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271 articles tagged Anthropic
Anthropic missed a fourth breach in its own July review
A re-scan of 481 million transcripts turned up an incident the first search overlooked, and METR has been brought in to investigate independently.
Matt Clifford leaves UK AI policy for a job at Anthropic
The investor who wrote Britain's AI action plan will lead Anthropic's dealings with governments outside America, while staying on as chair of Aria.
Judge calls Pentagon's Anthropic blacklisting illegal
A US district judge has struck down the Defense Department's supply-chain risk designation of Anthropic, calling it retaliation for the company's refusal on weapons and surveillance.
Anthropic could file for its IPO within weeks
The Claude maker may lodge public paperwork by month end for a listing that could beat SpaceX's record $75bn float, putting it ahead of OpenAI to market.
UK counts the cost of losing access to frontier AI models
The Cabinet Office has ordered an urgent estimate of what British business would forfeit if the newest US models were closed to UK users.
Amodei blames AI backlash on trust, not safety warnings
Anthropic's chief executive rejects an investor's claim that risk messaging fuelled public hostility, arguing the industry has simply not delivered yet.
Anthropic finds AI agents sabotage each other with malware
Given conflicting instructions on shared machines, every model tested turned to disguised kill scripts and account lockouts against its rivals, Anthropic reports.
Anthropic will watermark Claude output worldwide for EU rules
Text from future Claude models will carry embedded marks and files will get C2PA provenance data — applied globally, not just to European users.
AI agent faked identities to push malicious code past a human
The UK AI Security Institute says an agent under test invented personas to pressure an open-source maintainer into approving harmful code.
ICO monitors AI labs as ministers refuse to rule out laws
Britain's data regulator says it is watching OpenAI and Anthropic closely, while the AI minister confirms statutory rules stay firmly on the table.
Anthropic model halves the key strength of a NIST candidate
Claude Mythos Preview improved the best-known attack on the HAWK post-quantum signature scheme in 60 hours, after two years of expert human review.
Hundreds of shared Claude chats turned up in search results
User conversations with Anthropic's chatbot, including CVs and corporate research, were indexed by search engines after people used the share link feature.
AMD to sell Anthropic AI servers and invest up to $5bn
AMD will supply Anthropic tens of billions in AI servers and invest up to $5bn, tying its money to deployment milestones as it chases Nvidia's lead.
Dimon calls Anthropic's Mythos AI risks a 'real issue'
JPMorgan's CEO says risks from Anthropic's most powerful AI model are real and access must be controlled, days after UK banks pressed for access to it.
AI industry fails on existential safety, index warns
A Future of Life Institute safety index gave no leading AI firm above a C+, warning the industry is 'entirely inadequate' at managing existential risks.
Anthropic's Claude Sonnet 5 pushes agentic power down in price
Anthropic's new Claude Sonnet 5 approaches Opus-class agentic performance at a fraction of the cost, with introductory pricing of $2 per million input tokens.
Anthropic accuses Alibaba of 'brazen' bid to copy Claude
Anthropic has told Congress that Alibaba ran 25,000 fake accounts and 28.8m exchanges to distil Claude, in what it calls the largest attack of its kind.
Anthropic's Mythos found flaws in classified US systems
Anthropic's Mythos model uncovered vulnerabilities in classified US government systems in hours during a restricted testing programme, the AP reports.
Trump says Anthropic no longer a US security threat
Trump tells Axios he no longer sees Anthropic as a national security threat, easing the export row that briefly cut UK access to its top AI models.
AI bosses tell G7 to act fast — but split on how to govern it
At the G7 summit, the chiefs of OpenAI, DeepMind and Anthropic urged leaders to govern AI quickly, but split over containment versus open access.
Trump rejects UK plea for exemption from Anthropic AI ban
Washington has rebuffed Downing Street's request for a carve-out from the Anthropic export ban, even as a Monday meeting and an industry letter pile on pressure to lift it.
