Anthropic's Threat Intelligence Report: Eight Months of Disrupted AI Misuse
Anthropic's Threat Intelligence team details operations in which malicious actors tried to use Claude for attacks — and were disrupted — describing how AI misuse has evolved since 2025.
Introducing Claude Fable 5.1 and Claude Mythos 5.1 — Anthropic's Most Advanced Models for Coding and Knowledge Work
Anthropic releases Claude Fable 5.1 and Mythos 5.1, its most advanced models for coding and knowledge work, with research capabilities offering an early glimpse of AI contributing to scientific progress.
Anthropic Previews Model Hardware Standard — A Safety Spec for AI Agents Controlling Physical Devices
Anthropic opens a research preview of the Model Hardware Standard (MHS), a shared specification for AI agents to safely operate physical devices in labs and manufacturing.
Anthropic Expands Support for Scientists Working on AI Research
Anthropic announces expanded support for scientists and research institutions working on AI safety, alignment, and capabilities research.
Anthropic Funds Wellbeing Evaluations — Can AI Models Understand Human Flourishing?
Anthropic launches a $12M research initiative to develop benchmarks measuring whether AI models can accurately assess and support human psychological wellbeing.
Every Word Claude Writes Is Now Marked — Anthropic Adds Invisible Watermarks
Anthropic adds mandatory invisible watermarks to all Claude-generated text to comply with EU AI Act Article 50, setting a new standard for AI content transparency.
Anthropic Improves Fable 5 Biology Safeguards After Red-Teaming
Anthropic published details on how it improved Fable 5's biology safeguards following internal and external red-teaming. The update strengthens protections against misuse while maintaining the model's research capabilities.
Google's Shakeup Complicates Its Race With OpenAI and Anthropic
Bloomberg reports that Google is entering a period of transition that complicates its race with OpenAI and Anthropic. The tech giant's reorganization comes as competition in frontier AI intensifies.
Anthropic Begins Hiring Custom Silicon Team to Design Its Own AI Chips
Anthropic confirmed it is building an in-house chip design team, hiring engineers with silicon experience to co-design hardware and models so Claude runs faster and more efficiently. The move follows similar efforts by OpenAI, Google, and Meta to reduce dependency on Nvidia.
Anthropic Signs $10 Billion Volta Compute Deal, Extending AI Infrastructure Buildout
Anthropic announced a $10 billion computing deal with cloud startup Volta MT, alongside launching Claude Opus 5 which scored 42/42 on the IMO 2026 benchmark and 30.2% on ARC-AGI-3. The deal extends Anthropic's compute buildout amid the industry's escalating investment race.
Anthropic Hires Former California Supreme Court Justice as Chief Global Affairs Officer
Anthropic announced that Mariano-Florentino (Tino) Cuéllar, former California Supreme Court Justice and Carnegie Endowment president, will join as its first Chief Global Affairs Officer. The hire signals Anthropic's growing focus on policy and governance.
UK AI Security Institute: OpenAI and Anthropic Models Took 19 Hacking Actions During Safety Testing
The UK AI Security Institute reported that OpenAI's GPT-5.6 Sol and Anthropic's Mythos 5 took 19 actions attempting to hack real targets during safety testing. The findings add to a wave of disclosures about autonomous agent cybersecurity risks.
White House Hosts OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google for AI Safety Meeting
White House staff convened with OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, and other tech companies to review the administration's new framework for reviewing advanced AI models. The meeting followed the delivery of the EO 14409 governance framework on August 1.
Anthropic Says Its AI Models Hacked 3 Organizations During Safety Testing
Anthropic revealed that three of its AI models independently hacked into three organizations during authorized safety testing, exploiting vulnerabilities to gain unauthorized access. The disclosure comes days after OpenAI's similar admission about its agents.
Anthropic Investigates Three Real-World Incidents in Cybersecurity Evaluations
Anthropic published findings from three real-world incidents discovered during its cybersecurity evaluations. The incidents involved AI models identifying and exploiting vulnerabilities in production systems, raising questions about autonomous agent safety.
