Anthropic news and trends

Anthropic’s AI Upgrade Raises Price-Performance Questions
artificial intelligence // November 08, 2024

Artificial intelligence (AI) models could soon become more expensive, forcing businesses to reassess their AI investment strategies. Anthropic’s latest AI model costs four times more than before but outperforms its previous top model. The new Claude 3.5 Haiku charges $1 to process a million tokens...

Report Says Amazon May Be Negotiating New Anthropic Investment
artificial intelligence // November 07, 2024

Amazon is reportedly in talks to make a second multibillion-dollar investment in artificial intelligence (AI) startup Anthropic, mirroring its initial $4 billion deal from March 27. As reported Thursday (Nov. 7) by The Information’s Anissa Gardizy, this deal could have a catch. The report said...

Anthropic Pushes for Regulations as Britain Launches AI Testing Platform 
artificial intelligence // November 06, 2024

The U.K. government unveiled a standardized digital platform for AI safety verification this week, projecting a 6.5 billion-pound market by 2035, while AI developer Anthropic warned that governments have just 18 months to implement effective regulation before risks escalate. The calls for swift oversight come...

From Banking to Binge-Watching: How AI Spots the Unseen
artificial intelligence // October 28, 2024

Machine learning algorithms scan millions of transactions in banks’ fraud detection centers, flagging suspicious patterns human analysts might miss. Similar mathematical models help Netflix predict which shows subscribers want to watch next and guide Walmart’s inventory decisions. These are examples of artificial intelligence (AI) models...

Interviews & Exclusives
Anthropic’s New Feature Allows Businesses to Reuse Prompt Information

August 14, 2024
Artificial intelligence company Anthropic has debuted a new feature for its large language models (LLMs) aimed at reducing costs and improving performance for businesses using its AI. The company’s “Prompt Caching” capability, announced Wednesday (Aug. 14), will be available in public beta on the Anthropic API for its Claude 3.5 Sonnet and Claude 3 Haiku […]

The Week in AI: Anthropic’s AI Safety Initiative, Regulation Battles, and Investor Alerts: The AI...

July 05, 2024
Anthropic’s new funding program for advanced artificial intelligence (AI) evaluations aims to tackle safety and adoption challenges in AI. As global AI regulations tighten, from Nvidia’s potential antitrust charges in...

Anthropic Wants Every Business to Have a Custom AI Assistant

May 31, 2024
Anthropic, the startup behind the artificial intelligence (AI) assistant Claude, is launching a new “tool use” feature that could change how businesses interact with their customers. The new capability enables...

Apple Takes Measured Approach to AI Amid Aggressive Competitive Spend

May 03, 2024
As tech giants like Google, Microsoft and OpenAI accelerate their artificial intelligence (AI) efforts, Apple is charting a more deliberate course and expressing optimism about the technology’s future. The iPhone...

Quick Reads
Google-Anthropic Partnership Gets UK Antitrust Regulator Approval

November 19, 2024
The UK’s competition watchdog has cleared Google’s partnership with Anthropic. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said Tuesday (Nov. 19) that it had determined that the deal between the tech giant and the artificial intelligence (AI) startup did not warrant additional investigation. “The CMA does not believe that Google has acquired material influence over Anthropic […]

Report Says Amazon May Be Negotiating New Anthropic Investment

November 07, 2024
Amazon is reportedly in talks to make a second multibillion-dollar investment in artificial intelligence (AI) startup Anthropic, mirroring its initial $4 billion deal from March 27. As reported Thursday (Nov....

Report: Google Exploring AI That Can Take Over Web Browsers

October 27, 2024
Google is reportedly developing an artificial intelligence (AI) technology that can take over web browsers. The tech giant plans to show off this AI product — which carries the codename...

AWS and Box Partner to Help Businesses Build AI Applications

October 24, 2024
Users of the Box intelligent content management platform can now use Amazon Bedrock to build applications with their data and foundation models, starting with Anthropic’s Claude and Amazon Titan. Made...