Anthropic Doing 2x OpenAI?

OpenAI paused training and rewrote its Preparedness Framework after Astra flirted with a critical cyber threshold. Leaked numbers showed Anthropic out-earning OpenAI nearly two to one, Anthropic prepped supervoting shares, Amazon expanded drone delivery, and Meta's addiction trial opened.

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• OpenAI changed safety practices and paused RL training for two weeks after the Hugging Face breach and evidence Astra may have met a critical cyber threshold (axios.com/2026/08/18/openai-pause-astra-prepar…) (Axios)

• Sources: OpenAI's Q2 sales grew 18% QoQ to $6.7B as its losses widened from $9.3B to $12.3B; Anthropic's sales grew 2x+ to $11.6B, with a small operating profit (wsj.com/tech/ai/openais-second-quarter-sales-s…) (The Wall Street Journal)

• Sources: Anthropic's revenue run rate reached $65B by the end of July, up from $47B in May 2026, $19B in March 2026, $9B in December 2025, and $4B in July 2025 (bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-08-17/anthrop…) (Bloomberg)

• Sources: Anthropic prepares to give its co-founders shares with extra voting power to help insulate them from outside pressure; Amodei owns ~2% of Anthropic (theinformation.com/articles/anthropic-prepares…) (The Information)

• Amazon plans to expand Prime Air drone deliveries to cities in at least five more US states in the coming months, including Chicago and Atlanta by 2026's end (bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-08-19/amazon-…) (Bloomberg)

• In opening arguments, US state AGs say that Meta intentionally sought to addict children to Facebook and Instagram in pursuit of profit; Meta rejects the claims (reuters.com/world/us/meta-faces-29-state-trial…) (Reuters)

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