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1% Of Companies Account For 80% Of OpenAI And Anthropic Spending - And It Just Stalled Just 1% of companies account for 80% of all business spending on OpenAI and Anthropic, according to corporate card giant Ramp, which tracks payments across more than 70,000 U.S. businesses. Ramp lead economist Ara Kharazian, who flagged the figure in early September, noted that spending on the two AI labs is more concentrated than in any other software category the firm tracks. Per capita, the biggest spenders are overwhelmingly venture-backed. According to Ramp's summer report,...

Massive Mushroom Cloud 'Test' Blast Rattles Uninformed Residents Outside Jerusalem Late Saturday night, a massive explosion and a bright fireball illuminated the skies over Israel's Beit Shemesh, deeply rattling local residents and setting off rampant speculation in local media and online commentary.  The area lies just 19 miles west of Jerusalem, close enough to be located within Jerusalem District. Curiously, the state-owned Tomer rocket propulsion defense ministry-linked firm subsequently sought clarify that the blast was actually a controlled, pre-planned test and that authorities were notified in advance. However, community members have complained about receiving...

Skynet, Spies, And Your Vote Doesn't Count: The 10 Biggest Red Flags In Anthropic's IPO Filing When Anthropic's S-1 went public on Oct 26, the headline number was a $974 million operating profit on $11.6 billion of second-quarter revenue. It also came with what we tallied as roughly $800 billion in compute commitments, including up to $120.5 billion owed to Elon Musk's SpaceXAI.Monday's amendment filled in the blanks, and it's not looking any better. Third-quarter revenue came in at $16.96 billion, up 1,127% from a year earlier. But operating profit...