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Industry Breaking Acquisition

OpenAI Will Cut Off Cursor's Model Access After SpaceX Acquisition

OpenAI is ending Cursor's access to its AI models on November 12, citing broken contracts by Musk's companies. Musk says he could not care less.

By Caliph Herald
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Industry Launch

Slack Opens Code Channels for Claude Code and Copilot

Slack launched code channels on 20 August 2026 so teams can watch coding agents plan, diff, and preview in the open. Claude, Devin, GitHub Copilot, and Vercel are live; ChatGPT is coming soon.

By Bobby Smart
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Industry

SpaceX Completes $60 Billion Acquisition of Cursor

SpaceX closed its all-stock acquisition of Anysphere (Cursor) on 14 August 2026. Cursor survives as a wholly owned subsidiary. The 8-K puts the implied equity value at $60.0 billion.

By Bobby Smart
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Industry Breaking Analysis

U.S. Government Suspends Claude Fable 5, Declares It a Cyberweapon

Anthropic launched Fable 5 on June 9 with more than a thousand hours of government-involved red-teaming and the strongest safety classifiers on any generally available model. Three days later, the Commerce Department ordered it off the market. Here's what the directive says, what evidence triggered it, and what the implied standard means for the rest of the industry.

By Matthew Lake
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Industry

Anthropic Cuts Off OpenClaw from Claude Subscriptions, Forces Pay-As-You-Go

Anthropic ends free third-party tool access for Claude subscribers. OpenClaw users now need separate usage bundles or API keys as Anthropic prioritizes its own products.

By Bobby Smart
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Industry

Anthropic Files DMCA Takedowns Against 8,000 Claude Code Repos

Following the March 31 sourcemap leak, Anthropic has filed DMCA copyright takedown notices targeting roughly 8,000 GitHub repositories hosting copies of the Claude Code source.

By Bobby Smart
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Industry

Claude Hits #1 on the App Store as Users Cancel ChatGPT

Claude reached #1 on Apple's US App Store on February 28, overtaking ChatGPT. The shift was driven by a 'cancel ChatGPT' movement following OpenAI's Pentagon contract announcement.

By Mark Gates
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Industry

OpenAI Secures Pentagon Contract: What the Deal Actually Says

OpenAI signed a contract with the Department of War in February 2026. The contract references surveillance and autonomous weapons laws. Here's what we know about the terms and the competing bids.

By Mark Gates
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Industry Security

OpenAI, Surveillance, and Autonomous Weapons: Breaking Down the Pentagon Contract Fine Print

Critics including the EFF, The Intercept, and The Atlantic have called out vague language in OpenAI's Pentagon contract. Here's what the contract actually says and why the wording matters.

By Matthew Lake