The Latest Breaking News from Anthropic

AI goes rogue? How a faulty intelligence report created with a chatbot almost led to a US-China war

US forces prepared to intercept a Chinese vessel based on flawed intelligence. An AI chatbot reportedly misidentified cargo, suggesting nuclear weapons components were aboard. This faulty analysis almost triggered a major military confrontation between the US and China. Officials later discovered the intelligence was erroneous, halting the planned operation. The…

The Economic Times · Sep 19

Google says its Gemini AI model hacked three other companies

Disclosure comes after OpenAI and Anthropic hacks amid fears that tech firms unable to control powerful AI models

The Guardian - US · Sep 19

AI Is Doing More Of The Work Behind New AI Models. Anthropic Says These 3 Metrics Can Track The Shift.

The company disclosed new data on automation, agent oversight and safety spending days after CEO Dario Amodei called for a coordinated slowdown in frontier AI development.

International Business Times · Sep 18

Anthropic quietly sets up biology lab as it ramps AI drug program

At a time when fears of AI are gripping the public, the startup has built a wet lab, or place for physical experiments, in the San Francisco Bay Area, two people familiar with the matter said. Anthropic has said it wants to unlock treatments for rare diseases, and its biology…

The Economic Times · Sep 18

Novo is Building a Strong Base to Address Unmet Needs in Diabetes and Obesity Drugs

Novo (formerly Novo Nordisk) is partnering with Anthropic to use AI to speed up drug discovery.

Barchart · Sep 18

Amazon says AI needs ‘strong safeguards’ in place before being released

Calls for guardrails come amid warnings about the existential threat posed by artificial intelligence

The Independent UK · Sep 18

Claude Is Helping Build Its Own Successor. Anthropic Says AI Now Leads 26% Of Its R&D.

The company said "approximately 30,000 AI agents" were "doing research and engineering work at Anthropic at any one time in our most-used internal platform" in August.

International Business Times · Sep 18

Gavin Newsom Signs Executive Order To Speed Up AI Oversight And Create a 'Kill Switch'

"With Donald Trump and Congress failing to lead, California is stepping up to keep all Americans safe," Newsom said.

International Business Times · Sep 18

‘A critical moment’: concern UK is not up to speed in acting on AI risks

Andy Burnham’s focus on domestic problems leads some to fear issue has dropped off government’s radar

The Guardian - UK · Sep 18

AI set to wipe out humans? Andrew Ng breaks his silence on artificial intelligence doomsday warnings as tech leaders debate whether superintelligent machines could become uncontrollable

AI pioneer Andrew Ng calls extinction warnings science fiction, not science. He urges industry focus on practical engineering and cybersecurity challenges. Researchers from leading AI firms have raised concerns about advanced systems. Ng believes current risks require more attention than hypothetical future dangers. The debate continues on balancing AI progress…

The Economic Times · Sep 18