Intro

OpenAI closes a monster round, but does Anthropic continue to steal their thunder? Is that Anthropic code leak from yesterday a bigger deal for them than I thought it was? What can happen when all the self-driving cars shut down at once. And you are finally able to change that embarrassing Gmail account you’ve been living with.

• OpenAI closes record-breaking $122 billion funding round as anticipation builds for IPO (CNBC)
• OpenAI raises $3bn from retail investors as part of record funding haul (FT)
• OpenAI Is Falling Out of Favor With Secondary Buyers (Bloomberg)
• Anthropic Races to Contain Leak of Code Behind Claude AI Agent (WSJ)
• Claude Code Leak Reveals Always-On ‘Kairos’ Agent (The Information)
• Robotaxi Outage in China Leaves Passengers Stranded on Highways (Wired)
• You can finally replace your embarrassing Gmail username (The Verge)

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