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AI-GENERATEDThe biggest vendor shift of the year is happening in pricing

Anthropic's annualised revenue run rate passes 65 billion dollars

At the end of July the annualised run rate stood above 65 billion dollars, according to people familiar with the figures – up from 47 billion in May and around 9 billion at the end of 2025. A listing is expected in the autumn.

Executive

Markets & CapitalAugust 17, 2026CNBC

AI-GENERATEDEurope's labelling duty becomes visible inside other people's documents

Anthropic's watermark makes text produced with Claude permanently detectable

Every Claude model released since 2 August embeds a statistical watermark in its word choice to satisfy the EU AI Act. Lacking a regional switch, Anthropic applies the method worldwide.

ExecutiveMarketing

RegulationAugust 17, 2026THE DECODER

AI-GENERATEDNot fines, but design rules for recommendation systems

Twenty-nine US states seek court-ordered changes to Meta's algorithms

The suit targets not only monetary penalties but conditions on the recommendation systems themselves. Meta points to existing age limits, parental controls and terms of use.

ExecutiveMarketing

RegulationAugust 17, 2026IT BOLTWISE

AI-GENERATEDModel selection becomes an in-house measurement task

Artificial Analysis launches Optima, a platform for custom AI benchmarks

Users can build test suites from their own data and use cases and compare models by quality, cost and speed per task. It targets the known weakness of public leaderboards.

Executive

Models & TechnologyAugust 16, 2026THE DECODER

AI-GENERATEDThey can combine; so far they do not invent

Leading mathematicians identify a clear limit in large language models

Timothy Gowers and Peter Sarnak credit large language models with substantial ability but see limits when genuinely new ideas are required. The systems are strong at combining known methods.

Executive

Models & TechnologyAugust 16, 2026THE DECODER

AI-GENERATEDFirst contact now happens inside the answer, not the results list

ChatGPT sends markedly more visitors to B2B websites – from a still small base

A Demandbase analysis counts referrals from ChatGPT to tracked B2B websites rising from around 645,000 in June 2025 to 2.6 million in June 2026. The share of total web traffic remains small.

MarketingSales

Markets & CapitalAugust 17, 2026MEEDIA

AI-GENERATEDCompute capacity becomes a network operator's business line

Deutsche Telekom weighs taking part in a ten billion euro AI gigafactory

Chief executive Tim Höttges describes participation in the European tender as an option. Operationally, adjusted EBITDA after leases rose to 11.82 billion euros in the second quarter and the full-year guidance stands.

Executive

InfrastructureAugust 16, 2026IT BOLTWISE

AI-GENERATEDThe AI Act shifts from a legal question to an implementation project

The AI world congress in Bremen puts safe agents and AI Act practice centre stage

The IJCAI-ECAI 2026 conference returns to Germany for the first time in 43 years. On 19 August a representative of the EU AI Office sets out the requirements; an expert panel covers AI agents in public services.

Executive

RegulationAugust 16, 2026IT BOLTWISE

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