AWS re:Invent sought to present AI solutions in the spirit of AWS’ original impact on startups; the real targets may be the startups from that era, not the current one. Source: Stratechery by Ben Thompson.
OpenAI is declaring code red and doubling down on ChatGPT, highlighting the company’s bear case. Then, AWS makes it easier to run AI workloads on other clouds. Source: Stratechery by Ben Thompson.
Anthropic’s Opus 4.5 appears to be a big breakthrough that slots into Anthropic’s enterprise strategy, while ChatGPT gets new consumer features, and Meta might use Google’s TPUs Source: Stratechery by Ben Thompson.
Nvidia earnings are the wrong place to look for evidence of an AI bubble; the company’s margins should be safe if power is the limiting factor. Source: Stratechery by Ben Thompson.

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An interview with Eric Seufert about the right advertising model for AI, the right AI for Meta, and why personalized advertising is good for society. Source: Stratechery by Ben Thompson.
Gemini 3 is out, and looks to be state of the art. What does that mean for everyone else in the AI space, and what markets might Google win? Source: Stratechery by Ben Thompson.
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ChatGPT is getting group chats, a long-standing Stratechery feature request. It’s also a clear attach against Meta, who can’t respond because of encryption, while Google looms. Source: Stratechery by Ben Thompson.