Anthropic · May 28Anthropic’s newest flagship, Claude Opus 4.8, is the story still dominating every AI newsletter this weekend — “sharper judgement, more honesty about its progress, and the ability to work independently for longer.” Agentic coding rose from 64.3% to 69.2% and its knowledge-work score from 1,753 to 1,890. Two practical changes matter most: users can dial Claude’s “effort” up or down, and Claude Code gained a “dynamic workflows” feature for very large jobs. Pricing is unchanged; the 2.5x fast mode is now three times cheaper.
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36Kr / Crunchbase · May 29For the first time, Anthropic is valued higher than OpenAI. Reports say it secured roughly $65 billion — co-led by Sequoia, Dragoneer, Greenoaks and Altimeter — at a post-money valuation north of $960 billion, with projected Q2 revenue around $10.9 billion and its first-ever quarterly operating profit. “Anthropic is bigger than OpenAI now” was the single most-repeated headline across your feeds today.
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National Catholic Reporter · May 25Pope Leo XIV used his first encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas, to warn that the frantic pace of AI development threatens human solidarity and dignity. The ~42,000-word document — still rippling through your feeds — calls for safeguarding the human person in the age of AI. Several newsletters argue the practical takeaway: AI governance has become a board-level and reputational issue, not just a technical one.
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IM Founder · May 2026OpenAI is preparing to file a confidential S-1 (the formal pre-IPO paperwork) with U.S. regulators as early as this month, with newsletters citing a possible ~$730 billion valuation and an IPO window in late 2026 or early 2027. Coverage also notes governments — including the U.S. — are pushing firms such as Microsoft and xAI to give regulators early access to models before public release.
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