Drug discovery is a notoriously expensive and time-consuming undertaking, with the process of finding a viable molecule often stretching over a decade and costing billions, while most candidates still fail to reach the market. Many AI startups have emerged, aiming to alleviate this burden, but they tend to cater to researchers who already possess sophisticated […]
Someone is making a unique offer for a 13-acre property in Mill Valley, located just north of San Francisco. The homeowner, Storm Duncan, an investment banker, is looking to sell the property in exchange for equity in Anthropic, an AI company. He has created a LinkedIn page to facilitate the sale, emphasizing that he hopes […]
In a recent experiment known as Project Deal, Anthropic established a classified marketplace where AI agents played the roles of both buyers and sellers, facilitating real transactions involving tangible goods for actual money. Participants included 69 Anthropic employees who received a budget of $100 (distributed through gift cards) to purchase items from their colleagues. Despite […]
Automated AI vulnerability discovery is revolutionizing enterprise security by transforming the cost dynamics that typically favor attackers. The goal of eliminating exploits was once seen as impractical; organizations aimed to increase the cost of attacks to levels that only the wealthiest adversaries could sustain. However, findings from the Mozilla Firefox engineering team using Anthropic’s Claude […]
Anthropic has announced that Amazon will invest an additional $5 billion, raising its total investment in the AI company to $13 billion. In exchange, Anthropic has committed to spending over $100 billion on Amazon Web Services (AWS) over the next decade, which will provide them with up to 5 gigawatts of new computing capacity to […]
OpenAI has been making headlines recently, primarily due to its acquisitions of the personal finance startup Hiro and the media company TBPN. These moves have sparked discussions about the company’s strategic direction and the challenges it faces in the AI landscape. On a recent episode of the TechCrunch Equity podcast, hosted by Kirsten Korosec, Sean […]
Jack Clark, co-founder and Head of Public Benefit at Anthropic, shared insights about the AI company’s engagement with the Trump administration regarding its advanced AI model, Mythos. In a recent interview at the Semafor World Economy summit, Clark confirmed that the company had briefed the administration on the model, which has been withheld from public […]
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell recently held a meeting with bank executives, urging them to test Anthropic’s new AI model, Mythos, for identifying vulnerabilities, as reported by Bloomberg. While JPMorgan Chase was initially the only partner listed with access to this model, other major banks like Goldman Sachs, Citigroup, Bank […]
Anthropic temporarily banned the creator of OpenClaw, Peter Steinberger, from accessing its AI model Claude due to "suspicious" activity. This occurred shortly after Claude’s pricing structure changed, requiring OpenClaw users to pay separately for API usage. Many speculated that the ban was tied to his new employment at OpenAI, a competitor of Anthropic. Steinberger shared […]
Anthropic has announced that subscribers to its Claude Code service will need to pay additional fees for using third-party tools such as OpenClaw. This change, effective from noon Pacific on April 4, requires users to pay for extra usage that will not count against their existing subscription limits. According to a customer email posted on […]