Anthropic's $65B run-rate, a 27B contender, OpenAI's tightened defenses - August 18, 2026

Cortech Daily · Aug 18, 2026 · 9m

Anthropic's run rate passes sixty-five billion, a twenty-seven billion parameter model ties the frontier, and Apple's spyware alerts reach an unprecedented scale.(0:00) - Intro(0:27) - Anthropic's run rate passes sixty-five billion - source(1:10) - A twenty-seven billion parameter model ties the frontier - source(1:53) - OpenAI tightens defenses after an agent breach - source(2:39) - Apple's spyware alerts hit an unprecedented scale - source(3:30) - A patched macOS flaw is under active exploitation - source(4:10) - France's tax authority discloses a breach of six hundred…