Anthropics
When Anthropic found itself in a high-stakes standoff with the White House over its newest AI models, it wasn’t CEO Dario Amodei who smoothed the tensions. Instead, one of the company’s quietest cofounders stepped in.Tom Brown, Anthropic’s chief compute officer, helped negotiate a deal that persuaded the Commerce Department to…
One company’s headache may be another’s opportunity.The White House’s restrictions on access to Anthropic’s new AI models have created winners and losers across the AI industry.On Friday, US officials restricted access to Anthropic’s cybersecurity-focused models, Mythos 5 and Fable 5, after concluding safeguards designed to prevent misuse of Fable 5…
The White House’s move to restrict access to Anthropic’s newest AI models could hand one of Europe’s leading AI startups exactly the opening it has been preparing for.On Friday, US officials imposed export controls on Anthropic’s cybersecurity-focused models, Mythos 5 and Fable 5. They cited national security concerns that safeguards…
Anthropic’s latest AI release is igniting controversy over what its new models will and won’t do.On Tuesday, Anthropic unveiled Claude Fable 5 and Mythos 5, its long-awaited “Mythos-class” models.Alongside the launch, the company disclosed two unusual safeguards: the models may secretly provide degraded assistance when they suspect users are working…
If you try asking Anthropic’s new Claude Fable 5 model a simple question about cybersecurity or biology, you may find it’s not up to the task.That’s because the underlying “Mythos-class” model is so powerful that, in order to release it to the general public, it required broad safeguards that can…
Silicon Valley is buzzing with concerns about excessive spending on AI. Executives at the startup Foyer aren’t worried — they have a simple budget-saving tactic.On the surface, Foyer, which makes an AI browser tool and an AI companion app, might seem like a poster child for running up AI costs.…
