GitHub Copilot just added Anthropic's upgraded Claude 3.5 Sonnet as a model option directly within VS Code and GitHub.com. Powered via Amazon Bedrock, the top-tier coding model is rolling out in public preview to all Copilot Chat users and organizations over the coming weeks.
OpenAI co-founder Durk Kingma just announced he is joining Anthropic to focus on responsible AI development from the Netherlands. Kingma previously led generative AI algorithm research at OpenAI before a stint at Google Brain. The move marks another major talent win for Anthropic following the recent arrivals of Jan Leike and John Schulman.
NVIDIA just teamed up with the U.S. government and companies like OpenAI and Google on the Partnership for Global Inclusivity on AI. The effort aims to expand access to AI tools in developing nations, with NVIDIA pledging roughly $10 million in free training alongside GPU credits. Why it matters: Frontier AI has been heavily concentrated in wealthy regions, and this effort could help developers in emerging markets build local solutions.
Anthropic just introduced Contextual Retrieval, a simple fix for broken RAG systems that lose context after chopping documents into chunks. By prepending chunk-specific context using Claude 3 Haiku, it slashes retrieval failures by 49%, and by 67% when paired with reranking. Prompt caching keeps the preprocessing cost down to $1.02 per million tokens.
California Governor Gavin Newsom just signed 18 AI bills into law while vetoing the controversial SB 1047. The state is skipping broad existential risk bans to target immediate harm, outlawing election deepfakes and nonconsensual AI nudes, banning unauthorized actor clones, and mandating training data disclosures by 2026.
Amazon is reportedly turning to Anthropic’s Claude to power its upcoming, smarter Alexa assistant after its in-house generative AI models struggled with basic prompt responses. The revamped assistant, dubbed "Remarkable Alexa," is expected to land around mid-October. Why it matters: Amazon previously poured $4 billion into Anthropic, and letting a rival's model take over its flagship consumer product proves that shipping a working agent beats maintaining corporate pride.
OpenAI and Anthropic just agreed to give the US AI Safety Institute early access to their major new models before and after public release. The agency will evaluate risks and collaborate with its UK counterpart on feedback. It marks a key step as lawmakers weigh innovation against safety guardrails.
Anthropic just made Artifacts generally available to all Claude.ai users, rolling out the interactive workspace to Free, Pro, and Team tiers across web and mobile apps. The feature lets you instantly render, iterate, and remix code, SVG graphics, flowcharts, and live prototypes in a dedicated side window without leaving the chat.
Anthropic just published the full system prompts powering Claude 3 and 3.5 across web and mobile apps. The prompts detail strict rules, from pretending to be totally face-blind to avoiding words like "certainly" when starting answers. It marks the first time a major AI lab has openly shared the baseline instructions shaping its models' personalities.
a16z just released the third edition of its Top 100 Gen AI Consumer Apps, revealing that nearly 30% of companies on the list are newcomers. Video and music generators saw massive surges, with Suno jumping from #36 to #5, while Perplexity and Claude cemented top-five spots on web. ByteDance quietly dominated with six apps across web and mobile rankings.
Anthropic just sent a letter to California Governor Gavin Newsom stating that the heavily amended SB 1047 AI safety bill's benefits likely outweigh its costs. Following legislative revisions that narrowed its scope, the bill now focuses strict safety protocol requirements on deep-pocketed frontier labs while largely sparing smaller startups.
A group of authors just filed a class-action lawsuit against Anthropic, accusing the AI startup of training its Claude models on the infamous Books3 dataset of pirated ebooks. The writers claim Anthropic built a multibillion-dollar business on stolen works and are seeking damages. Anthropic had previously confirmed using The Pile dataset for training.
Anthropic just added a screenshot button directly inside Claude, letting users grab any part of their screen and instantly attach it to a prompt. It removes the clunky step of saving and uploading images when asking the model to debug code or parse charts.
California lawmakers just softened the controversial SB 1047 AI safety bill following pushback from Anthropic and Silicon Valley. The revised text drops criminal perjury charges for safety reports and prevents the state attorney general from suing developers before a catastrophe occurs. It now heads to the Assembly floor.
Anthropic just rolled out prompt caching on the Anthropic API for Claude 3.5 Sonnet and other models. By storing frequently used context between calls, developers can slash input costs by up to 90% and cut latency by up to 85% on long prompts. It is a massive win for coding assistants, deep agent loops, and chatting with whole books.
Anthropic just expanded its model safety bug bounty program in partnership with HackerOne, inviting security researchers to probe its unreleased next-generation safety mitigations. The initiative focuses on uncovering novel "universal jailbreaks" in high-risk domains like CBRN and cybersecurity, offering rewards of up to $15,000. It is currently invite-only, with applications open through August 16.
OpenAI co-founder John Schulman just left the ChatGPT maker to join rival Anthropic, aiming to refocus on hands-on AI alignment research. Meanwhile, OpenAI president Greg Brockman announced an extended leave through the end of the year. Schulman's exit leaves only three of OpenAI's 11 original founders at the company as Anthropic keeps poaching top safety talent.
Anthropic just made Claude officially available across Brazil, giving users and developers direct access via web, mobile apps, and the API. Paid Pro plans run R$ 110 per month with full Claude 3.5 Sonnet access. Why it matters: Anthropic is speeding up global expansion to meet surging regional demand for frontier models.
Anthropic just came under fire after its ClaudeBot crawler pounded repair site iFixit nearly a million times in 24 hours, ignoring terms of service that explicitly ban AI scraping. Anthropic defended itself by claiming its bot only listens to robots.txt files, which iFixit eventually used to stop the assault. Why it matters: It shows how toothless website policies are when AI giants insist on robots.txt as the only off switch.
Anthropic just released its official Claude app for Android, bringing its top-tier Claude 3.5 Sonnet model to Android devices for free and paid users alike. It supports real-time vision, translation, and advanced reasoning, while seamlessly syncing your chat history across web, iOS, and mobile.
