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Jul 10
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Monologue: Is Anthropic Killing Cursor?

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In this week’s monologue, Ed Zitron walks you through how Anthropic jacked up prices on its largest customer Cursor - and how it’s a sign that the Subprime AI Crisis has begun.

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