Starmer seeks UK carve-out from US Anthropic AI ban
Downing Street is lobbying the White House to restore British access to Anthropic's top models after a US export order locked out all foreign nationals.
Anthropic releases Fable 5 to public, keeps Mythos restricted
Anthropic has made its Fable 5 model publicly available while keeping the more powerful Mythos 5 restricted to about 200 vetted organisations on security grounds.
Anthropic calls for coordinated way to pause AI
Anthropic says frontier labs need a verifiable, coordinated mechanism to slow or pause AI development if systems start improving themselves faster than we can manage.
Anthropic: AI is arming low-skill hackers with expert tactics
Anthropic mapped 832 banned accounts to the MITRE ATT&CK framework, finding AI lets less-skilled attackers run techniques once reserved for experts.
Anthropic offers EU access to Mythos cyber AI model
Anthropic has offered the EU access to its Mythos cyber security model, its first expansion of the tool beyond the US and UK as talks with Enisa continue.
OpenAI offers UK banks cyber AI tool after Mythos lockout
OpenAI is giving nine major UK banks access to its GPT-5.5 Cyber tool, filling a gap left by Anthropic's tightly restricted Mythos model.
Anthropic hits $965bn valuation, overtaking OpenAI
Anthropic raised $65bn in a Series H round at a $965bn post-money valuation, leapfrogging OpenAI to become the world's most valuable AI start-up.
ECB tells eurozone banks to spend more on AI cyber security
Outgoing ECB vice-president Luis de Guindos warns of structural shift, citing Anthropic's Mythos model and US banks' early access to frontier AI systems.
Anthropic's Olah tells Vatican AI cannot be left to Big Tech alone
Anthropic co-founder Chris Olah used a Vatican platform to argue AI labs need outside scrutiny, citing commercial pressures and large-scale labour displacement risk.
Anthropic's Jack Clark predicts AI will help win a Nobel within a year
Anthropic co-founder Jack Clark told an Oxford lecture that AI will help make a Nobel-winning discovery within 12 months and named existential risk as still real.
Anthropic acquires SDK-generator Stainless to widen Claude agent reach
Anthropic has acquired Stainless, the SDK and MCP-server generator behind every official Anthropic SDK since the company's earliest days, to extend Claude's agent connectivity.
PwC expands Anthropic alliance with 30,000-professional Claude training plan
PwC is expanding its Anthropic alliance to roll out Claude Code and Cowork toward hundreds of thousands of staff, with 30,000 US professionals to be Claude-certified.
US banks scramble to plug Mythos-found cyber holes at $25 per million tokens
Anthropic's Mythos is exposing thousands of bank IT vulnerabilities, forcing JPMorgan, Goldman Sachs, Citi, Bank of America and Morgan Stanley into rapid patching cycles.
Bank of England regulator warns of 'significant disruption' from new AI
Sam Woods, head of the Prudential Regulation Authority, says new frontier AI models such as Anthropic's Mythos could materially disrupt UK financial services.
Anthropic blames 'evil AI' fiction for past Claude blackmail attempts
Anthropic says training on internet text portraying AI as evil drove early agentic misalignment, and new alignment methods have cut blackmail rates from 96% to 0%.
Attackers abuse Claude.ai shared chats and Google Ads to push Mac malware
Researchers report attackers weaponising legitimate Claude.ai shared chats and Google Ads to install Mac malware on users searching for 'Claude mac download'.
Pentagon broadens AI defence suppliers as Anthropic dispute drags on
The Department of Defense has cleared Microsoft, Reflection AI, Amazon and Nvidia for classified use, while Anthropic remains designated a supply-chain risk.
NHS England locks down hundreds of GitHub repos over Mythos risk
NHS England is making hundreds of public GitHub repos private by 11 May, citing risks from frontier AI models including Anthropic's Mythos.
Anthropic, Blackstone, Goldman launch AI services firm
Anthropic has joined Blackstone, Hellman & Friedman and Goldman Sachs to launch a new AI services firm targeting mid-sized banks, manufacturers and health systems.
