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Malta Gave Every Citizen Free ChatGPT Plus. Your Consulting Model Is Next.
Key Takeaways: - OpenAI signed Malta (574,250 residents) to free ChatGPT Plus for one year — ~$138M in nominal retail value. - Citizens must complete a University of Malta AI literacy course before accessing the free tier. - George Osborne, now heading "OpenAI for Countries," called Malta a
Microsoft Ditched Claude Code. Here's Why That Should Make You Feel Weird
Key Takeaways
- Microsoft killed internal Claude Code licenses across its Experiences & Devices unit after five months of engineers actively picking it over Copilot CLI. Your own team's preference data is worth more than any analyst report. - GitHub Copilot Desktop dropped in technical preview May 15.
Greg Brockman Now Runs Everything. Here's What That Means for You.
Greg Brockman controls ChatGPT. Codex. The API. One desk.
That's not a product announcement.
That's a line in the sand.
OpenAI merged its three core products into a single team under co-founder Greg Brockman, who also keeps oversight of AI infrastructure.
Four days before Google I/
Anthropic Hit $900B in 90 Days. You're Still Debating AI by Vibe
Anthropic closed a $30B raise at a $900B valuation on May 15. $380B to $900B in ninety days. Most operators missed it. The Bloomberg story dropped on a Tuesday.
By Wednesday, everybody moved on.
That's the mistake.
The headline number is absurd.
But the story underneath matters more.
xAI's Grok Build Costs $300/Month. Here's the Math.
Grok Build dropped May 14, 2026. Price: $300/mo.
That's a junior dev's salary in most countries outside San Francisco.
Before you decide if that's insane or genius, here's what the coding agent battlefield actually looks like right now.
xAI shipped Grok
Google's Create My Widget Steals Your App Store Play
Key Takeaways - Create My Widget lands summer 2026 on Samsung Galaxy and Google Pixel. Describe a home screen widget in plain English, get something that actually works. - Gemini reads your Gmail, Calendar, and location to pull relevant data. No dev skills. No design degree. - If you build