Anthropic’s founders seek voting control ahead of IPO

Anthropic is asking its shareholders to approve a structure that would give its seven co-founders a combined 50.1% of the vote on most corporate matters.

Palo Alto’s Nikesh Arora tells CNBC that slowing AI down is ‘unrealistic’
Palo Alto’s Nikesh Arora tells CNBC that slowing AI down is ‘unrealistic’

Palo Alto Networks chief executive Nikesh Arora says it is “unrealistic” to slow down AI development, because “not everybody is going to pace themselves”. He made the comments on CNBC’s “The Tech Download” podcast, recorded on Tuesday, CNBC’s Arjun Kha…

White House asks OpenAI and Anthropic to hold AI models from UK testers
White House asks OpenAI and Anthropic to hold AI models from UK testers

The White House has asked OpenAI and Anthropic not to share their new AI models with the UK’s AI Security Institute until the US government has tested them. Politico’s Sophia Cai and Joseph Bambridge reported the request on Thursday. A British official…

Anthropic signs $11.6bn Akamai cloud deal and gets warrant for 5% of Akamai
Anthropic signs $11.6bn Akamai cloud deal and gets warrant for 5% of Akamai

Anthropic has signed an $11.6bn, seven-year agreement to use Akamai’s cloud infrastructure, Akamai announced after the US market closed on Thursday. The deal can grow by a further $9bn, which would take the total to about $20bn. As part of the deal, Ak…

ChatGPT now sends 95.1% of AI referral traffic to websites, BrightEdge says
ChatGPT now sends 95.1% of AI referral traffic to websites, BrightEdge says

ChatGPT sent 95.1% of the traffic that AI chatbots referred to websites in August, its highest share this year, according to new data from BrightEdge. The search marketing company said referral traffic from ChatGPT grew 101% between January and August….

Anthropic says its biology lab has already found something big

But maybe the biggest reveal is that Anthropic has not let Claude run loose in its biology lab. Humans are still, so far, in the loop.

Dario Amodei asks UN Security Council to back a ban on AI bioweapons
Dario Amodei asks UN Security Council to back a ban on AI bioweapons

Dario Amodei is asking the UN Security Council to start with narrow agreements on AI, such as a ban on using it to make biological weapons. Speaking to the Council via video link today, the Anthropic chief executive calls AI the most important global s…

Anthropic says Claude found a new enzyme system with CRISPR-like repeats
Anthropic says Claude found a new enzyme system with CRISPR-like repeats

Anthropic says Claude has found a previously undescribed enzyme system in the DNA of bacteriophages, the viruses that infect bacteria. Next to the enzyme’s gene sits a long run of repeating DNA that resembles a CRISPR array. The company does not yet kn…

Anthropic’s biolab made a discovery it’s comparing to Crispr
Anthropic’s biolab made a discovery it’s comparing to Crispr

Anthropic says its AI Claude has “autonomously discovered” a new enzyme system similar to machinery behind the powerful gene-editing tool Crispr. It’s the first result from Anthropic’s newly-launched wet lab and an early test of Claude’s usefulness for science as the company prepares to go public. The company says Claude found the enzyme system after […]

Amazon sellers can now run their stores from Claude and Amazon Quick
Amazon sellers can now run their stores from Claude and Amazon Quick

“Our vision was that they would never have to log into Seller Central. We would just bring it to them where they work,” Mary Beth Westmoreland, Amazon’s vice president of Worldwide Selling Partner Experience, told GeekWire. Amazon announced on Wednesda…