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Evening, friends. The AI cycle didn’t slow down for dinner — here’s what closed out May 5.
🤝 Anthropic’s $200B bet on Google
The Information broke that Anthropic is committing roughly $200 billion to Google Cloud and TPUs — a multi-year compute pact that, combined with OpenAI’s deals, now accounts for more than half of the $2 trillion in cloud backlogs across AWS, Azure, and GCP. Translation: the frontier labs are quietly locking up the world’s silicon supply for the rest of the decade. Read more →
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🛡️ Microsoft, Google & xAI hand models to the feds
Microsoft, Google, and xAI signed agreements to give the U.S. government’s CAISI early access to frontier models for security stress-testing, joining OpenAI and Anthropic. Anthropic disclosed CAISI found bypasses (fake “human review” claims, character substitution) that have since been patched. Pre-release red-teaming is officially the new normal. Details →
🏛️ Trump admin sharpens its AI playbook
Axios reports the White House briefed Anthropic, Google, and OpenAI execs last week on a new regulatory push, partly triggered by the cyber-offensive capabilities of Anthropic’s “Mythos” line. Expect federal action on frontier-model export and security in the coming weeks. Full story →
⚖️ Musk v. OpenAI: Brockman cross-examination goes viral
Today’s hot take from r/ChatGPT: Greg Brockman’s cross-examination in Musk v. OpenAI is being called “very strange” — Reddit is dissecting every awkward exchange. The trial’s becoming spectator sport for the AI crowd, and the verdict could reshape how non-profit-to-for-profit pivots get scrutinized.
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💭 The vibe
Compute deals, federal oversight, and courtroom drama in one news cycle. The labs are getting bigger, the government’s getting closer, and the lawyers are having a moment. If you’re betting on where AI goes next, check the latest takes on BetOnAI.net, and if you’re hunting tools to ride the wave, AiToolCrush.com has the picks.
Catch you tomorrow morning. ☕