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Anthropic Leaked Claude Code, Then DMCA’d the Internet
A missing .npmignore shipped 513,000 lines of closed-source TypeScript to npm. The cleanup nuked 8,100 GitHub repos, including forks of Anthropic's own public repos. A week of ops own goals, receipts inside.
Anthropic Quietly Gutted Caching. OpenAI Pulled Study Mode. Nobody Told You.
On March 6 Anthropic silently cut prompt cache TTL from 60 minutes to 5. On April 11 OpenAI yanked Study Mode from ChatGPT Plus. Zero changelog entries. Real developer bills up 17%. Welcome to the silent-nerf era of AI subscriptions.
Anthropic Charged a Dev $180 While He Was Out Sailing. Then Ignored Him for a Month.
Here’s a fun Friday story. UPDATE (2026-04-13): After Nick’s post went viral on Hacker News, a human support agent from Anthropic finally reached out…
Anthropic Accidentally Showed Us the AI Agent They’re Afraid to Announce
512,000 lines of Claude Code source code leaked on March 31 — and buried inside was KAIROS: an always-on AI daemon that watches you, dreams about you, and acts without asking.
Your ‘Cheap’ AI Model Costs 28x More Than You Think
Stanford study reveals AI pricing scam: cheap models cost 28x more due to hidden thinking tokens. OpenAI, Google, Anthropic exposed. Real costs vs listed prices.
Claude’s Pay-Per-Panic: When ‘Unlimited’ Means ‘Until We Notice’
Claude pricing scandal: unlimited access killed, costs up 3-5x. While GPT-4o drops 40%. Full breakdown + migration alternatives. Is Claude still worth it?
The AI Tools Landscape in 2026: A Blunt Assessment
AI tools landscape 2026: 50,000+ tools, most are garbage. BluntAI cuts through the noise with honest reviews. Real ratings, no affiliate BS.