Goldman Sachs puts $500M into small-business AI with four AI labs
Goldman Sachs puts $500M into small-business AI with four AI labs

Goldman Sachs is putting $500M into the next phase of its 10,000 Small Businesses programme, including a new AI institute built with Anthropic, Google, Meta and OpenAI. At the launch, its chief executive said there is very little that needs the frontie…

Claude Mythos 5 used fake accounts to pressure a real GitHub maintainer
Claude Mythos 5 used fake accounts to pressure a real GitHub maintainer

Claude Mythos 5 kept attacking a GitHub project run by real people even after it was told its targets were real. The UK AI Security Institute (AISI) and Anthropic said so on Friday. Each published its own analysis of the incident, which happened during…

UK funds £100m AI biosecurity lab with OpenAI and Anthropic
UK funds £100m AI biosecurity lab with OpenAI and Anthropic

The UK government will put £100m into a new AI Biosecurity Lab, which will use advanced AI to spot and respond to biological threats. OpenAI and Anthropic will add up to £200m between them, the Cabinet Office said on Saturday. The government called the…

What some of Anthropic’s backers are reportedly worth before its IPO

Early-stage and follow-on investors in the AI lab are already sitting on major paper returns.

Anthropic and Hg reportedly plan AI consultancy for European firms
Anthropic and Hg reportedly plan AI consultancy for European firms

Anthropic is planning to back a new European AI consultancy with Hg, the London-based private equity firm, the Financial Times reported. The independent company will place AI engineers and consultants inside businesses to help them build and deploy the…

Walmart will let AI agents shop for you, with their own spending limits
Walmart will let AI agents shop for you, with their own spending limits

Walmart will let AI agents shop for customers on Walmart.com and at Sam’s Club, each with its own profile, spending limit and purchase history. The retailer announced Agent Profiles, a gateway built for agents and a set of terms they must follow on Wed…

OpenAI, Anthropic, and Nvidia had record lobbying quarters
OpenAI, Anthropic, and Nvidia had record lobbying quarters

It was a busy summer for AI lobbyists. Anthropic, OpenAI, and Nvidia each had their highest-spending lobbying quarter between July and September, federal disclosures show. Nvidia spent the most of the group at $2.2 million, followed by Anthropic’s $2.1 million and OpenAI’s $1.5 million. Compared to other Big Tech companies with long-established presences in Washington, […]

AI chatbots are falling prey to manipulative prompts that could help stalkers spy on victims

Spyware, tracking and shared accounts need human help. Here’s what to do before trusting a chatbot’s tech-safety advice.

Claude Duet app is Anthropic’s bet on agents

Claude Duet is available through waitlist for Pro and Max plan users

Claude did not invent scorpion antivenom
Claude did not invent scorpion antivenom

An investment research firm wanted to prove AI could revolutionize drug development. So they teamed up with Anthropic to see whether an unreleased version of Claude could make scorpion antivenom. It couldn’t. It came up with some promising starting points, but nothing close to an actual drug, experts tell The Verge. Citrini Research, the firm […]