Update, 29 September 2026 This article has been updated with a second safety test result from OpenAI and a customer quote from Salesforce. OpenAI has released GPT-6.1 Sol, a cheaper model that it says nearly matches GPT-6 Astra on agentic coding, compu…
Bill Gates says AI crossed two danger thresholds early this year: it can now help a bioterrorist, and it can power a crippling cyberattack. He made the case on The Ezra Klein Show, in an interview published by The New York Times on Tuesday. “We crossed…
According to the company’s status page, Anthropic is investigating increased error rates affecting Claude.ai, Claude Code, Claude Cowork, and the Claude API. The issue started on 29 September at 14:21 UTC, and Anthropic stated that users could encounte…
Anthropic is experiencing high error rates with Claude.ai, Claude Code, Claude Cowork, and the Claude API, and users have reported failed requests as well as difficulties loading their conversations. Claude is currently unavailable to some users as Ant…
The New York City Council has subpoenaed Elon Musk’s SpaceXAI to testify under oath at a hearing on AI safety, Speaker Julie Menin said on Monday. Anthropic, OpenAI, Google and Meta have all agreed to appear. The hearing is set for Monday 5 October. It…
Anthropic lost $42bn in 2025, while its revenue grew 12-fold to nearly $4.6bn, Reuters reported on Monday. Echo Wang, who reviewed the draft filing, reported that nearly a quarter of that revenue came from just two customers. Reuters did not name them….
As Anthropic gears up for its greatly anticipated public debut, a preview of the company’s IPO filing reportedly details its mounting losses, leadership proposals to retain power, and how its AI development plans could “further increase the risk that our models cause harm.” These disclosures come as Anthropic eyes a $2 trillion valuation, more than […]
Anthropic’s seven co-founders will hold 50.1% of the company’s voting power after it lists. They will do so through a new entity called the Founder LLC, according to a draft IPO filing reviewed by Reuters. The setup is meant to let them put the company…
In its prospectus, Anthropic just told investors it’s losing tens of billions of dollars a year, but also growing like crazy, and — oh yeah — its own AI might pose an existential risk to humanity.
More than 20 AI researchers have warned that AI systems that automate AI research could set off an “intelligence explosion”. They include OpenAI’s chief scientist and an Anthropic co-founder. Such an event could compress years of progress into months o…