Google's AI race with ChatGPT intensifies as it closes the user gap while Alphabet torches 200 billion dollars with profitability under fire. Meanwhile Anthropic enters the UK's finance lab testing AI in crypto banking. Wall Street wants answers on returns.

July 23, 2026 — 272 words / ~1.8 min

Stories covered:

  1. Google Closes Within 50 Million Users of ChatGPT's Billion
  2. Anthropic Enters UK's Live AI Finance Lab as Crypto-Banking Tests Begin
  3. Alphabet Burns $200B This Year as Wall Street Questions the Returns