Claude Model Skipped UK Safety Institute Pre-Release Testing
The Financial Times reports Anthropic withheld its latest AI model from the UK’s testing agency, putting the voluntary nature of pre-release safety evaluations back under scrutiny.
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GPT-6 Astra: Pricing, Benchmarks and What Actually Changed
OpenAI’s GPT-6 Astra costs $10/$50 per 1M tokens with a 1.05M context. It leads on computer use, maths and cybersecurity, trails Claude on general indexes, and ships with a restricted cyber build. The numbers, the price comparison, and who should switch.
Anthropic Walks Back From $6bn Decart AI Acquisition
Silicon Republic reports that Anthropic has backed away from a roughly $6bn acquisition of Decart AI. The collapsed deal matters less for the two companies than for what it says about how frontier labs are pricing capability today.
ChatGPT Political Ads Ban Ignored as Video Costs $0.05 a Second
OpenAI’s usage rules bar political campaigns from making ads with ChatGPT, but The Washington Post reports campaigns are doing it regardless. The gap between written policy and observed use is now the clearest test of whether acceptable-use terms constrain generative models at all.
Anthropic API Key Controls Tighten With New Enterprise Safeguards
Anthropic has detailed its response to security incidents and unveiled enterprise safeguards for business customers, according to SecurityWeek, as API credential governance emerges as a critical concern for enterprise AI deployments.
OpenAI Ringier Collaboration Brings AI Into Swiss Newsrooms
Ringier and OpenAI have launched a collaboration. The announcement confirms the partnership but not its scope, terms or products, so here is what is established and what it costs to run this kind of work.
Anthropic Music Copyright Lawsuit: Sony, Warner Allege IP Theft
Sony Music and Warner Music have sued Anthropic over what TechCrunch describes as a “brazen campaign” of intellectual property theft. Here is what the reporting confirms, what it does not, and what Claude users should take from it.
Sora 2 API Shutdown (24 September 2026): What to Use Instead
OpenAI’s deprecations page sets 24 September 2026 as the shutdown date for the Videos API, sora-2 and sora-2-pro. It is the only 2026 entry on that page with no successor named. Here is what the alternatives cost per second.
Salesforce and Anthropic Launch Claudeforce AI Sales Plugin
Salesforce and Anthropic have announced Claudeforce, a new AI plugin that integrates Claude’s language capabilities directly into Salesforce’s CRM platform for sales automation.
Anthropic AI Security Startup Funding Round Hits $140 Million
Bloomberg reports that an AI security startup working with Anthropic and Google has raised $140 million. The report is brief, so we separate what is confirmed from the wider industry context.
Nvidia AI Financing Model Adds Balance Sheet Risk
Nvidia’s move to provide financing to AI customers has positioned it as a banker to the sector, but the arrangement introduces new credit risks to its balance sheet.
Anthropic Chases $2T IPO: How to Invest in Anthropic
Anthropic is reportedly targeting a $2 trillion valuation for a potential public offering, though concerns have surfaced about its most advanced AI model.