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Anthropic valuation โ†‘ Chinese emissions โ†“ Chatbot manipulation โ†‘

Azeem Azhar and Hannah Petrovic
Sep 08, 2025
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Hi all,

Hereโ€™s your Monday round-up of data driving conversations this week โ€“ 10 stats, in less than 250 words.

Letโ€™s go!


  1. Payroll growth โ†“ TS Lombard analysts warn that US payroll growth is stalling. Payroll declines have historically coincided with recessions.

  2. A landmark AI copyright win1 โ†‘ Anthropicโ€™s valuation has tripled since March, reaching $183 billion, with ~10% of the Series F raise to be paid to authors whose work was used to train their AI models.

  3. Self-preference โ†‘ Job applicants using the same AI tool to write their CV as the AI system reviewing applications are 23-60% more likely to get shortlisted.

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