Something is shifting at Anthropic and it's not just the product.

Opus 4.6 with 1 million context became the default. No pricing change.

They doubled usage limits for two weeks.

They're actually responding to feedback on social media.

I asked the head of Claude Code if I could write their status messages. He replied and asked what to add.

Meanwhile: Google AI Studio got a major update and it's genuinely impressive for non-technical users. Claude Code shipped Dispatch and Channels (control your agent from Telegram/Discord). Dan Woods ran Qwen 397B on a MacBook using Apple's 3-year-old LLM in a Flash paper.

I normally do deep dives. This week had too many things worth talking about, so I wrote quick takes on all of it.

A different format. Still honest.