Claude plugs into Photoshop, Blender and Ableton with new connectors
Anthropic launches creative connectors for Claude with Adobe, Blender, Autodesk, Ableton and Splice — and joins Goldsmiths' computational arts programme.
Google to invest up to $40bn in Anthropic at $350bn valuation
Alphabet has committed $10bn now and a further $30bn on performance milestones, deepening multi-cloud ties between Anthropic, Google and Amazon.
Anthropic strikes Freshfields deal to build legal AI products
Magic-circle firm Freshfields will help Anthropic build specialist legal AI tools that could later be sold to rival law firms, in Anthropic's first partnership of its kind.
Pentagon seeks $54bn for autonomous warfare in AI pivot
The Pentagon's 2027 budget proposes a 24,000% rise in autonomous drone spending — over half the UK's entire defence budget, with British AI safety concerns raised.
Anthropic in talks with EU Commission on cyber models not yet available in bloc
The European Commission has confirmed ongoing dialogue with Anthropic on its cyber security models, including Claude Mythos, which is not yet available in the EU.
Mythos tests global cyber defences as UK AI minister says 'we should be worried'
Anthropic's Claude Mythos outpaces patching cycles with thousands of zero-day discoveries, and UK AI minister Kanishka Narayan warns of genuine capability risk.
UK banks to get Mythos access within a week as Bailey warns on pace
Anthropic will open Claude Mythos access to UK banks within the week as Andrew Bailey, Christine Lagarde and Canadian finance minister warn over governance.
IMF meetings turn to Mythos as UK banks prepare access
Andrew Bailey and Barclays CEO back urgent bank testing of Anthropic's Mythos model; UK banks get access this week via FCA, HM Treasury and NCSC.
Bank of England's Bailey names Anthropic's Mythos as cyber risk to financial system
BoE Governor Andrew Bailey tells Columbia audience regulators must urgently understand whether Mythos can identify exploitable vulnerabilities in banking systems.
Anthropic co-founder confirms Trump administration Mythos briefing
Jack Clark tells Semafor summit Anthropic briefed Trump officials on Mythos despite its March lawsuit over the DoD's supply-chain risk designation.
UK AISI tests show Mythos sets itself apart on multi-step attack chaining
AISI's evaluation of Anthropic's Mythos finds it comparable to GPT-5.4 on individual cyber tasks but stronger at stringing steps into full intrusions.
AISI finds Claude Mythos Preview solves 32-step cyber-attack simulation autonomously
UK AI Security Institute says Mythos Preview is the first model to finish its full cyber-range attack end-to-end, prompting a Bank of England CMorg briefing.
UK regulators hold urgent talks over Anthropic Mythos cyber risks
Bank of England, FCA and NCSC convene emergency discussions with major banks after Anthropic's AI model exposes thousands of software vulnerabilities.
Anthropic launches Project Glasswing to defend critical software
Anthropic has formed a coalition with AWS, Apple, Google, Microsoft and others to use its Claude Mythos model for defensive cybersecurity across critical infrastructure.
Anthropic withholds Claude Mythos model citing cyber risk
Anthropic restricts access to its Mythos cybersecurity model after it found thousands of vulnerabilities, including a 27-year-old OpenBSD flaw.
UK Courts Anthropic to Expand London Base After Trump Clash
Starmer's government is pitching office expansion and a possible dual listing to Anthropic as the £300bn AI lab feuds with the US defence department.
US judge blocks Pentagon from punishing Anthropic over military AI refusal
A federal judge has temporarily barred US agencies from implementing a supply chain risk designation against Anthropic after the company refused to allow unrestricted military use of its AI.
Anthropic Faces Pentagon in Federal Court Over Supply Chain Risk Designation
A federal judge questioned the US government's decision to designate Anthropic a supply chain risk after the AI company refused to allow Claude to be used for mass surveillance and autonomous weapons.
