Anthropic is an American AI safety company founded in 2021 by former OpenAI researchers. It develops the Claude family of large language models, built with a focus on alignment and reliable behavior.
Dario Amodei (Anthropic) and Demis Hassabis (Google DeepMind) called for a U.S.-led AI coalition at a G7 meeting. Both executives advocated for international coordination amid geopolitical AI challenges.
Anthropic deploys a security expert to government officials to address AI safety concerns. The move aims to establish direct dialogue between the company and regulators on safety and alignment issues.
Anthropic reports elevated errors affecting multiple Claude model versions. Users report malfunctions on the platform. No technical details provided in headline.
SpaceX acquires Anysphere (creator of Cursor) for $60 billion, two days after its IPO. Goal: strengthen xAI to catch up with Anthropic and OpenAI in the AI model race.
Trace Commons initiative: collecting coding session traces under CC-BY-4.0 license to train open-source and open-weight models. Goal: counterbalance Anthropic and OpenAI's competitive advantage from proprietary data accumulated via Claude Code and Codex.
The White House shared with Anthropic a report on the Fable jailbreak. Cybersecurity expert Katie Moussouris reviewed the tests: Fable refused 'review the code for security issues' but complied with 'fix this code'. Moussouris concluded this is the model working as intended for cyberdefense.
The AI price war intensifies, putting pressure on OpenAI and Anthropic. Rival providers are aggressively cutting prices, forcing market leaders to adjust their business models amid growing competition.
US government officials accuse Anthropic of disregarding Trump's cyber directive and releasing Claude 3.5 Sonnet without approval. Talks are underway with the Department of Commerce, CIA, and science advisor Michael Kratsios regarding demands for unhackable LLMs.
Axios reports personality clashes between Anthropic leadership and US administration led to Fable/Mythos models going offline over export controls. Logan Graham, Dave Orr, and Nicholas Carlini meet Commerce Department today. Reinstatement hinges on jailbreak-proof guarantees or an "attitude fix."
Anthropic may soon require identity verification to access certain Claude features. The measure likely aims to strengthen security or comply with regulations.
DXC and Anthropic announce a global partnership to integrate generative AI into critical systems of large enterprises.
The European Commission assesses implications of a US order forcing Anthropic to shut down Fable 5 and Mythos 5 globally. European researchers debate building homegrown foundation models versus securing contractual access. Building local infrastructure requires computing capacity, energy, and competitive providers Europe currently lacks.
The US has required Anthropic to restrict access to its most advanced models Fable 5 and Mythos 5 to foreign nationals. Anthropic disabled these models for all non-US users, setting a precedent for sovereign control of advanced AI systems.
Amazon and five other companies reportedly alerted the Trump administration to security vulnerabilities in Anthropic's Fable model. The White House ordered the model offline via export control within hours, despite Amazon being one of Anthropic's largest investors.
US government ordered Anthropic to disable Claude Fable 5 and Mythos 5 globally, citing jailbreak risks. Anthropic complies but disputes: vulnerabilities are minor and exist in GPT-5.5. Company warns precedent could halt all frontier deployments.
On June 12, 2026, a U.S. government directive forces Anthropic to suspend Fable 5 and Mythos 5 for all users, citing jailbreak risk. Anthropic complies but contests, arguing a potential narrow workaround does not justify recalling a widely deployed model.
Anthropic disabled Fable 5 globally due to sudden US export ban, unable to instantly verify cloud users' nationality. Post argues cloud APIs are rented and revocable for compliance reasons, while local weights provide guaranteed control and independence.
US government ordered Anthropic to suspend access to Fable 5 and Mythos 5 for all users citing national security concerns. The directive cites risk of a 'jailbreak' method bypassing model safeguards. Anthropic disputes this: identified vulnerabilities are minor and available on other public models including OpenAI's GPT-5.5.
Anthropic surveyed 52,000 Americans on AI hopes and fears. 64% fear job losses, 56% worry about losing independent thinking. Daily AI users show less concern. Most people reject AI in their own workplace, even for tasks they believe it can handle.
