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Russell Brandom / TechCrunch:
Anthropic launches Opus 4.8, saying it's “more likely to flag uncertainties about its work and less likely to make unsupported claims”, at the same price as 4.7  —  On Thursday, Anthropic released Opus 4.8, the newest version of its most advanced publicly available model.
Claude:
Anthropic adds dynamic workflows to Claude Code, enabling hundreds of subagents to run in parallel for complex engineering tasks such as framework migrations  —  Early access users and teams inside Anthropic have been using dynamic workflows for a wide range of use cases, including:
Madison Mills / Axios:
Anthropic says it expects Mythos-class models to be available to all customers “in the coming weeks” following the development of stronger safeguards
New York Times:
Anthropic raised a $65B Series H at a $965B post-money valuation, overtaking OpenAI's $852B valuation, and says its revenue run rate crossed $47B this month  —  Anthropic raised $65 billion in new fund-raising that put its value at $900 billion, ahead of OpenAI's last valuation of $730 billion, as the companies duel for A.I. dominance.
Financial Times:
Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket, which exploded during testing on Thursday, was set to ferry 48 Amazon Leo satellites on Monday; Amazon paid Blue Origin $2.7B  —  Failure comes days before planned launch of internet satellites for Amazon
Jordan Novet / CNBC:
Dell reports Q1 revenue up 88% YoY to $43.84B, vs. $35.43B est., and forecasts FY 2027 revenue above estimates; DELL jumps 38%+ after hours  —  Dell reported its fastest pace of revenue growth for any period since its return to the public market more than seven years ago, and topped analysts' estimates for sales and profit.
Rafe Rosner-Uddin / Financial Times:
Sources: Amazon has shut down an internal leaderboard that tracked employees' use of AI tools after workers tried to boost their scores with needless tasks  —  Senior executive Dave Treadwell tells staff 'don't use AI just for the sake of using AI' as costs rise
Yoolim Lee / Bloomberg:
Samsung says it has started shipping its first 12-layer HBM4E samples to major clients; SK Hynix said in April that it aimed to ship HBM4E samples in H2 2026  —  Samsung Electronics Co. has begun shipping samples of the industry's most advanced memory to customers, taking an early lead …
Russell Brandom / TechCrunch:
Asana acquires StackAI, a no-code platform for building AI agents, for $75M as part of Asana's broader AI pivot; PitchBook: StackAI raised ~$20M  —  Asana has acquired the workflow automation company StackAI for $75 million, part of a larger effort to position itself as an AI-native workplace platform.
Jo Constantz / Bloomberg:
A look at Anthropic's hiring process, which prohibits AI use in interviews and features a culture interview that candidates describe as highly intense  —  To win a coveted role, candidates shouldn't outsource their thinking to AI — and should be prepared to talk about their worldview.
Bloomberg:
Lenovo's stock is up 105% in May, marking its biggest monthly gain since 1999, after earnings showed AI-related revenue helped offset rising memory costs  —  Lenovo Group Ltd. recorded its best month in more than a quarter-century, with the stock doubling in May as investor enthusiasm built around …
Cissy Zhou / Nikkei Asia:
Tencent bets on smaller AI models in the race with Chinese rivals, as EVP Dowson Tong says AI now contributes 20%+ of its revenue and 95%+ of new internal code  —  HONG KONG — As competition for AI users intensifies in China, Tencent is taking a different approach than rivals Alibaba …
Rashi Shrivastava / Forbes:
Pittsburgh-based Gray Swan, which stress-tests AI models for top frontier AI labs, raised a $40M Series A at a $200M valuation co-led by Wing VC and Madrona  —  Gray Swan works with every major frontier AI lab.  Now it's raised $40 million as it expands to sell security tools to enterprises building AI agents.
Jake Angelo / Fortune:
AI researchers ran 15-day simulations of worlds governed by different AI models: Claude Sonnet 4.6 recorded no crimes, while Gemini 3 Flash had the most at 683  —  Imagine a world run by AI agents.  What does it look like?  What are the values or societal priorities?  Is it a safer or more dangerous world?
Financial Times:
A look at strains in the UK's fintech sector, as former industry darlings are forced to overhaul their operations or merge under pressure to reach profitability  —  Shachar Bialick credits his stint in the Israel Defense Forces 25 years ago for instilling in him the determination to build …

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Russell Brandom / TechCrunch:
Elon Musk says Anthropic's Colossus deal is “a 180 day lease with 90 day notice”; SpaceX's S-1 said Anthropic “agreed to pay a monthly fee through May 2029”
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Raphael Satter / Reuters:
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