Z.ai launches ZCode, OpenAI courts government investment, and zombie jobs rise again.
Chinese startup Z.ai is shaking up the AI coding space with ZCode, directly challenging Anthropic's Claude Code while OpenAI negotiates a controversial 5% government stake. We dive into the latest power plays reshaping the AI landscape and explore how tech leaders are navigating the pressure—from Palantir's CEO's viral CNBC moment to Cloudflare's move to regulate bot-crawler usage.