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WEDNESDAY · JUNE 24, 2026 · ISSUE #11
#1
ANTHROPIC ENDS FREE FABLE 5 — THE 13-DAY WINDOW SLAMS SHUTANTHROPIC
THE FREE RIDE JUNE 9 → JUNE 22 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 END FREE! FABLE 5 LAUNCHED JUNE 9 Free on Pro, Max, Team, Enterprise 13 glorious days of the best AI … included. For now.
JUNE 23: OVER! ACCESS ENDED JUNE 23, 2026 Complimentary window closed NO MORE FREE FABLE 5 Pay extra or use Claude 4.x
WHAT NOW? OPTION A UPGRADE FOR FABLE 5 Pay the add-on fee OPTION B STAY ON CLAUDE 4.X Included — still very capable SUBSCRIBERS: “Tried the best AI free… now I’m hooked. Well played, Anthropic.”
THE STORY Starting June 23, 2026, Claude Fable 5 is no longer included at no extra cost in Anthropic’s Pro, Max, Team, and Enterprise subscriptions. The 13-day complimentary window that began at Fable 5’s launch on June 9 has closed. Subscribers can now pay a premium add-on to retain Fable 5 access, or fall back to the standard Claude 4.x models included in their plan tier.
Sources: BuildFastWithAI
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#2
ORACLE CUTS 21,000 JOBS AND BLAMES AI DIRECTLY IN OFFICIAL SEC FILINGLABOR
THE SEC FILING ORACLE 10-K FILING Operations change: 21,000 ROLES eliminated due to AI DEPLOYMENT FY2026 Annual Report FIRST MAJOR CORP to cite AI in official filing ~14% of total workforce
THE SCALE 21K jobs eliminated Red = laid off (~14%) AI REPLACED THEM
ORACLE’S BET 2023 2025 2026 AI REV ⇧ AI DOES MORE WITH LESS Cloud AI revenue +35% YoY Fewer humans, higher margins
THE STORY Oracle disclosed the elimination of 21,000 roles — roughly 14% of its workforce — in its annual 10-K regulatory filing, making it one of the first major corporations to formally cite AI deployment as the primary cause of large-scale layoffs. Oracle’s AI cloud revenue rose 35% year-over-year.
Sources: TechCrunch · AI News
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#3
QUALCOMM IN TALKS TO BUY TENSTORRENT FOR UP TO $10 BILLIONCHIPS
THE CHIP WAR NVIDIA 80%+ AI share AMD ~12% share QUALCOMM Wants IN! TENSTORRENT RISC-V chips $8B — $10B TALKS Qualcomm needs a seat
WHO’S TENSTORRENT? 💻 JIM KELLER, CEO The legendary chip architect Designed AMD Zen + Apple A4/A5 + Tesla FSD + Intel CPU USES OPEN RISC-V Not locked to CUDA THE THREAT TO NVIDIA: Open chips = no lock-in
THE $10B BID $8B — $10B ACQUISITION TALKS Early stage, not final QUALCOMM WINS IF: RISC-V breaks CUDA monopoly QUALCOMM LOSES IF: CUDA stays the standard AI CHIP WAR HEATS UP Nvidia’s throne is contested.
THE STORY Qualcomm is in early talks to acquire Tenstorrent — the AI chip startup helmed by legendary chip architect Jim Keller — for between $8 and $10 billion. Tenstorrent uses the open RISC-V architecture, positioning it as a potential alternative to Nvidia’s proprietary CUDA platform. A deal would give Qualcomm a significant presence in the AI hardware market currently dominated by Nvidia.
Sources: TechCrunch

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