> daily_signal(2026_05_06)
A 5-year-old chatbot company just spent $200 billion on computer chips.
Anthropic spent more money on computer chips this week than the war in Afghanistan cost. The federal government sided with Elon Musk to kill the only state law that lets you ask why an AI rejected you. Apple owes you $25 because Apple Intelligence did not ship. NVIDIA put $500M down to make AI cables in America.
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Subscribe on Substack ›1. A 5-year-old chatbot company just spent $200 billion on computer chips.
When normal people argue about AI, they argue about whether ChatGPT will take their job or write their kid's homework.
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/05/06/anthropic-spacex-data-center-capacity.html
2. The federal government just sided with Elon Musk to take away your right to ask why an AI rejected you.
This one is about you, not Silicon Valley.
3. Apple just agreed to pay you $25 because they sold you a phone that could not do what they said it could.
Two things, one for you, one for the industry.
4. Anthropic just shipped a free AI assistant that can do most of what a junior banker does.
Banks have spent the last two years building their own version of this.
5. NVIDIA just put $500 million down to start making AI cables in America.
This is the part of the AI story almost nobody talks about.
∆ Counter-signal: Jensen says AI is creating jobs. Microsoft just offered 8,750 of its own employees a buyout to leave.
Jensen Huang