Daily Tech Headlines Anthropic Targets OpenAI, Says Claude Will Stay Free - DTH
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Feb 4, 2026 Discussion of Anthropic's pledge to keep Claude ad-free and its reasoning. Coverage of AMD and Uber earnings versus AI and robo-taxi expectations. Plans from Epic to overhaul its Games Store and Valve hardware timing. Adobe reversing course on Animate after creator backlash. Report on Russian satellites interacting with European geostationary craft.
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Ad-Free Stance To Protect Trust
- Anthropic says Claude will stay ad-free to protect trust and sensitive use cases like health advice.
- The company left open the option to revisit this decision later.
AMD's Mixed AI Momentum
- AMD disappointed investors by not delivering a bigger AI-driven boost despite positioning against NVIDIA.
- CEO Lisa Su confirmed new Xbox and Valve devices tracking to future launches.
Uber's Financials And Robo-Taxi Push
- Uber missed Q1 expectations and warned of a higher effective tax rate in 2026.
- It plans to expand robo-taxi services to as many as 15 cities this year starting with several global hubs.