it was just me and my Chief of Staff, Simon. Simon runs six direct reports (Monica, Chandler, Phoebe…), each with their own sub-agents. I'd hand him a goal or task, he'd
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Seven recent challenges facing the AI industry: banks, courts, senator
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Seven challenges to the AI industry in the last 26 hours* Banks rejected SoftBank’s attempt to borrow again OpenAI stock
Germany courts told Google that their LLMs can be held liable for untruths Senator Warren challenged the legitimacy of the SpaceX IPO Anthropic’s -
Jack Dorsey’s $40B Payments Company Open Sources AI Agent Goose
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A $40 billion payments company gave away its internal AI agent for free. Most AI agents lock you into one model or vendor. Switching providers usually means rebuilding your whole setup. Jack Dorsey's $40B company open sources an AI agent called goose. It takes a different
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Modern AI helpdesk acts, not just answers
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A modern AI helpdesk doesn't just answer. It acts. → Checks live store data
→ Follows your brand policies
→ Recommends products
→ Handles returns and order updates
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Smarter AI, not faster agents, solves chat box customer loss before checkout
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Most online stores are losing customers in the chat box.
— Ronald van Loon (@Ronald_vanLoon) 11 juin 2026
Right before checkout.
I explored with @gorgiasio how the fix isn't faster agents. It's a smarter AI. Here's the breakdown… pic.twitter.com/OwRmXLs6CVMost online stores are losing customers in the chat box. Right before checkout. I explored with @gorgiasio how the fix isn't faster agents. It's a smarter AI. Here's the breakdown…
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OpenAI considers price cuts, Anthropic growing
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Sources:
1: https://
wsj.com/tech/ai/openai
-considers-drastic-price-cuts-anticipating-war-for-users-with-anthropic-9b8c178e?mod=e2tw
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2: https://
wsj.com/tech/ai/mind-b
lowing-growth-is-about-to-propel-anthropic-into-its-first-profitable-quarter-7edbf2f4
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Competition: our best hope for cheaper tokens
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Competition gives us the best we can hope for: cheaper tokens