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OpenAI appears to be pulling ahead of Anthropic in the race for business customers, but the real headline may be how easily companies are switching between the two. Enterprises are hopping from one AI provider to another with each new model release, which raises a serious question about whether either lab has actually earned lasting loyalty — or just temporary attention.
On Capitol Hill, the prediction markets industry is having a very public argument with itself. CME Group's Terry Duffy and Kalshi co-founder Luana Lopes Lara clashed openly during a CFTC meeting, trading accusations over manipulation risks and regulatory standards. It's a fight over who gets to define the rules of a market that's growing faster than the oversight around it.
And GitHub is reporting that code commits have doubled in just the past four months — a surge the platform credits largely to AI-assisted development. That growth came with a cost, though. The traffic spike caused capacity failures serious enough to bring parts of the platform down, a reminder that even the infrastructure powering the AI boom can buckle under its own momentum.
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