Anthropic Faces Federal Lawsuit Over Claude Subscription Limits
Karl Kahn paid $200 a month for Anthropic’s most expensive Claude subscription. Within weeks, he says, the arithmetic stopped working. A single five-hour coding session consumed 15% of his weekly…
Microsoft Asks Amazon for Help as GitHub Strains Under AI Code
The two companies compete for cloud customers, for AI workloads and for the future of enterprise computing. Lately they are also trading favors. Microsoft has turned to Amazon Web Services…
SpaceX to Buy AI Coding Startup Cursor for $60 Billion
The deal came together in weeks, and it moved the way SpaceX does: fast, in-house, and with the company’s own stock as the currency. SpaceX said Tuesday it agreed to…
ChatGPT’s Share of the AI Assistant Market Dips Below 50%
For more than three years, the consumer AI story had a single main character. The numbers published Tuesday suggest the script is changing. ChatGPT’s share of the AI assistant market…
DeepSeek Closes Record $7 Billion Round With Unusual Terms
The announcement had been expected for months; the terms had not. DeepSeek said Tuesday it has completed its first external funding round of more than $7 billion, roughly 50 billion…
SoftBank and OpenAI Take AI Security to Japanese Companies
Masayoshi Son has spent years telling investors that AI will change everything. On Tuesday his company began selling that argument to Japanese corporations, one vulnerability at a time. SoftBank Group,…
OpenAI’s $150 Million Bet on Partners Who Sell for It
The announcement, made Tuesday, was modest in form and large in intent. OpenAI said it is launching a partner network with an initial investment of $150 million, offering training, technical…
Kazakhstan Bets $10 Billion on an AI Data Center
The signing ceremony took place in Ekibastuz, a coal-mining city in northeastern Kazakhstan known for one of the world’s largest power plants rather than for cloud computing. The government, the…
AI’s Unlimited Era Ends as Token Taps Tighten
For two years, the pricing philosophy of the AI industry could be summarized in one word: more. Then the bills came due. AI companies are now raising API prices and…
Salesforce to Acquire AI Customer-Service Firm Fin for $3.6 Billion
Eoghan McCabe built Intercom into one of the most recognizable names in customer-service software, then spent two years remaking it into an artificial-intelligence company. On Monday, Salesforce said it would…
