anthropic
30 articles about anthropic in AI news
Anthropic Explores Custom AI Chip with Samsung
Anthropic is discussing a custom AI chip with Samsung, per The Information. The move follows OpenAI's Jalapeño chip and signals growing vertical integration in AI hardware.
Claude Code Steganography Flagged Chinese Users; Anthropic Rolls Back
Anthropic's Claude Code 2.1.91 used steganography to detect Chinese users. After Reddit exposure, Anthropic rolled back the feature, calling it an experiment against model distillation.
Trump Lifts Export Ban on Anthropic’s Mythos, Fable Models
U.S. lifted export ban on Anthropic's Mythos and Fable models June 30. Anthropic restores access July 1 under deal requiring proactive security risk detection.
Anthropic Launches Claude Science as New Flagship
Anthropic launched Claude Science as a new flagship for computational biology and Claude Sonnet 5 with a stealth 30% effective price increase via a new tokenizer.
Austria Urges EU to Base Anthropic in Europe Over US AI Controls
Austria asks EU to base Anthropic in Europe over US AI controls, citing frontier-model access concerns. Reuters reports the request.
California Gov. Newsom Partners Anthropic for State AI Tools
California partners with Anthropic for state AI tools targeting tax, health, DMV services. No cost or timeline disclosed; deal tests AI safety branding in public sector.
Zhipu GLM-5.2 beats Anthropic's Mythos on bug-hunt benchmark
Zhipu AI's GLM-5.2 beat Anthropic's Claude Opus 4.8 on a cybersecurity bug-hunting benchmark, then matched it with extra instructions, marking another 'DeepSeek moment'.
Two Bash Hooks Cut an Anthropic Bill From $312 to $156
A developer halved their Anthropic bill from $312 to $156 by adding two Bash hooks to Claude Code that intercept retry spirals and block dangerous deploys.
US Approves Anthropic's Mythos 5 Release to 'Trusted Partners'
US Commerce Dept. approved Anthropic's Claude Mythos 5 release to trusted partners on June 26, reversing a voluntary suspension. The limited rollout signals a new per-entity licensing regime for frontier AI models.
Anthropic Launches Claude Tag as Multiplayer Slack Agent Ahead of IPO
Anthropic released Claude Tag, a Slack-native agent for teams. The tool already approves 65% of internal code changes as Anthropic pushes enterprise adoption ahead of its 2026 IPO.
OpenAI GPT-5.5-Cyber Beats Anthropic Mythos on Security Benchmarks
OpenAI's GPT-5.5-Cyber beats Anthropic's Mythos on security benchmarks. Updated Codex plugin auto-patches after scanning 30M commits.
Micron Backs Anthropic Series H With Multi-Year Memory Supply Deal
Micron invests in Anthropic's Series H and inks multi-year memory supply deal for HBM, DRAM, and SSDs. Critics flag circular arrangement as bubble risk.
Sakana AI's Fugu Orchestrator Matches Anthropic Fable 5 Without Using It
Sakana AI's Fugu orchestrator matches Anthropic's top models on benchmarks without using them, offering a hedge against vendor lock-in amid export controls.
Anthropic's CB-2 Gap Shows Biorisk Thresholds Need Intermediate Warning Levels
Anthropic deployed protections for Mythos 5 despite CB-2 not being crossed. The gap reveals a structural bias in biorisk thresholds that intermediate warning levels could fix.
Google DeepMind loses its third senior AI researcher in months as Nobel laureate John Jumper joins Anthropic
Nobel laureate John Jumper, DeepMind Director and VP Engineering Fellow who co-created AlphaFold, has left Google after nine years for Anthropic. The move follows Noam Shazeer's exit to OpenAI two days earlier — less than two years after Google paid $2.7B to reacquire him — and David Silver's Januar
White House Forced Anthropic to Cut SK Telecom Access, Triggering Model Shutdown
White House forced Anthropic to cut SK Telecom access over China ties, then shut down Mythos and Fable 5 after security flaws emerged.
Anthropic Study: Senior Engineers Beat Juniors With AI by 31%
Anthropic study: senior engineers achieve 31% higher success rate with Claude Code than juniors, challenging the democratization narrative.
Anthropic Reverses Claude Agent SDK Billing Overhaul Before Launch
Anthropic paused its June 15 billing overhaul for the Claude Agent SDK, keeping usage within regular subscription limits, amid a brewing price war with OpenAI and its own upcoming IPO.
Anthropic Blocks Claude from Outputting GPL, Apache, 7 Other Licenses
Anthropic blocks Claude from outputting 8 copyleft licenses including GPL and Apache 2.0, while allowing MIT and BSD. A Reddit user documented the behavior on Sonnet 4.6.
US Gov’t Orders Anthropic to Shut Down Strongest Claude Models
US ordered Anthropic to shut down strongest Claude models via export controls. No official confirmation yet.
Nvidia Denies Anthropic's China Chip Smuggling Claims via Latin America
Nvidia's Latin America chief denied Anthropic's allegations of chip smuggling to China via the region, expressing frustration with U.S. export controls. The denial highlights tensions between AI safety and hardware sales.
Anthropic's 19-Page AI Framework Skips Runtime Safety, Mandates 15-Day Reports
Anthropic's 19-page AI framework requires 15-day reporting for model subversion but mandates no runtime safety properties, skipping certification core aviation adopted decades ago.
Anthropic: Mythos Preview Builds Working Exploits in Hours, Not Weeks
Anthropic's Mythos Preview AI built 8 working exploits from Firefox and Windows kernel patches within hours. The first exploit was ready 18 days before the patched Firefox shipped.
Anthropic's Fable 5 Beta Shows 10x Drug Design Speedup Ahead of IPO
Anthropic's Fable 5 beta achieved 10x speedup in protein design before being pulled from testing, signaling enterprise monetization ahead of IPO.
Anthropic Releases Claude Mythos Publicly as 'Fable' at 2x Opus Price
Anthropic released Claude Mythos publicly as 'Fable' at 2x Opus pricing, targeting agent workflows with strong safety limits.
Anthropic, OpenAI Float Global AI Slowdown in Strategy Posts
Anthropic and OpenAI floated coordinated global AI slowdowns in strategy posts but offered no concrete methods. The framing sets an impossible bar.
Anthropic: AI agents fail biology retrieval, miss 261 Ebola sequences
Anthropic research shows Claude Sonnet 4 returning 5–106 Ebola sequences instead of 266, shifting outbreak origin from 2014 to 1922. Repeatable retrieval tool fixes the variance.
Anthropic's RSI Memo Reveals Internal Timeline for Near-Term AI Risk
Anthropic's internal RSI memo, flagged by Ethan Mollick, outlines concrete timelines for when AI systems may reach dangerous capability thresholds within 12-24 months.
Anthropic: Claude Authors 80%+ of Code, Task Length Doubling Every 4 Months
Anthropic reports Claude authors 80%+ of code; task-length capability doubles every 4 months. Mythos Preview works 16+ hours autonomously.
Anthropic's 80% Code Stat: What It Means for Your CLAUDE.md and Workflow Design
Anthropic's 80% code stat reveals a recursive self-improvement loop. For Claude Code users, invest in CLAUDE.md, MCP servers, and task decomposition to replicate this.