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Elon Musk reversed his previous criticism, publicly praising Anthropic as the current AI leader, and promised not to cut off SpaceX's server access despite direct competition. This follows Anthropic's $40 billion compute deal making it the largest customer of xAI's Colossus data center. This shift signals a potential de-escalation in the AI arms race and highlights the immense value of compute infrastructure, as Anthropic's massive commitment reshapes the competitive landscape between leading AI labs and cloud providers. Under the deal, Anthropic purchased 300 megawatts of compute power, leasing the entire capacity of xAI's Colossus 1 data center in Memphis, Tennessee, with payments of $1.25 billion per month starting May 2029, totaling approximately $40 billion. Musk also claimed that no other company has released a model comparable to Anthropic's Mythos/Fable series.