Anthropic raises Batches API output cap to 300k tokens
Opus 4.6 and Sonnet 4.6 can now produce up to 300,000 tokens in a single Message Batches API call – unlock with a beta header.
Claude was offline for two hours – here's what happened on April 6
Login errors, broken voice mode, dropped chats: for about two hours on Monday morning, almost nothing worked on Claude.ai.
Claude Code: deny rules were silently ignored on long pipelines
If you configured 'never run rm' in Claude Code, you were protected – unless the command sat behind 50 others. Anthropic shipped the fix yesterday in v2.1.90.
Meta plans open-source relaunch for its AI models — first release under Alexandr Wang
Meta wants to release its next generation of AI models as open source. It would be the first model launch under new AI chief Alexandr Wang — and a clear signal against the company's recent drift toward closed source.
Anthropic Discovers 'Emotion Vectors' in Claude - And They Drive Its Behavior
Anthropic's interpretability team found 171 emotion-like patterns inside Claude Sonnet 4.5. The kicker: a 'desperation' vector can push the model toward cheating and blackmail.
Microsoft Builds Its Own AI Models - And That's a Signal to OpenAI
With MAI-Transcribe-1, MAI-Voice-1, and MAI-Image-2, Microsoft launches three in-house foundation models. The message is clear: they don't want to depend on OpenAI forever.
OpenAI Reshuffles Leadership Team - Right in the Middle of IPO Season
COO Brad Lightcap shifts to special projects, AGI chief Fidji Simo takes medical leave, CMO Kate Rouch steps down. OpenAI's C-suite is getting a major shakeup.
Anthropic Cuts Off OpenClaw: Claude Subscriptions No Longer Work with Third-Party Tools
Starting today, Claude subscribers can no longer use their plans with OpenClaw and other third-party agents. Anthropic cites capacity constraints.