AI roundup May 2026 so far: Bihar AI Summit, Anthropic nears $1 trillion valuation, Opus 4.8 released and more
The artificial intelligence world just had a wildly busy week, balancing massive financial milestones with some really interesting global shifts. Tech giant Anthropic completely dominated the news cycle, inching incredibly close to a historic $1 trillion valuation following a huge funding round—a massive financial surge that they paired with the release of their highly anticipated, ultra-powerful Claude Opus 4.8 model.
