The Brutalist Report

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• OpenAI fires employee for using confidential info on prediction markets [16d]
• President Trump orders federal agencies to stop using Anthropic after Pentagon dispute [16d]
• Pentagon moves to designate Anthropic as a supply-chain risk [16d]
• Musk bashes OpenAI in deposition, saying ‘nobody committed suicide because of Grok’ [16d]
• Anthropic vs. the Pentagon: What’s actually at stake? [16d]
• ChatGPT reaches 900M weekly active users [16d]
• AI music generator Suno hits 2M paid subscribers and $300M in annual recurring revenue [16d]
• Apple and Netflix team up to air Formula 1 Canadian Grand Prix [16d]
• Perplexity’s new Computer is another bet that users need many AI models [16d]
• ‘Pokémon Winds and Waves’ are coming to the Nintendo Switch 2 in 2027 [16d]
• Pokémon Winds and Pokémon Waves are coming to the Nintendo Switch 2 in 2027 [16d]
• Employees at Google and OpenAI support Anthropic’s Pentagon stand in open letter [16d]
• CISA replaces acting director after a bumbling year on the job [16d]
• Spotify is rolling out Audiobook Charts [16d]
• Last 24 hours to get TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 tickets at the lowest rates of the year [16d]
• After Zomato, Deepinder Goyal returns with a $54M brain-monitoring bet [16d]
• OpenAI raises $110B in one of the largest private funding rounds in history [16d]
• Memory shortage could cause the biggest dip in smartphone shipments in over a decade [16d]
• South Korea opens the door to let Google Maps operate fully [17d]
• Ultrahuman bets on redesigned smart ring to win back U.S. market after Oura dispute [17d]
• Plaid valued at $8B in employee share sale [17d]