Hugging Face CEO Says Enterprises Are Done Renting AI
Clem Delangue says cost is pushing companies off frontier APIs and onto open models. A16z's own CIO survey shows enterprise dollars still moving the other way.
Articles Tagged "Anthropic"
OpenAI's Liability Shield Died - Illinois Passed Audits
OpenAI backed an Illinois bill shielding AI labs from mass-harm lawsuits, reversed course under public pressure, and watched the state sign a tougher audit law instead.
US AI Giants Sold Services to Pentagon-Blacklisted Firms
OpenAI and Google provided AI services to Singapore affiliates of Alibaba, Baidu, and Tencent - all three on the Pentagon's 1260H list of companies with alleged military ties.
Fidji Simo Steps Down - OpenAI Bets on Brockman
OpenAI's No. 2 executive Fidji Simo exits over chronic illness as Greg Brockman absorbs her role - the latest in two years of steady leadership turnover as Anthropic closes in.
Best AI for Creative Writing - July 2026
Claude Fable 5 tops EQ-Bench Longform at Elo 2189 while GPT-5.5 leads the Mazur Writing Benchmark, reshaping the creative writing model rankings in July 2026.
Anthropic Signs $19B Lease With Former Bitcoin Miner
Anthropic signed a 20-year, $19 billion data center lease with TeraWulf at a former aluminum smelter in Kentucky, its largest dedicated infrastructure commitment yet.
Anthropic Caught Qwen Running 25,000 Fake Claude Accounts
Anthropic accused Alibaba's Qwen lab of running 25,000 fraudulent accounts that extracted 28.8 million Claude interactions in the largest AI distillation attack on record.
Claude Hits Azure GA on NVIDIA's Blackwell Ultra Hardware
Anthropic's Claude models are now generally available in Microsoft Foundry on Azure, running on NVIDIA GB300 Blackwell Ultra NVL72 racks - with vendor numbers claiming 40% faster token generation than H100.
Alibaba Bans Claude Code, Citing Hidden Tracking Code
Alibaba classified Claude Code as high-risk software after a researcher alleged version 2.1.91 silently identified Chinese corporate users, escalating a bitter distillation war between the two companies.
US Adds 57K June Jobs as AI Hiring Slowdown Deepens
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported 57,000 nonfarm payrolls added in June 2026, about half the consensus forecast, as tech and finance shed roles at 25,000-28,000 per month.
AI Took 70% of Record $510B Venture Haul in H1
Crunchbase data shows global startup investment hit $510 billion in H1 2026 - more than all of 2025 combined - with AI absorbing over 70% of Q2 capital and two labs capturing 43% of the total.
Anthropic Eyes Samsung 2nm Chip as Labs Race to Go Custom
Anthropic is in early talks with Samsung to develop its first custom AI chip on a 2nm process, making it the last major frontier lab to enter the custom silicon race.
