Anthropic Took the Lead in the AI Race. OpenAI Is Catching Up.

OpenAI regained enterprise ground on cheaper models and an Anthropic data-policy misstep, just as both race toward IPOs amid price wars.

• OpenAI narrows the gap: GPT-5.6, launched over summer, was marketed as cheaper (not most intelligent) and landed as enterprises complained about high AI bills.
• Anthropic's own misstep: Claude's data policy change (storing customer data up to 30 days) with its new frontier model alienated healthcare and financial-services clients.

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