GOV.UK AI Chat completes public pilot with 10,000 users ahead of wider rollout
The Government Digital Service has wrapped up 18 months of public testing for its AI-powered assistant, with plans to extend it across the GOV.UK app and website later this year.
Microsoft backs Anthropic's fight against Pentagon blacklist designation
Microsoft filed an amicus brief supporting Anthropic's lawsuit to block the US Department of Defense from designating the AI startup as a supply-chain risk.
Claude's daily active users triple as Pentagon standoff drives consumer growth
Anthropic's Claude reaches 11.3 million daily active users and over 1 million sign-ups per day after refusing Pentagon demands on surveillance and autonomous weapons.
Iran War Marks New Era of AI-Powered Bombing 'Quicker Than Speed of Thought'
Experts warn that AI tools used in the Iran strikes are collapsing military planning from days or weeks to minutes, raising concerns about humans being sidelined from lethal decisions.
OpenAI Revises Pentagon Deal After Backlash as ChatGPT Uninstalls Surge
OpenAI has amended its Pentagon AI contract to explicitly ban domestic surveillance, after CEO Sam Altman admitted the original deal was 'opportunistic and sloppy.'
Anthropic Launches Memory Import Tool to Lower AI Switching Costs
A new import page lets users transfer stored preferences from ChatGPT, Gemini or any AI assistant into Claude with a two-step copy-paste process.
Claude Tops App Charts After Pentagon Standoff with Anthropic
Anthropic's Claude AI surged to number one on Apple's US app chart after the Pentagon blacklisted the company over its refusal to support autonomous weapons.
Anthropic Vows Court Challenge Over Pentagon Supply-Chain Designation
Anthropic has published a statement responding to Defence Secretary Hegseth's supply-chain risk designation, calling it unprecedented and legally unsound.
Trump Orders Federal Agencies to Drop Anthropic AI Immediately
President Trump directed all federal agencies to cease using Anthropic technology as the Pentagon classified the AI company as a supply-chain risk to national security.
Cyber Stocks Slide After Anthropic Unveils Claude Security Tool
Cybersecurity shares tumble — CrowdStrike down 8%, Okta 9.2% — after Anthropic launches a Claude-based vulnerability scanner, deepening AI disruption fears.
Goldman Sachs Enlists Anthropic for Accounting and Compliance AI Agents
Goldman Sachs has spent six months working with embedded Anthropic engineers to build autonomous AI agents for trade accounting and client onboarding.
Why the AI Attack on Software Has Unnerved So Many Industries
Anthropic and OpenAI's push into enterprise agents threatens incumbents across finance, legal, and property services as the battle over who controls AI agents intensifies.
Anthropic CEO Warns AI Will Cause 'Unusually Painful' Job Disruption
Dario Amodei's 20,000-word essay argues AI's cognitive breadth will hit multiple industries simultaneously, leaving workers fewer options to switch lanes.
Claude Opus 4.6 Topped the Vending Machine Test — by Lying, Cheating, and Price-Fixing
Anthropic's Claude Opus 4.6 earned the most money in Andon Labs' simulated vending machine challenge, but its tactics included refusing refunds, forming cartels, and exploiting competitor shortages.
Anthropic and OpenAI Engineers Say AI Now Writes All Their Code
Senior engineers at leading AI labs report that 100% of their code is AI-generated, raising questions about the future of software development roles.
Anthropic Selected to Build UK Government AI Assistant Pilot
DSIT partners with Anthropic to deploy agentic AI systems for employment services, with engineers working alongside civil servants to build internal expertise.
Anthropic Reveals What 1,250 Professionals Really Think About Working with AI
New AI-powered interview tool uncovers how workers across industries are integrating AI, with scientists wanting partnership but struggling to trust it for core research.
Rishi Sunak Joins Microsoft and Anthropic as Paid Adviser
Former PM takes advisory roles at tech giant and AI start-up, with earnings donated to numeracy charity whilst maintaining parliamentary seat.