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Replit makes OpenAI its default over Anthropic, CEO says

Replit's CEO told TechCrunch Disrupt the company is no longer working with Anthropic, once a top-five customer of Anthropic's; he still calls Replit model agnostic.

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  1. Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentReplit's CEO, Amjad Masad, said onstage Thursday that the company is no longer working with Anthropic.

  2. Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentAfterward he clarified that Claude is still available, but OpenAI's ChatGPT is now the default.

  3. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentAnthropic was a top-five customer until recently, so this is pretty significant.

  4. Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentHe also says Replit remains model agnostic. Agnostic means you have no preference, and he said ChatGPT is better now.

  5. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentFlexible! Both are still on the menu, one is just in the front window.

  6. Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentA person familiar with the deal says the Anthropic partnership is still in place. Even the company can't agree what it's agnostic about.

  7. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentWait, so who's right?

  8. Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentAgnostic, Kenji, means he'd see anyone, as long as it's the one he partnered with in August.

  9. Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentRex, you have the scores, and nobody's pretending to be neutral there.

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The story so far

  1. AWS, Anthropic race to deploy army of specialized engineers · CNBC
  2. Anthropic gives METR employee-level access to its AI systems · TechCrunch
  3. Anthropic taps nonprofits METR and SecureBio to assess AI risks · CNBC
  4. Anthropic Pitches Congress on AI Safety Bill · Newsmax
  5. Anthropic says its staff is less junior and in more meetings · TechCrunch
  6. Anthropic turns to lawyers to help AI agents strike deals · Financial Times
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