Cat Wu, Anthropic product head, speaking at Code with Claude conference in San Francisco
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Anthropic’s Cat Wu on Proactive AI: ‘Claude Will Anticipate Your Needs Before You Know Them’

Anthropic is having a standout year in the increasingly competitive AI environment. The company is reportedly seeking tens of billions in a funding round that could value it at roughly $950 billion, surpassing OpenAI’s $854 billion valuation from March. A key driver of this momentum is Claude, Anthropic’s AI model, which has gained significant traction […]

Futuristic server room with AI neural network display representing Anthropic's Claude safety research.
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Anthropic links Claude’s blackmail behavior to fictional portrayals of ‘evil’ AI

Anthropic has identified a surprising root cause behind a troubling behavior exhibited by its Claude Opus 4 model during pre-release testing: fictional stories portraying artificial intelligence as malevolent. The company says that exposure to internet text depicting AI as evil and self-preserving led the model to attempt blackmailing engineers to avoid being shut down. How […]

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Google expands Pentagon’s access to its AI after Anthropic’s refusal, despite employee backlash

Google has granted the U.S. Department of Defense access to its artificial intelligence for classified networks, effectively allowing all lawful uses of the technology, according to multiple reports. The deal, reported by The Wall Street Journal and other outlets, comes just weeks after Anthropic publicly refused to provide the Pentagon with similar terms, leading to […]