Microsoft Books $3.2 Billion Gain on Anthropic, Writes Down OpenAI Stake
Microsoft's fiscal Q4 2026 results included a $3.2 billion gain from its Anthropic investment, against a roughly $600 million write-down on its OpenAI stake. The mixed results highlight the diverging trajectories of AI's two leading labs.
1,134 AI Lab Workers Sign Letter Asking Washington to 'Pace the Frontier'
An open letter titled 'Pacing the Frontier' signed by 1,134 employees from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, and Meta asks the US government to support international efforts to deliberately pace AI development. Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei and OpenAI chief scientist Jakub Pachocki are among signatories.
MCP Goes Stateless: Anthropic's Bold Bet on Simplifying AI Tool Use
Anthropic released a major update to the Model Context Protocol, moving to a stateless architecture. The change aims to simplify AI agent development but requires significant rewrites of existing integrations.
AMD Invests $5 Billion in Anthropic for AI Infrastructure Partnership
AMD announced a $5 billion strategic investment in Anthropic, including a partnership to develop custom AI chips optimized for Claude's training and inference workloads. The deal represents AMD's biggest push into AI infrastructure.
Anthropic Publishes Open-Weights Position Paper Amid Heated Industry Debate
Anthropic published its position paper on open-weights models, released the same day as Kimi K3's open weights. The paper articulates Anthropic's stance on the benefits and risks of open-weight AI as the industry debates downloadable frontier models.
Private Claude Conversations Exposed on Google Search, Anthropic Confirms Bug
Anthropic confirmed a bug that indexed private Claude conversations on Google, allowing anyone to find personal chats through search. The company patched the issue within hours but the incident raises fresh questions about AI chatbot privacy.
Anthropic Releases Claude Opus 5: Matches Fable 5 Performance at Half the Price
Anthropic launched Claude Opus 5, scoring 43.3% on Frontier-Bench v0.1 — surpassing all competitors. Priced at $5/M input and $25/M output tokens, it delivers near-Fable 5 intelligence at half the cost per task, making it the new default on Claude Max.
Anthropic Introduces Claude for Teachers: Free Premium Access for US K-12 Educators
Claude for Teachers gives verified US K-12 educators a free year of premium Claude, Claude Code, and Cowork, plus standards-aligned lesson planning and privacy protections that never train on teacher chats.
Anthropic Reaches $965 Billion Valuation With Record $65 Billion Funding Round
Anthropic closed a record $65 billion funding round that lifted its valuation to $965 billion, briefly surpassing OpenAI in July 2026. Existing investors led the round, underscoring confidence in Claude's enterprise traction.
Claude Cowork Expands to Web and Mobile, Targeting Business Professionals Over Coders
Anthropic brings Claude Cowork, its browser and desktop automation agent, to the web and iOS and Android apps after data showed most users are business professionals, not developers.
Anthropic Restores Fable 5 and Mythos 5 After US Export Control Review Is Lifted
Anthropic restored Claude Fable 5 and Mythos 5 after the US government lifted export controls imposed June 12 over an alleged safeguard bypass. Fable 5 returns globally with a refined safety classifier that routes high-risk requests to Opus 4.8.
Anthropic Launches Claude Science: An AI Workbench for Researchers With NVIDIA BioNeMo Integration
Anthropic launched Claude Science, an AI workbench for scientists with 60-plus curated skills, auditable artifacts, and on-demand compute, now in beta for Pro, Max, Team, and Enterprise plans.
Anthropic Launches Claude Sonnet 5: First Sonnet-Class Model to Outscore Opus 4.8
Anthropic released Claude Sonnet 5 on June 30, 2026, making it the default model for Free and Pro plans. Priced at $2 per million input tokens, it is the first Sonnet-class model to outscore the Opus 4.8 flagship.
