
AI Watch — May 2026: Anthropic Eclipses OpenAI at $965B, Opus 4.8 Lands, and OpenAI Files Its S-1
Anthropic hits $965B and eclipses OpenAI, Claude Opus 4.8 retakes the coding crown, and OpenAI files its S-1. The AI watch for May 22-29.
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Anthropic hits $965B and eclipses OpenAI, Claude Opus 4.8 retakes the coding crown, and OpenAI files its S-1. The AI watch for May 22-29.

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