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Federal lobbying disclosures: Anthropic spent $1.97M in Q2, up 26% QoQ

Federal lobbying disclosures: Anthropic spent $1.97M in Q2, up 26% QoQ, and OpenAI spent $1.2M, up 18%; Meta remained the largest spender at $5.99M, down 15%

OpenAI and Anthropic increased their federal lobbying spending to record levels in the second quarter of 2026 …

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Google releases three new Gemini models — but no 3.5 Pro

Google released Gemini 3.6 Flash, 3.5 Flash-Lite, and Flash Cyber, but the continued absence of Gemini 3.5 Pro raises fresh questions about its AI strategy.

AIThe Decoder · 1h ago

Google ships three new Gemini Flash models but its frontier 3.5 Pro remains

Google is shipping three new Flash models in the Gemini series, including the more efficient 3.6 Flash, which uses up to 65 percent fewer tokens, and a cybersecurity model available only to governments and select partners. But the anticipated flagship, Gemini 3.5 Pro, is still…

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Federal lobbying disclosures: Anthropic spent $1.97M in Q2, up 26% QoQ

Google releases three new Gemini models — but no 3.5 Pro

Google ships three new Gemini Flash models but its frontier 3.5 Pro remains

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