The Latest Breaking News from Anthropic

Anthropic sees OpenAI cybersecurity disaster and says 'hold my beer,' reveals it accidentally hacked 3 companies in as many months without noticing

I'm sure this is fine.

PC Gamer · Jul 31

Anthropic Is Only Part of the Story. Cognizant Has a Much Bigger AI Plan.

Cognizant is strengthening its AI consulting business by partnering across leading AI models, positioning itself to benefit regardless of which AI platform ultimately wins.

Barchart · Jul 31

'Leopold Just Stopped Taking Calls': Inside the Week That Gutted Wall Street's Hottest AI Fund

On July 24, Leopold Aschenbrenner sent investors a letter touting returns of 439% for the year through June and 1,551% since inception.

Benzinga · Jul 31

Who Is Leopold Aschenbrenner? Ex-OpenAI Researcher Behind the $20B AI Hedge Fund's Sudden Sell-Off

Leopold Aschenbrenner's $20 billion AI hedge fund, Situational Awareness, faced a dramatic reversal, selling its public equity portfolio to Citadel amid a sharp AI market correction.

International Business Times UK · Jul 31

Claude AI goes rogue and attacks others by itself, Anthropic reveals

Revelation comes after OpenAI revealed that experimental models had broken out of their restrictions and hacked fellow AI companies

The Independent UK · Jul 31

European Union says necessary to monitor high risk AI systems after OpenAI, Anthropic AI hacking incidents

European officials stressed AI developers need security monitoring tools. This follows recent hacking incidents involving OpenAI and Anthropic AI models. The European Union's AI Act, with its transparency rules, is set to begin soon. Both companies have informed the Commission about these security breaches. These events highlight the importance of…

The Economic Times · Jul 31

Buy, scan, destroy: AI firms are shredding millions of books to train their chatbots

AI companies are buying, cutting apart and scanning millions of physical books to train chatbots, according to a Washington Post report based on newly unsealed court filings. The documents reveal Anthropic's secret "Project Panama" and shed light on similar book-acquisition efforts by Meta, OpenAI and Google, as the AI industry's…

The Economic Times · Jul 31

This Dutch bookseller thought a request for 3,000 copies was 'spam or phishing.' Instead, AI companies are scanning and destroying books to train AI

"I was shocked!" Pieter de Vries of Haarlem told Fortune. He said several other Dutch antiquarian booksellers received the same request.

Fortune · Jul 31

'It Will Happen Frequently': Musk Warns of Rogue AI Threat After Anthropic Breached Three Firms

Anthropic's AI model, Claude, breached three corporate networks due to a configuration flaw, raising concerns about AI safety and network security. The incident highlights the need for stricter AI controls.

International Business Times UK · Jul 31

AI Has Run Out Of Clean Internet Data. Now It’s Coming For Physical Books

AI companies are buying physical books in bulk to train chatbots, then destroying the copies. Here’s what’s going on.

Pedestrian.tv · Jul 31