UK AI minister says AI testing is not enough, Fortune reports
UK AI minister says AI testing is not enough, Fortune reports

The UK’s AI minister, Kanishka Narayan, says countries must “harden” their defences against AI risk. Testing models is no longer enough, he said. He was answering a question from Fortune at the Labour Party’s annual conference. Fortune’s Kamal Ahmed as…

Anthropic ends discounts once tokens run out, The Information reports
Anthropic ends discounts once tokens run out, The Information reports

Anthropic ends enterprise customers’ discounts once they use up the tokens covered by their contracts, The Information reported on Monday. OpenAI takes a more flexible approach, the report said. Kevin McLaughlin of The Information spoke to software com…

Anthropic releases Claude Sonnet 5.5 with the cyber limits it reserved for its best models
Anthropic releases Claude Sonnet 5.5 with the cyber limits it reserved for its best models

Anthropic has released Claude Sonnet 5.5, which scores 70.6% on the Terminal-Bench 4.0 agentic coding test against 10.3% for Sonnet 5 and 66.4% for the more expensive Opus 5.5. It is the first Sonnet to ship with frontier-style cyber safeguards and wit…

AI is supercharging hacking, and your local hospitals and banks aren’t ready
AI is supercharging hacking, and your local hospitals and banks aren’t ready

In March, Janice Malone began getting calls about suspicious activity from her nonprofit organization, Vivian’s Door. Vivian’s Door, headquartered in Alabama, typically provided training, resources, and community to underserved and minority-owned businesses. The work sometimes put it in close contact with these companies’ financial data, which was stored on its systems. But suddenly, concerned callers […]

Anthropic releases Sonnet 5.5, which it calls a significantly cheaper, faster work partner

Anthropic has released the newest version of its mid-range model, boasting faster response times and less token burn.

Altman and Amodei will skip Australia’s Senate inquiry on AI
Altman and Amodei will skip Australia’s Senate inquiry on AI

OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman and Anthropic chief executive Dario Amodei will not appear before the Australian Senate inquiry into AI, Bloomberg News and Reuters reported on Monday. The inquiry holds its next hearing in Canberra on 1 October. Anthr…

Microsoft’s Suleyman tells Bloomberg AI needs a ‘red line’ on control
Microsoft’s Suleyman tells Bloomberg AI needs a ‘red line’ on control

Microsoft AI chief executive Mustafa Suleyman says the industry should reject any AI it cannot prove it controls. He made the case in an interview with Shirin Ghaffary for Bloomberg’s Q&AI newsletter. “Unless we can prove ahead of time that we can …

Trump dined with Amodei after saying he is for ‘let’s go and let’s win’
Trump dined with Amodei after saying he is for ‘let’s go and let’s win’

Anthropic chief executive Dario Amodei had dinner with President Donald Trump at the White House on Sunday night, Semafor confirmed. It was the first one-on-one meeting between the two, which Axios first reported and TNW covered on Sunday. Hours before…

Anthropic, Gamma, and Clay share what happens when enterprises actually deploy AI at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026

Anthropic, Clay, and Gamma on what it takes for an AI product to go beyond the demo at the AI Stage at TechCrunchDisrupt 2026. Register to join and get 50% off a second pass.

OpenAI and Anthropic probe tens of thousands of AI incidents, Axios reports
OpenAI and Anthropic probe tens of thousands of AI incidents, Axios reports

OpenAI, Anthropic and security researchers are investigating tens of thousands of incidents of frontier AI models misbehaving, Axios reported, citing sources. Evaluators deemed the behaviour problematic. The total could grow well beyond tens of thousan…