Pentagon Blacklists Anthropic, Awards 7 AI Contracts
The Pentagon awarded classified AI contracts to seven tech giants on May 1—OpenAI, Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Nvidia, SpaceX, and Oracle. Missing: Anthropic, blacklisted ...
Tokenmaxxing: AI Productivity Trap Costs Companies Billions
Uber exhausted its $3.4 billion AI budget in four months. Meta ranked 85,000 employees on ...
China Blocks Meta’s $2B Manus AI Deal: The Unwinding Dilemma
China ordered Meta to “unwind” its $2 billion acquisition of Manus, an agentic AI startup ...
David Silver Raises $1.1B for AI Without Human Data
David Silver, the DeepMind researcher who created AlphaGo and AlphaZero, raised $1.1 billion on April ...
Featherless.ai Raises $20M: Open-Source AI Challenges Proprietary Giants
Featherless.ai raised $20M from AMD and Airbus to build open-source AI infrastructure with 30,000+ models ...
Claude Cowork Enterprise: RBAC and Analytics Without the Paywall
Anthropic made Claude Cowork generally available with RBAC, analytics, and spend limits on April 9, 2026. Enterprise features without enterprise pricing.
AI Brain Fry: The Cognitive Cost of AI Oversight
High-oversight AI work causes 14% more mental effort and 12% greater fatigue. Why developers reviewing ...
AI Coding Productivity Myth: 19% Slower, Feeling 20% Faster
In July 2025, METR published a bombshell study: AI coding tools made experienced developers 19% ...
Microsoft Ends OpenAI Exclusivity: AWS Gets GPT-5.5
On April 27, 2026, Microsoft and OpenAI restructured their partnership, ending Microsoft’s exclusive access to ...
Pentagon Blacklists Anthropic: 8 AI Rivals Win
Pentagon awarded AI contracts to OpenAI, Google, and Microsoft on May 1. Anthropic excluded as ...