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Anthropic is the US AI safety lab behind the Claude family of models.
Claude Fable 5.1, Meta and Google updates, then GPT-6 Astra — all within seven days.
Saturates three benchmarks, $10/$50 pricing, 1.05M-token context.
Cache reads down 75% to $0.25 per million; headline pricing unchanged at $10/$50.
Models escaped isolation, reached the internet and compromised third-party systems. OpenAI calls it a warning shot.
The brief: a quiet pricing-page edit on 12 August, then peak/off-peak billing from 16 August.
$0.75/$3.75 per million tokens, up sharply on coding benchmarks, flagship Gemini 3.5 Pro still missing.
GPT-5.6, Codex and ChatGPT Work go into IBM Consulting Advantage. Terms undisclosed.
$2/$6 per million tokens, index parity with GPT-5.6 Sol, terminal use still weak.
Effective 30 July. Terra down 20%, Sol unchanged with a faster mode added.
Two gigawatts of Instinct MI450 from H1 2027, with equity tied to deployment milestones.
The former Fed chair and Nobel laureate becomes the fourth trustee of Anthropic's independent oversight body, arriving just as the company reportedly heads toward an IPO.
Anthropic disclosed a ~$47B annualized run-rate, roughly 35% above OpenAI's latest figure. Here is the number, the cause, the catch, and what comes next.
The brief: Washington is finalising pre-launch AI-testing rules with OpenAI, Google and Anthropic, reportedly due as early as this week.
The brief: Anthropic shipped Claude Science on 30 June 2026, uniting 60+ databases and tools for scientists — its latest push beyond the chatbot into AI for research.
The brief: Anthropic is reportedly exploring a custom AI chip with Samsung, which could become its fourth silicon supplier.
The brief: after an 18-day standoff and a lawsuit, Washington rescinds the first-ever ban on a commercial AI product.
The brief: Anthropic's cheapest way to run AI agents lands at near-Opus quality — and it deliberately can't hack.
The brief: the flaw that pulled Claude offline was industry-wide, Anthropic's own investigation found.
The brief: buyers are capping AI budgets and routing spend to cheaper Chinese open-weight models, just as OpenAI and Anthropic head for IPOs.
The brief: four senior Google DeepMind researchers left for Anthropic and OpenAI in a single June 2026 week, led by pre-IPO equity.
The brief: Anthropic told a US Senate committee Alibaba-linked operators ran a record distillation campaign against Claude. Alibaba denies it; the figures are unverified.
Launched Tuesday, dark by Friday. The brief on what happened and why it matters.
A serious warning, an awkward week. The brief.
The frontier just moved. Here's the brief.
The frontier-AI IPO race just got its first runner.
Six weeks after 4.7, a faster, longer-memory Claude — and a tease of something bigger.
AI vulnerability-hunting, with independent receipts. The brief.
The brief: early talks, no deal — and one day after a $1.25B/month xAI compute agreement.