Anthropic and the Gates Foundation are betting $200 million that AI can do more than make money
Anthropic and the Gates Foundation are betting $200 million that AI can do more than make money

  Anthropic has committed $200 million over four years to a partnership with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the largest deal of its kind between an AI company and a global philanthropy. The money, a mix of grant funding, Claude usage credits,…

AI radio hosts demonstrate why AI can’t be trusted alone
AI radio hosts demonstrate why AI can’t be trusted alone

Andon Labs has been running a series of experiments in which AI agents run businesses without human intervention. Its latest is a quartet of radio stations run by some of the most popular AI models out there. “Thinking Frequencies” is run by Claude, “OpenAIR” by ChatGPT, “Backlink Broadcast” by Google’s Gemini, and “Grok and Roll […]

Wowed by computer-use AI agents? Research says they’re “digital disasters” even for routine tasks

New research from UC Riverside found computer-use AI agents often push ahead with unsafe or irrational tasks, raising questions about whether today’s desktop agents are ready for sensitive everyday workflows.

Federal judge holds back on Anthropic’s $1.5bn author settlement
Federal judge holds back on Anthropic’s $1.5bn author settlement

A federal judge in San Francisco wanted more detail on lawyers’ fees and lead-plaintiff payments before signing off on what would be the largest copyright settlement in US history. A federal judge in San Francisco declined on Thursday to give final app…

OpenAI says Codex is coming to your phone

The update gives users enhanced flexibility over how they can manage their workflows.

Anthropic’s Cat Wu says that, in the future, AI will anticipate your needs before you know what they are

The head of product for Claude Code and Cowork says that the next big step for AI is proactivity.

Anthropic courts a new kind of customer: small business owners

Anthropic is looking to broaden its customer base from larger enterprise customers to smaller and mid-sized businesses.

Anthropic now has more business customers than OpenAI, according to Ramp data

For the first time, Anthropic has more verified business customers than OpenAI, according to this month’s AI Index from the fintech firm Ramp. 

Mythos goes to Tokyo: Japanese banks to get Anthropic’s vulnerability-hunting AI

MUFG, Mizuho, and SMFG would be the first Japanese institutions added to Anthropic’s restricted Project Glasswing rollout, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters Japan’s three megabanks are set to gain access to Claude Mythos, Anthropic’s vulne…

Anthropic in talks to raise $30bn at a $900bn valuation
Anthropic in talks to raise $30bn at a $900bn valuation

A round at the proposed terms would push the Claude maker past OpenAI on paper, less than three months after its last record-setting raise. Anthropic is in early talks to raise at least $30bn in a new financing round at a pre-money valuation above $900…