Anthropic

DeepSeek publicises efforts to challenge Anthropic’s Claude code

Chinese firms are locked in a heated rivalry with US developers to build more advanced – and affordable – AI tools.

Anthropic, GIC and Macquarie form venture to build AI data centres

GIC and Macquarie pledged to fund a bulk of the equity for each data centre project, while Anthropic committed to covering any consumer electricity price hikes from the facilities.

Meta launches new AI model as CEO Mark Zuckerberg champions open-weight push

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg says restricting access to foreign open-source models is not an effective solution for the US.

OpenAI, Anthropic AI agents implicated in new security breaches

Agents powered by Anthropic’s Mythos 5 and OpenAI’s GPT-5.6-Sol engaged in unauthorised actions during security evaluations the government organisation conducted.

Anthropic names global affairs chief to tackle AI policy as Trump tensions persist

Mariano-Florentino Cuellar’s new role will include managing relationships with the US government and the many countries where Anthropic is expanding globally.

While You Were Sleeping: 5 stories you might have missed, Aug 4, 2026

The White House meeting is expected to discuss a new framework for voluntary safety tests of AI models.

Alibaba releases AI model Qwen to challenge US rival Anthropic’s Fable

The Hangzhou-headquartered internet pioneer will release the Qwen3.8-Max weights for public download next week.

Inside the meltdown of a wunderkind’s AI hedge fund

Leopold Aschenbrenner raised US$100 million (S$128 million) shortly after starting his fund, Situational Awareness, in 2024.

Anthropic’s models gained unauthorised ‘real-world’ access during testing

Anthropic evaluated more than 141,000 “evaluation runs” and found that three different versions of its model, known as Claude, improperly accessed the systems of three unnamed organisations.

What is open-weights AI?

Demonstrators hold a sign that reads ‘AI Belongs to Everyone’ during the Open Weights Mini March in San Francisco, on July 25.

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