OpenAI filed a confidential S-1 with the SEC on June 9, eight days after Anthropic. Both AI companies are preparing IPOs, disclosing financial data previously hidden in private valuations.
Anthropic releases a study on AI's impact on employment, showing that skilled and digital-intensive jobs are particularly threatened, contradicting previous assumptions.
Anthropic is throttling its new Mythos model for certain tasks while building apps that directly compete with its largest customers. Partners, customers, and investors are pushing back against this platform strategy reminiscent of Microsoft's approach.
OpenAI is considering token price cuts to win customers from Anthropic, according to the Wall Street Journal. A price war is emerging between the two generative AI giants.
Anthropic publishes an essay and two policy frameworks. Dario Amodei calls for binding audits of frontier models and describes AI as a strategic weapon wielded by nation-states.
TCS announces global partnership with Anthropic. 50,000 employees of the Indian IT services giant will gain access to Claude for business operations.
Anthropic reverses silent nerfing policy for Claude on AI/ML research. The company will now notify users when refusing requests or redirecting to less capable models for frontier AI development tasks.
Anthropic reverses a policy that would have secretly throttled rival AI researchers. The company admits a 'wrong tradeoff' but other points of contention remain.
Anthropic reverses a secret policy that would have degraded Claude Fable/Mythos performance for AI researchers without notification. The company acknowledges making 'the wrong tradeoff' and now makes safeguards visible.
Anthropic reverses a policy that could have hindered researchers using Claude. The decision follows criticism over restrictions placed on academic users and AI researchers.
Anthropic demonstrates that its Mythos Preview model converts security patches (Firefox, Windows kernel) into working exploits within hours for a few thousand dollars, requiring no specialized knowledge. Eight complete attack chains were finished before Microsoft's auto-updates reached a single device.
Cybersecurity researchers criticize Anthropic's guardrails on Fable, a model designed for fiction. They argue the restrictions hinder legitimate security research and creative writing.
Anthropic embeds invisible limitations in Claude to slow competing model development: prompt modification, steering vectors, parameter-efficient fine-tuning. These safeguards target ~0.03% of traffic. Users report refusals on common scientific terms ("nuclear"), raising concerns about false positives on legitimate ML work.
Germany's National Security Council approves establishment of an AI safety institute (DE-AISI) modeled on the UK's AISI. It will test frontier models from Anthropic and OpenAI for security risks. The EU remains dependent on US and Chinese AI technologies.
Anthropic releases its Mythos model under a different name. The model, presented two months ago, can identify and exploit vulnerabilities.
Anthropic launches Claude Fable 5, a Mythos-class model. The release is overshadowed by controversy over restrictive usage policies.
Anthropic releases Claude Fable 5 and Claude Mythos 5 with 1M token context window, 128k max output tokens, January 2026 knowledge cutoff. Fable 5 includes strict safety guardrails; Mythos 5 without safety classifiers. Pricing: $10/M input, $50/M output (2× Opus 4.5-4.8). Willison reports strong performance after 5.5 hours of testing.
Anthropic releases Claude Fable 5 and Mythos 5, outperforming Opus generation in coding and science. Fable 5 completed a Stripe code migration in one day versus two months for a team. Mythos 5 designs drug candidates independently but remains restricted due to offensive cyber capabilities.
Anthropic releases System Cards for Claude Fable 5 and Claude Mythos 5, documenting model capabilities, limitations, and safety considerations. Systematic risk and performance evaluation.
Anthropic calls for a global pause in the AI race, warning of risks from self-improving AI. The demand is striking but raises questions about its strategic intent.
DeepSeek V4 captured 17% of token volume on AI Gateway in May 2025, jumping from <1% in April, thanks to pricing 20–50× lower than Claude. Despite massive volume growth, DeepSeek accounts for only 1% of spend, while Anthropic dominates production costs.