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Anthropic is the US AI safety lab behind the Claude family of models.
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.