How Anthropic Pulled Ahead of OpenAI to Lead the AI Boom

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P.M. Edition for May 13. OpenAI has for years been the major AI company, with ChatGPT dominating with users and in the discourse. But as WSJ reporter Kate Clark tells us, new data indicates that Anthropic has taken its crown—though keeping it is far from a sure thing. Plus, the Senate has voted to confirm Kevin Warsh as the new chair of the Federal Reserve by the tightest margin since 1977, when a vote was first required. And new data from the CDC shows that the number of drug overdose deaths in the U.S. fell for the third year in a row, a sign that the country might be emerging from the opioid epidemic. Journal reporter Jen Calfas discusses what’s driving the decline. Alex Ossola hosts.


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P.M. Edition for May 13. OpenAI has for years been the major AI company, with ChatGPT dominating with users and in the discourse. But as WSJ reporter Kate Clark tells us, new data indicates that Anthropic has taken its crown—though keeping it is far from a sure thing. Plus, the Senate has voted to confirm Kevin Warsh as the new chair of the Federal Reserve by the tightest margin since 1977, when a vote was first required. And new data from the CDC shows that the number of drug overdose deaths in the U.S. fell for the third year in a row, a sign that the country might be emerging from the opioid epidemic. Journal reporter Jen Calfas discusses what’s driving the decline. Alex Ossola hosts.


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2026-05-13 14 min
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