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Feb 6, 2026 A new Anthropic model shakes up financial research and AI competition. Big Tech is planning massive capital spending to build AI compute. Regulators probe addictive design in social apps. Crypto faces a sharp rout and wavering investor confidence. TV piracy resurges through cheap streaming devices offering thousands of channels.
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Anthropic's Opus 4.6 Targets Knowledge Work
- Anthropic released Claude Opus 4.6 focused on financial analysis, spreadsheets, presentations, and agentic coding.
- The model offers a 1 million token context window and expanded safety and cybersecurity evaluations.
Use Longer Context Windows For Document Work
- Consider using long context windows when working across many documents to reduce iteration and context switching.
- Opus 4.6 demonstrates productivity gains by offering a 1 million token context window in beta.
Big Tech's $650B AI Build-Out
- Alphabet, Amazon, Meta, and Microsoft forecast about $650B in 2026 CapEx to build AI compute and data centers.
- That surge rivals historical infrastructure booms and strains financing, power, and local communities.