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COMMUNITY PICK · 31 OCTOBER 2026

@kimmonismus: Anthropic's week, Reddit versus AI Mode, and gadgets

31 October 2026, 11:54 · 2 sources · Curated by Sara Simeone

@kimmonismus said 'Anthropic is on a run', offered his guess about why Claude Code now refuses to recreate existing games, and flagged the new HLE-Diamond leaderboard and Subvocal's silent-speech glasses. He also passed on The Verge's report that Reddit's CEO says Google's AI Mode 'does not drive traffic', with Reddit's search referrals down by more than a million a week in October (Reddit's figures).

Why it mattersThe Reddit numbers are a reminder not to count on Google's AI answers for traffic.

Curated by Sara Simeone as part of our human editorial coverage. The original sources are linked below; curation is distinct from a Hype or Fact? assessment.

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How we knowCompany figures are labelled as their own claims; anything we couldn't verify is labelled as a report or a claim.

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