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TechCrunch Apr 21, 2026 at 18:51 Startups Rising Hot

Sam Altman throws shade at Anthropic’s cyber model, Mythos: ‘fear-based marketing’

This week, during a podcast appearance, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman called out his competitor's new cybersecurity model, noting that the company was using fear to make its product sound more impressive than it actually is.

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Apr 21, 2026 at 21:03 Hacker News

Claude Code removed from Anthropic's Pro plan

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Apr 21, 2026 at 18:51 TechCrunch

Sam Altman throws shade at Anthropic’s cyber model, Mythos: ‘fear-based marketing’

This week, during a podcast appearance, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman called out his competitor's new cybersecurity model, noting that the compan...

Apr 21, 2026 at 17:00 Ars Technica

Anthropic gets $5B investment from Amazon, will use it to buy Amazon chips

Anthropic secures 5 gigawatts of Amazon’s custom silicon as Claude demand soars.

Apr 21, 2026 at 15:56 TechCrunch

Ransomware negotiator pleads guilty to helping ransomware gang

A former employee of a cybersecurity firm pleaded guilty to aiding ransomware criminals to maximize their profits, with the goal of takin...

Apr 21, 2026 at 13:08 Hacker News

Anthropic takes $5B from Amazon and pledges $100B in cloud spending in return

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Apr 21, 2026 at 03:43 Hacker News

Anthropic says OpenClaw-style Claude CLI usage is allowed again

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