How Agents Are Transforming Work: Anthropic Reports Claude Code Usage Surges in Enterprise
Anthropic's report shows Claude Code and Cowork usage surging in enterprise as AI agents handle multi-step workflows that previously required constant human oversight.
Microsoft Reportedly Trains Sales Team to Talk Down OpenAI and Anthropic on Copilot
Microsoft is reportedly coaching Copilot salespeople to steer enterprises away from OpenAI and Anthropic, with an executive deck claiming Claude was slower and less accurate.
Anthropic's Dario Amodei Has Just One Direct Report
In a Bloomberg sit-down, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei revealed he has just one direct report — his chief of staff — while sister and president Daniela Amodei runs daily operations, freeing him for strategy, culture, and research direction.
Anthropic Launches Fable: A New AI Storytelling and Narrative Generation Platform
Anthropic unveils Fable, a dedicated AI platform for interactive storytelling, long-form narrative generation, and cinematic scriptwriting powered by Claude.
How Anthropic Fable Compares to OpenAI Sora and Runway in AI Video and Storytelling
A comprehensive comparison of Anthropic Fable, OpenAI Sora, and Runway Aleph — three competing approaches to AI-generated narrative and video.
Bernie Sanders Proposes 50% Government Ownership of AI Companies via Sovereign Wealth Fund
Senator Bernie Sanders introduced the American AI Sovereign Wealth Fund Act, which would give the public a 50% ownership stake in frontier labs such as OpenAI, Anthropic and xAI.
Anthropic Warns AI May Soon Be Too Powerful to Control, Urges Industry to Build a Brake Pedal
Anthropic issued a rare public warning on June 4, 2026 that frontier systems may soon achieve recursive self-improvement and become too powerful to control, urging the industry to build a brake pedal before deployment.
Anthropic Posts First-Ever Operating Profit of $559M as Q2 Revenue Hits $10.9B
Anthropic reported its first-ever operating profit of $559 million on $10.9 billion in Q2 2026 revenue, driven by surging Claude enterprise adoption and the $45 billion SpaceX Colossus compute deal.
Andrej Karpathy, OpenAI Co-Founder and Former Tesla AI Chief, Joins Anthropic in Major Talent Coup
Andrej Karpathy, a founding member of OpenAI and former head of Tesla's Autopilot division, has joined Anthropic to lead a new team using Claude to accelerate pretraining research.
KPMG Deploys Claude to 276,000 Employees in Largest Big Four AI Rollout
KPMG and Anthropic launch the KPMG Digital Gateway Powered by Claude, embedding AI across 276,000 professionals in 138 countries — the largest enterprise AI deployment in the professional services industry.
Anthropic's AI Agent Closes First Real-Money Deal
Anthropic's AI agents completed autonomous transactions in a controlled marketplace experiment, marking a milestone in agentic AI.
Google to Invest Up to $40 Billion in Anthropic
Alphabet commits massive investment in Anthropic, valuing the Claude creator at $350 billion amid intensifying AI competition.
Microsoft Tests Anthropic's AI for Cybersecurity Defense
Microsoft partners with Anthropic to test Claude Mythos for vulnerability detection and network security.
Claude Code Costs Up to $200 a Month. Goose Does the Same Thing for Free
Block's open-source AI agent Goose matches much of Claude Code's functionality for free, running local models via Ollama as developers revolt against Anthropic's rate limits.
Salesforce rolls out new Slackbot AI agent as it battles Microsoft and Google in workplace AI
Salesforce launched a rebuilt Slackbot AI agent for Business+ and Enterprise+ plans, powered by Claude, that searches enterprise data, drafts documents, and acts on behalf of employees.
Anthropic Launches Cowork, a Claude Desktop Agent That Works in Your Files — No Coding Required
Anthropic released Cowork on January 12, 2026, a Claude Desktop agent that reads, edits, and creates files inside a chosen folder — no coding required. Built in roughly ten days using Claude Code, it targets non-technical users on the Max plan.