Ben Thompson questions whether Anthropic’s safety positioning shields its business decisions, and Altman, Amodei, and Hassabis appear before world leaders at the G7 for the first time. Akamai launches an agent identity protocol for commerce, Goedecke challenges the GPU lifespan orthodoxy, Willison argues the real engineering bottleneck isn’t coding, Noah Smith reads China through Japan’s zombie-company lens, and longevity researchers trace cell aging to a reversible lipid deficit.

Ben Thompson · Jun 15

Thompson examines how Anthropic uses safety framing to justify restricting model access, retaining user data, and controlling AI development decisions.

Bloomberg · Jun 12

The three rival AI lab CEOs attend the G7 in France for the first joint appearance before world leaders.

Akamai · Jun 15

Akamai launched a Know Your Agent protocol combining agent identity verification, observability, and edge security for AI-driven commerce transactions.

Ben Thompson · Jun 11

Bajarin and Thompson discuss WWDC 2026 announcements and where the current wave of AI compute investment is heading.

Anthropic · Jun 11

DXC Technology will embed Claude into core operating platforms serving banks, airlines, and other regulated industries worldwide.

Simon Willison · Jun 14

Argues that deciding what to build, verifying AI outputs, and maintaining accountability remain the persistent human bottlenecks in software work.

Sean Goedecke · Jun 15

Challenges the three-year GPU lifespan claim, arguing production evidence supports six or more years of useful AI inference workloads.

Lenny’s Newsletter · Jun 9

Claire Vo’s hands-on assessment of Anthropic’s first publicly released Mythos-class model, covering what works and what doesn’t in real product work.

Noah Smith · Jun 15

Draws parallels between Japan’s post-bubble zombie company era and the structural pressure now building on Chinese corporations.