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Inside OpenAI’s fragile lead in the AI race, and the 8-week ‘code red’ to fend off a resurgent Google

Silicon Valley history is littered with innovative “first movers” snuffed out by incumbent tech giants. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is sounding the alarm to ensure a different fate for the ChatGPT maker.

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Anthropic is all in on ‘AI safety’—and that’s helping the $183 billion startup win over big business

Founders Daniela and Dario Amodei have made Anthropic and its Claude models the AI many companies prefer over rivals OpenAI and ChatGPT.

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How Coca-Cola’s leadership developed a taste for AI that helped distribute the technology across its beverage empire

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