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But two things stand out about the context of this now, versus earlier revelations in this saga.

From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026

Just a few months earlier, Anthropic was valued at $380 billion.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 1, 2026

Shares were down 9.2% to 8.48 pounds in European midday trade after briefly falling close to 20% earlier in the session.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 1, 2026

Published in The Lancet Rheumatology, the research extends findings from an earlier clinical trial reported by King's researchers in 2024.

From Science Daily • Jun. 1, 2026

Chip and Katherine hadn’t played a soccer game or pedaled quite as frantically as Jonah had earlier, but neither of them seemed any more eager than he was to speed home.

From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix