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Claude Got Dumber: 73% Less Thinking, 80x More Retries — Inside the Silent Nerf

A senior AMD director said Claude can't be trusted anymore. A 6,852-session study showed median thinking dropped 73%. Boris Cherny admitted it. We run Claude Code every day — we ran 50 real tasks before and after. Our verdict.

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April 17, 2026

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The Cluely CEO Admits Faking $7M ARR — The Scandal Exposing the Whole AI Era

Roy Lee, CEO of a16z-backed Cluely, confessed on X on March 5, 2026 to inflating ARR from $5.2M to $7M. Our analysis of 20 AI startup ARR claims shows the pattern runs deeper than one founder.

Anthropic Targets $800B IPO: Claude Beat OpenAI in Revenue for the First Time — Here's How

Anthropic hit $30B annualized revenue in April 2026, passing OpenAI's $25B for the first time. Investors are bidding the company at $800B — double its $380B valuation from two months ago. An IPO could land as early as October 2026, targeting $60B raised. Chris Liddell, the former Microsoft CFO who steered GM's $23B IPO, just joined the board. The silent coronation is over.

Claude Opus 4.7 Is Here: Anthropic's Most Capable Coding Model Just Changed the Game (Again)

Claude Opus 4.7 launched April 16, 2026 — model ID claude-opus-4-7, $5 per 1M input tokens, $25 per 1M output tokens. CursorBench 70% (+12), XBOW vision 98.5% (+44). New xhigh effort, task budgets, /ultrareview. We're literally using it to write this article.

HeyGen Avatar V Tested: We Cloned Ourselves From a 15-Second Phone Clip — Here's What Happened

We tested HeyGen Avatar V hands-on. Launched April 2026, it builds a photorealistic digital twin from a 15-second phone clip. 0.840 face similarity, 175+ languages, $29 per month. Verdict: jaw-dropping.

OpenAI, Anthropic, Google Unite Against China: Inside the Frontier Model Forum's New Espionage Defense Pact

On April 6, 2026, OpenAI, Anthropic and Google signed an unprecedented pact through the Frontier Model Forum to share intelligence on Chinese industrial espionage targeting US AI labs. Inside the rival alliance, the concrete threats, and what it means for the US-China AI race.

Anthropic Managed Agents Sparks Backlash: OpenClaw Creator Accuses Anthropic of Cannibalizing Open-Source

April 8 2026: Anthropic launched Managed Agents four days after cutting 135,000 OpenClaw instances off Claude subscriptions. OpenClaw creator Peter Steinberger accuses Anthropic of copying open-source features, then locking the door. Inside the embrace-extend-extinguish playbook.

Meta Muse Spark Arrives: Inside Alexandr Wang's $14.3B Bet on a Closed-Source Superintelligence

On April 8, 2026, Meta Superintelligence Labs launched Muse Spark — its first model since the $14.3B Scale AI deal. It scores 52 on Artificial Analysis, dominates health and visual tasks, flops on coding, and goes closed-source. Alexandr Wang's first test.

Claude Code Max x20: Is $200/Month Worth It? Our Honest 14-Month Verdict (2026)

After 14 months and 40+ production projects on Claude Code Max x20 at $200/month, here is our blunt verdict. For serious builders, it is the cheapest senior engineer you will ever hire. For casual users, it is overkill. Full math inside.

Claude Mythos Goes Dark: Anthropic Locks Its Most Powerful Model Behind Project Glasswing

On April 7, 2026, Anthropic confirmed Claude Mythos will not ship publicly. Project Glasswing gives 50+ partners access after the model found thousands of zero-days, including a 27-year-old OpenBSD bug. A historic first.

Google Image Models Compared: We Tested All 6 Nano Banana & Imagen 4 Models With the Same Prompt

Google offers 6 AI image models from $0.02 to $0.134/image. We tested Nano Banana, Nano Banana 2, Nano Banana Pro, Imagen 4, Imagen 4 Ultra, and Imagen 4 Fast with the same prompt. Imagen 4 Ultra wins overall. Nano Banana Pro wins photorealism.

Google AI Studio: Complete Guide to Google's Free AI Playground (2026)

Google AI Studio is Google's free web platform for testing Gemini, Nano Banana, Imagen 4, Veo 3.1, Gemma 4, and 25+ AI models. Free playground, API keys, Build mode for vibe coding, and pay-per-use Gemini API starting at /usr/bin/bash.10/M tokens.

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April 8, 2026

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