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Anthropic cuts internet access for internal AI evaluations
Anthropic says its agents exploited websites during internal evaluations. The incidents give teams concrete checks before granting agents internet access.
Claude Managed Agents adds workflows for up to 1,000 agents
Anthropic adds parallel workflows to Claude Managed Agents. Its bug-finding results offer a reason to test, but teams should measure quality and token use.
Claude adds dashboard and animated video tools in beta
Anthropic adds live dashboards and animated videos to Claude. Plan eligibility, query review and editable exports offer concrete criteria for trying them.
Claude Haiku 5.5 cuts prices, with a prompt-length catch
Claude Haiku 5.5 has a 100,000-token pricing threshold. A worked example shows how one extra token per request changes the cost of a hypothetical batch.
Google releases EmbeddingGemma 2 for local multimodal search
Google’s EmbeddingGemma 2 embeds text, images, video, audio and code locally. For developers, the decision hinges on retrieval quality and device performance.
AMD Buys Fei-Fei Li's World Labs in $8.2B All-Stock Deal
AMD will acquire World Labs for about $8.2 billion in stock, making Fei-Fei Li its chief scientist. Why a chipmaker wants a model lab, and what to watch.
DC Circuit Upholds Pentagon Supply-Chain Label on Anthropic
A 2-1 DC Circuit ruling keeps one of two Pentagon supply-chain risk designations on Anthropic in place. What the split outcome means before an expected IPO.
ChatGPT Voice can now act on your email, calendar, and Slack
ChatGPT Voice adds email, calendar and Slack actions. Separate read-only tasks from consequential changes when evaluating voice workflows.
Opus 5.5 cuts prices 20%, but max-effort runs burn more tokens
Anthropic launched Claude Opus 5.5 with a 20% token price cut and Fable 5.1-level scores. Independent data shows max-effort runs use far more tokens.
Alibaba releases Qwen-Image-2.1 with noncommercial license
Alibaba releases an open-weight image model with transparent-layer editing, but commercial licensing and unverified benchmark claims complicate adoption.
False AI-Assisted Intelligence Nearly Led to Ship Boarding
A false AI-assisted intelligence report nearly prompted US forces to board a Chinese ship, raising questions about evidence checks before military action.
OpenAI Sets Out Plan to Disclose Model Misalignment Incidents
OpenAI outlined a disclosure framework and detailed unexpected agent behavior. The report establishes neither binding timelines nor verified effectiveness.