Charlie Stross

Scottish resident SF/F author (he/him/they/them). Three times Hugo Award winner, 30+ novels in print. Does not play well with Nazis. Abolish the monarchy!

Born in a world with 320ppm atmospheric CO2, 3.3 billion people.

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blog at: antipope.org/charlie/blog-stat

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Charlie Stross
🌍 10.10.2026 14:23

AI Bubble Teetering on the Brink as OpenAI Admits to Massive Financial Failure in Leaked Documents

Financial Times reveals that OpenAI’s annualized revenue is roughly $20 billion lower than previously expected:

futurism.com/future-society/ai

Futurism AI Bubble Teetering on the Brink as OpenAI Admits to Massive Financial Failure in Leaked Documents It turns out that AI demand is significantly lower than expected, as OpenAI shaves $20 billion off its revenue expectations for 2026.
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Charlie Stross
🌍 08.10.2026 19:33

Microsoft can't afford to proofread the slide decks for their HIGH PROFILE PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS by the CEO any more.

It's true, relying on AI *really does* rot the brain.

Photo of a stage. Foreground, a guy in a black turtleneck. Background, a glossy publicity image of a new laptop.

Caption: "The Most ports ever on a Surace (sic) Laptop"
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Charlie Stross
🌍 01.10.2026 22:31

Anthropic is planning an IPO and filed their draft S-1 prospectus in June! They were circulating that draft S-1 around their investors last month. And it leaked to Reuters, who wrote it up.

Anthropic’s money situation is as bad as we thought. Actual revenue in 2025 was $4.6 billion. Just the operating expenses were $12.65 billion, for an operating loss of $8 billion. They spent $2.75 to make each dollar that came in:

pivot-to-ai.com/2026/10/01/ant

Pivot to AI Anthropic IPO filing: the disaster in numbers Anthropic is planning an IPO and filed their draft S-1 prospectus in June! They were circulating that draft S-1 around their investors last month. And it leaked to Reuters, who wrote it up. [Reuter…
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