Amir Efrati

On New Year’s Day, OpenAI leaders would have been happy to hear that the company’s monthly revenue would rise more than 50% over the first five months of 2026, roughly in line with the projections it previously shared with investors. But they’re not likely to feel that way now: That pace looks downright tame compared to that of Anthropic, whose revenue grew five times in the same period, leapfrogging OpenAI’s. Anthropic was recently generating revenue at an annualized rate of close to $45 billion.

Source: The Holy See Catholic Pope Leo XIV on Monday weighed in on hot-button AI policy debates, publishing a treatise describing the church’s concerns about AI development and its current and potential societal harms. His post, Magnifica Humanitas (“Magnificent Humanity”), which runs more than 42,000 words, offers a blueprint for “safeguarding the human person in the time of artificial intelligence” and lends credence to activists who believe governments should be more involved in the process.

Source: New York Times The White House is nearing a deal with Anthropic that allows the National Security Agency and other U.S. spy agencies to use the company’s advanced AI models for classified work, according to the New York Times.