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Yesterday — 29 May 2026Main stream

The $900 Billion Giant: How Anthropic Got So Big, So Fast

The artificial intelligence giant was just valued at $900 billion, surpassing OpenAI. Here are the numbers behind its rise — and headwinds it faces.

© Jason Henry for The New York Times

Anthropic, which created the Claude A.I. model, has surged in popularity with users, pushing its valuation to $900 billion.

Anthropic Tops OpenAI to Become the World’s Most Valuable A.I. Start-Up

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.

© Jason Henry for The New York Times

Anthropic’s updated model, Claude Opus 4.8, is particularly adept at vibecoding, or the process of artificial intelligence writing code from prompts in conversational English.
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Teachers Union Urges Schools to Curb A.I. Chatbots and Screen Time

27 May 2026 at 20:58
The American Federation of Teachers recommended “no screens” at all for those in second grade or younger, and no A.I. chatbots for students in elementary school.

© Eric Lee/The New York Times

Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, said on Wednesday that teaching and learning in the earliest grades “should be done without A.I.”
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