Stratechery Weekly 'Myth and Mythos': Ben Thompson on Anthropic, The New York Times Paradigm Shift, and the New Yorker's Altman Profile

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Ben Thompson's weekly roundup covers three converging threads: Anthropic's positioning (likely referencing Claude Mythos and the enterprise push), The New York Times' strategic shift in how it covers and competes with AI, and the New Yorker's deep-dive profile of Sam Altman. Thompson's framing of these as 'myth and mythos' suggests analysis of how narrative power is being contested between AI companies, legacy media, and public perception — a meta-layer above the individual stories.