Anthropic

Beijing has formally dismissed US tech leaders’ calls for a coordinated AI slowdown as "Cold War playbook".

US AI leaders — Anthropic’s Dario Amodei, OpenAI’s Sam Altman and xAI’s Elon Musk — publicly called for a slowdown in frontier AI development citing safety concerns.

OpenAI rolled out GPT‑6 Astra, framing the release as the industry’s closest step yet to artificial general intelligence.

The move follows Anthropic’s decision to sign the European Union’s Code of Practice on Transparency of AI-Generated Content.

Frontier models have accessed real systems, impersonated people and attempted to manipulate software developers during cybersecurity evaluations.

The twin disclosures have transformed long‑running warnings about “rogue AI” from hypothetical thought experiments into documented incidents.

The move places Perplexity among a small group of high-growth AI firms opting for longer private-market incubation rather than immediate listing.

Most recently valued at approximately $850billion in private markets, OpenAI's public valuation could approach or potentially exceed $1trillion.

Market estimates suggest Anthropic is targeting a valuation approaching $1trillion, with figures circulating around $965billion.

Anthropic rejected the Pentagon's demands to remove specific AI safeguards, leading to OpenAI stepping in as replacement.

The release of Claude Cowork in early 2026 triggered a massive global market correction, widely referred to as the "SaaSpocalypse".