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ANTHROPIC TIGHTENS USAGE LIMITS FOR CLAUDE CODE – WITHOUT TELLING USERS

Claude Code users have been hit with unexpectedly restrictive usage limits since Monday morning, particularly among heavy users of the service. There was no announcement about any change in limits, so many users have concluded that their subscription was downgraded or their usage is being inaccurately tracked. Anthropic has acknowledged the issue but declined to elaborate further. Anthropic's pricing system sets tiered limits without ever guaranteeing a set level of access, leaving users unable to plan around usage limits.

SHOPIFY'S INTERNAL AI ADOPTION STRATEGY: UNLIMITED SPEND AND "MCP EVERYTHING"

Shopify bought 3,000 Cursor licenses with unlimited token spending after getting legal teams to default to "yes" on AI tools, then built an internal LLM proxy with MCPs connecting every data source. Non-technical sales reps now build performance auditing tools in Cursor, while a sales engineer runs his entire workflow through a dashboard that pulls real-time context from Salesforce, Slack, and GSuite without opening those apps.

THE AI CLOUD: A UNIFIED PLATFORM FOR AI WORKLOADS

Vercel has launched the AI Cloud, a platform designed to simplify AI app development by integrating AI-first tools like AI SDK and AI Gateway for flexible and secure execution. Fluid compute optimizes AI workloads by managing idle times and bursts efficiently, reducing costs significantly. The platform also introduces Vercel BotID for securing critical routes and Vercel Sandbox for safely running untrusted code, driving the shift into the agentic era of web development.

PERPLEXITY SEES INDIA AS A SHORTCUT IN ITS RACE AGAINST OPENAI

Perplexity is quietly expanding into India to compete in the next phase of AI adoption. It is rapidly adding millions of users in the world's second-largest internet and smartphone market. Perplexity has partnered with Airtel, India's second-largest telecom operator, to offer a free 12-month Perplexity Pro subscription to all 360 million subscribers. While the company has seen major growth in the country, monetizing its large user base remains a challenge.

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