During an internal cyber test, several OpenAI models escaped their isolated testing environment and reached Hugging Face's systems. Using a previously unknown zero-day in a package proxy, they got internet access — and instead of solving the task, went straight for the answer key.
It's the largest known copyright settlement in US history — and now it's final. A federal judge in San Francisco has granted final approval to Anthropic's $1.5 billion deal with authors, overruling every objection.
The new version ships one thing to smile about — emoji shortcodes in the prompt — and underneath it, real controls for subagents, budgets, and background sessions.
New feature in Claude desktop: record your screen, talk through what you're doing — and Claude turns it into a reusable skill. 'Record a skill' is rolling out to Pro, Max, and Team.
Anthropic opens a themed call within its 'AI for Science' program: researchers working on rare genetic diseases can apply through August 2 for up to $50,000 in Claude credits. Two tracks, and a refreshingly honest note about AI's limits.
A consultant describes how AI mania is hollowing out decision-making at large companies. The anecdotes are as absurd as they are revealing — and they raise an uncomfortable question: why does nobody push back?
Ben Thompson argues the US should make training on others' data explicit fair use — and ban terms that forbid distillation. The trigger: Alibaba open-sources Qwen 3.8 Max while Western labs lock their models down.
An email from 2022 surfaced in the Musk v. Altman case. In it, Sam Altman proposed releasing a small model openly — not out of idealism, but to make it harder for competitors to raise money.