Anthropic hires new CTO with focus on AI infrastructure | TechCrunch
Former Stripe CTO Rahuil Patil is joining Anthropic to fine-tune the company's infrastructure.
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MyNotes: Gen #AI Claude Data Storage and Training
It was inevitable, just like Thanos in the Marvel movie where he says that. Gen AI, no matter the promise, is coming for your data. Claude creator Anthropic has given customers using its Free, Pro,…
Anthropic vs OpenAI: AI Competition Shifts to Platforms
Anthropic ships Claude Sonnet 4.5 as ChatGPT adds shopping checkout. The AI race shifts from model benchmarks to platform control. Read the analysis.
LLMs in 2024
A lot has happened in the world of Large Language Models over the course of 2024. Here’s a review of things we figured out about the field in the past …
OpenAI, Google & Anthropic All Just Quietly Backtracked User Privacy Settings: Is Your Company's Data Now Exposed?
The AI industry just pulled off one of the biggest privacy heists in tech history, and they did it while you were planning your Labor Day weekend. