#claudeai_ — Public Fediverse posts

TechCrunch: OpenAI co-founder calls for AI labs to safety-test rival models. “OpenAI and Anthropic, two of the world’s leading AI labs, briefly opened up their closely guarded AI models to allow for joint safety testing — a rare cross-lab collaboration at a time of fierce competition. The effort aimed to surface blind spots in each company’s internal evaluations and demonstrate how […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/08/30/techcrunch-openai-co-founder-calls-for-ai-labs-to-safety-test-rival-models/

Anthropic: Piloting Claude for Chrome. “We’re starting with controlled testing: a Claude extension for Chrome where trusted users can instruct Claude to take actions on their behalf within the browser. We’re piloting with 1,000 Max plan users—join the waitlist—to learn as much as we can. We’ll gradually expand access as we develop stronger safety measures and build confidence through this […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/08/27/anthropic-piloting-claude-for-chrome/

Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.1. “Today we’re releasing Claude Opus 4.1, an upgrade to Claude Opus 4 on agentic tasks, real-world coding, and reasoning. We plan to release substantially larger improvements to our models in the coming weeks.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/08/07/anthropic-claude-opus-4-1/

Engadget: Anthropic is rate limiting Claude Code, blaming some users for never turning it off. “Anthropic has introduced new weekly rate limits on its Claude Code tool for AI assistance with coding tasks. The move comes shortly after the AI company quietly began implementing rate limits on the Claude Code service, which is an agentic side of the AI chatbot that is capable of reading code, […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/08/02/engadget-anthropic-is-rate-limiting-claude-code-blaming-some-users-for-never-turning-it-off/

Search Engine Journal: Anthropic’s Financial Tool May Signal Shift To Offering Specialized Services. “Anthropic announced a new Financial Analysis Solution powered by its Claude 4 and Claude Code models. This is Anthropic’s first foray into a major vertical-focused platform, signaling a shift toward AI providers building tools that directly address common pain points in business workflows […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/07/19/search-engine-journal-anthropics-financial-tool-may-signal-shift-to-offering-specialized-services/

Ars Technica: Anthropic summons the spirit of Flash games for the AI age. “On Wednesday, Anthropic announced a new feature that expands its Artifacts document management system into the basis of a personal AI app gallery resembling something from the Flash game era of the early 2000s—though these apps run on modern web code rather than Adobe’s defunct plugin.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/06/27/ars-technica-anthropic-summons-the-spirit-of-flash-games-for-the-ai-age/

TechCrunch: Anthropic’s AI-generated blog dies an early death. “A week after TechCrunch profiled Anthropic’s experiment to task the company’s Claude AI models with writing blog posts, Anthropic wound down the blog and redirected the address to its homepage. Sometime over the weekend, the Claude Explains blog disappeared — along with its initial few posts.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/06/10/techcrunch-anthropics-ai-generated-blog-dies-an-early-death/

Simon Willison: Highlights from the Claude 4 system prompt. “Anthropic publish most of the system prompts for their chat models as part of their release notes. They recently shared the new prompts for both Claude Opus 4 and Claude Sonnet 4. I enjoyed digging through the prompts, since they act as a sort of unofficial manual for how best to use these tools. Here are my highlights, including a […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/06/07/simon-willison-highlights-from-the-claude-4-system-prompt/

TechCrunch: Anthropic unveils custom AI models for US national security customers. “The new models, a custom set of ‘Claude Gov’ models, were ‘built based on direct feedback from our government customers to address real-world operational needs,’ writes Anthropic in the blog post. Compared to Anthropic’s consumer- and enterprise-focused models, the new custom Claude Gov models were designed […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/06/06/techcrunch-anthropic-unveils-custom-ai-models-for-us-national-security-customers/

ZDNet: Claude Pro’s two new features make this AI subscription even more enticing. “Once upon a time, free access to AI chatbots was the standard. However, OpenAI launched its ChatGPT Plus plan, and it was met with high demand; other companies followed suit. Anthropic’s counterpart, Claude Pro, just got an upgrade, making it even more robust an offer.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/06/05/zdnet-claude-pros-two-new-features-make-this-ai-subscription-even-more-enticing/

The Verge: Anthropic’s Claude 4 AI models are better at coding and reasoning. “Anthropic has introduced Claude Opus 4 and Claude Sonnet 4, its latest generation of hybrid-reasoning AI models optimized for coding tasks and solving complex problems.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/05/23/the-verge-anthropics-claude-4-ai-models-are-better-at-coding-and-reasoning/

Ars Technica: Claude’s AI research mode now runs for up to 45 minutes before delivering reports. “On Thursday, Anthropic announced significant upgrades to its AI assistant Claude, extending its research capabilities to run for up to 45 minutes before delivering comprehensive reports. The company also expanded its integration options, allowing Claude to connect with popular third-party […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/05/10/ars-technica-claudes-ai-research-mode-now-runs-for-up-to-45-minutes-before-delivering-reports/

TechCrunch: Anthropic rolls out an API for AI-powered web search. “Anthropic is launching a new API that allows its Claude AI models to search across the web. Developers using it can build Claude-powered apps that deliver up-to-date info, the company said in a press release published Wednesday.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/05/08/techcrunch-anthropic-rolls-out-an-api-for-ai-powered-web-search/

ZDNet: Anthropic finds alarming ’emerging trends’ in Claude misuse report. “On Wednesday, Anthropic released a report detailing how Claude was recently misused. It revealed some surprising and novel trends in how threat actors and chatbot abuse are evolving and the increasing risks that generative AI poses, even with proper safety testing.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/04/29/zdnet-anthropic-finds-alarming-emerging-trends-in-claude-misuse-report/

TechCrunch: Anthropic rolls out a $200-per-month Claude subscription. “Anthropic announced on Wednesday that it’s launching a new, very expensive subscription plan for its AI chatbot Claude: Max. An answer to OpenAI’s $200-a-month ChatGPT Pro tier, Max comes with higher usage limits than Anthropic’s $20-per-month Claude Pro subscription, as well as priority access to the company’s […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/04/09/techcrunch-anthropic-rolls-out-a-200-per-month-claude-subscription/

VentureBeat: Don’t believe reasoning models’ Chains of Thought, says Anthropic. “In a new paper, Anthropic researchers tested the ‘faithfulness’ of CoT models’ reasoning by slipping them a cheat sheet and waiting to see if they acknowledged the hint. The researchers wanted to see if reasoning models can be reliably trusted to behave as intended. Through comparison testing, where the […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/04/06/venturebeat-dont-believe-reasoning-models-chains-of-thought-says-anthropic/

Engadget: Claude’s new Learning mode will prompt students to answer questions on their own . “At the heart of Claude for Education is a new Learning mode that changes how Anthropic’s chatbot interacts with users. With the feature engaged, Claude will attempt to guide students to a solution, rather than providing an answer outright, when asked a question. It will also employ the Socratic […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/04/03/engadget-claudes-new-learning-mode-will-prompt-students-to-answer-questions-on-their-own/

Mashable: Anthropic’s AI agent Claude is playing Pokémon and just can’t catch ‘em all. “Last month, the $61.5 billion-valuated AI startup Anthropic set up a gaming livestream on Twitch. Gaming livestreams are nothing new on Twitch, but this one is a little different: Claude, Anthropic’s AI model, is attempting to beat Pokémon Red. We are now one month in, and the livestream is still […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/03/25/mashable-anthropics-ai-agent-claude-is-playing-pokemon-and-just-cant-catch-em-all/

Engadget: Anthropic’s Claude chatbot can now search the web too. “As the industry’s first hybrid reasoning model, it was a major milestone for the company. Rather than forcing users to pick between a version of Claude that can answer a question nearly instantaneously or work through a problem step by step, the chatbot can do both, with a simple toggle allowing you to switch between Claude’s […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/03/21/engadget-anthropics-claude-chatbot-can-now-search-the-web-too/

Tubefilter: Anthropic is training its AI by having it play Pokemon on Twitch. “When it comes to Pokémon, Anthropic‘s Claude AI has gotta scrape ’em all. The generative AI bot has joined in on the decade-old phenomenon known as Twitch Plays Pokémon. On a channel called Claude Plays Pokémon, the latest version of Anthropic’s large language model is exploring the original Game Boy […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/02/27/tubefilter-anthropic-is-training-its-ai-by-having-it-play-pokemon-on-twitch/

Ars Technica: Claude 3.7 Sonnet debuts with “extended thinking” to tackle complex problems. “On Monday, Anthropic announced Claude 3.7 Sonnet, a new AI language model with a simulated reasoning (SR) capability called ‘extended thinking,’ allowing the system to work through problems step by step. The company also revealed Claude Code, a command line AI agent for developers currently […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/02/25/ars-technica-claude-3-7-sonnet-debuts-with-extended-thinking-to-tackle-complex-problems/

Arr! AI talks pirate! #ClaudeAI_ #maui #programming

ZDNet: Anthropic offers $20,000 to whoever can jailbreak its new AI safety system. “Can you jailbreak Anthropic’s latest AI safety measure? Researchers want you to try — and are offering up to $20,000 if you succeed. On Monday, the company released a new paper outlining an AI safety system called Constitutional Classifiers. The process is based on Constitutional AI, a system Anthropic used […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/02/15/zdnet-anthropic-offers-20000-to-whoever-can-jailbreak-its-new-ai-safety-system/

Ars Technica: Anthropic gives court authority to intervene if chatbot spits out song lyrics. “On Thursday, music publishers got a small win in a copyright fight alleging that Anthropic’s Claude chatbot regurgitates song lyrics without paying licensing fees to rights holders. In an order, US district judge Eumi Lee outlined the terms of a deal reached between Anthropic and publisher plaintiffs […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/01/04/ars-technica-anthropic-gives-court-authority-to-intervene-if-chatbot-spits-out-song-lyrics/

Pretty fascinating insights on #AI growth and perspectives in this latest episode of the Lex Fridman podcast, with people from the company #Anthropic, behind the #ClaudeAI_ model. https://open.spotify.com/episode/69V7CtdbB8blcxNPXvpnmk?si=KaDeV1iqRk-w0IVfzSRVyA

TechCrunch: Google is using Anthropic’s Claude to improve its Gemini AI. “Contractors working to improve Google’s Gemini AI are comparing its answers against outputs produced by Anthropic’s competitor model Claude, according to internal correspondence seen by TechCrunch. Google would not say, when reached by TechCrunch for comment, if it had obtained permission for its use of Claude in […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2024/12/25/techcrunch-google-is-using-anthropics-claude-to-improve-its-gemini-ai/

404 Media: APpaREnTLy THiS iS hoW yoU JaIlBreAk AI. “New research from Anthropic, one of the leading AI companies and the developer of the Claude family of Large Language Models (LLMs), has released research showing that the process for getting LLMs to do what they’re not supposed to is still pretty easy and can be automated. SomETIMeS alL it tAKeS Is typing prOMptS Like thiS. “

https://rbfirehose.com/2024/12/23/404-media-apparently-this-is-how-you-jailbreak-ai/

ZDNet: Anthropic’s Claude 3 Opus disobeyed its creators – but not for the reasons you’re thinking. “Have you ever told someone what they wanted to hear in order to win them over, land a job, or just be left alone? Claude 3 Opus does that, too — which brings up major safety concerns for artificial intelligence (AI) systems. On Wednesday, Anthropic released new research showing its model […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2024/12/20/zdnet-anthropics-claude-3-opus-disobeyed-its-creators-but-not-for-the-reasons-youre-thinking/

ZDNet: Claude 3.5 Haiku now available to all users – how to try it. “The market for artificial intelligence (AI) models is especially hot at the moment, and Anthropic is taking note. On Thursday, several Claude users reported via social media that the company had just made its latest model in that family, 3.5 Haiku, generally available to all users of the chatbot.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2024/12/13/zdnet-claude-3-5-haiku-now-available-to-all-users-how-to-try-it/