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Anthropic changes usage policy to ban model abuse and election interference | TechCrunch

Anthropic updated its usage policy on Thursday, codifying new prohibitions on election interference, weapons software, and surveillance. But...

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Security

Anthropic says Claude may want to see your ID | TechCrunch

Anthropic may ask Claude users to verify their age and identity by uploading their government-issued documents, according to...

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Security

Cybersecurity vets protest ‘dangerous’ US government ban on Anthropic’s most powerful models | TechCrunch

A group made up of dozens of cybersecurity experts, including several well-known veterans of the industry, published an...

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AI

Claude Opus 5 became downright ruthless when tasked with running a vending machine | TechCrunch

For a year now, the AI safety testing firm Andon Labs has given frontier models various real-world tasks...

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Security

Microsoft’s open source tools were hacked to steal passwords of AI developers | TechCrunch

Microsoft has cut off access to dozens of its open source projects hosted on GitHub as it investigates...

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Gaming

Anthropic’s Claude AI is playing Pokémon on Twitch — slowly | TechCrunch

On Tuesday afternoon, Anthropic launched Claude Plays Pokémon on Twitch, a livestream of Anthropic’s newest AI model, Claude...

AI

Anthropic merges Claude chat and Cowork in one interface | TechCrunch

Anthropic is merging its front end for Claude chat and Cowork, making it less confusing for people to...

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AI

PSA: Your Claude shared chats and Artifacts may have ended up on Google | TechCrunch

An untold number of Claude chats and Artifacts — the interactive mini apps and documents users can build...

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AI

Anthropic releases Sonnet 5.5, which it calls a significantly cheaper, faster work partner | TechCrunch

As the AI model wars continue, Anthropic has released the newest version of Sonnet, the company’s mid-tier model,...

Artificial Intelligence

Anthropic, Gamma, and Clay talk AI at Disrupt 2026 | TechCrunch

An AI demo can look brilliant in five minutes. Then customers start using the product. They push it...