🛡️ Anthropic says DeepSeek, Moonshot, and MiniMax tried to copy Claude at scale 🛡️
DeepSeek, Moonshot AI, and MiniMax caught in industrial-scale distillation attack

Anthropic has documented roughly 24,000 fraudulent accounts that generated over 16 million exchanges to extract Claude's advanced capabilities through distillation techniques. The timing is politically charged, as Washington debates AI chip export controls to China. Distillation allows weaker models to train on stronger ones' outputs at a fraction of the cost, essentially stealing years of research investment. The campaign represents one of the largest documented AI theft operations to date.

📢 ChatGPT now shows ads after first message 📢
Free and Go users see branded content from Expedia and Qualcomm

OpenAI has begun testing advertisements in ChatGPT for Free and Go tier users in the US, with brands like Expedia and Qualcomm appearing immediately after a user's first message. The beta program charges $60 CPM with a $200,000 minimum investment, restricting participation to large-budget advertisers only. Paid Plus and Pro subscribers remain ad-free, marking OpenAI's first major monetization push beyond subscriptions. The move signals a significant shift in how AI leaders plan to generate revenue.

📉 IBM stock drops 10% on Claude automation 📉
Anthropic's Claude Code threatens core IBM consulting revenue

IBM stock tumbled over 10% after Anthropic announced Claude Code can now automate COBOL modernization, a legacy service that represents a significant portion of IBM's consulting business. COBOL powers critical systems in banking, government, and insurance—sectors where IBM has dominated for decades. Claude Code's ability to modernize these ancient codebases autonomously threatens a reliable revenue stream. The selloff marks one of the sharpest single-day AI-driven stock impacts, signaling how quickly frontier models can disrupt established enterprise services.

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⚡ Taalas ships 100x faster AI chip with $169M raise ⚡

AI chip startup Taalas emerged with HC1, a custom chip that permanently embeds Meta's Llama 3.1 8B model into hardware rather than running it as software. The result: AI responses in under 100 milliseconds—roughly 100x faster than standard hardware. Taalas raised $169M, bringing total funding above $200M, with plans to retool chips for frontier models by winter.