AI
Anthropic Clarifies That Open Source Is Still Free Emotionally
Anthropic's OpenClaw pricing change is the industry's cleanest admission yet that autonomous vibes were never going to stay on the buffet plan.
Big Tech
For Eight Cents an Hour, Anthropic Will Babysit Your AI Agents — With More AI
Anthropic, the company literally built around AI safety, now runs your autonomous agents autonomously. At $0.08/hour. The math on this is fine.
Big Tech
OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google Just Formed an Alliance — The Enemy Learned Everything From Them
Three companies that built empires on other people’s data just united against someone using theirs.
Big Tech
Anthropic Gave Claude Access to Your Entire Microsoft Life. Claude Spent Monday Morning Offline.
Anthropic opened up Claude’s Microsoft 365 integration to everyone today — your inbox, Teams, OneDrive, calendar. Then Claude went offline for two hours. Presumably to reflect on what it had just agreed to.
Anthropic
The AI Safety Company Just Found Its True Purpose — A $60 Billion IPO
Anthropic is reportedly going public as early as October. Constitutional AI, meet quarterly guidance.
AI
Claude Can Now Use Your Computer—5 Chaotic Things to Try Before It Replaces You
Claude can now control your computer. We tried it—and immediately made it do 5 chaotic things you’ll definitely copy.
Guides
Deep Dive Into the OpenAI–Department of War Deal: Ethics, Power, and the Pentagon’s AI Pivot
Inside OpenAI’s classified Pentagon deployment: safety claims, political pressure, and the AI arms race reshaping Washington.
AI
Pentagon vs. Anthropic: When “Move Fast and Break Things” Meets the Defense Production Act
Axios reports Pete Hegseth gave Anthropic an ultimatum: loosen AI safeguards for the Pentagon or face Defense Production Act action.
AI
Sam Altman and Dario Amodei Accidentally Fork the AI Industry in Front of the Prime Minister
At the India AI Impact Summit, OpenAI’s Sam Altman and Anthropic’s Dario Amodei skipped a unity handshake — and accidentally created the most symbolic AI moment of 2026.
This Week in Snark
This Week in Snark: Acquisitions, Constitutions, and a Grill That Knows More Than You Do
This Week in Snark covers Nvidia’s GTC 2026 rumors, Capital One’s Brex deal, AI constitutions, smart grills, stealth mega-funding, and Greenland’s tech scene.
AI
Claude’s Constitution, Explained Like You’re a Human (Not an AI Philosopher)
Claude now has a “constitution.” It’s thoughtful, ambitious, and extremely long. We rewrote it in plain English—with jokes, analogies, and snark.
Deals
As OpenAI and Google Battle It Out, Anthropic Secures a $200M AI Alliance
Anthropic expands its enterprise push with a $200M Snowflake partnership, bringing Claude-powered AI agents to 12,600 global customers and quietly positioning itself for the AI crown.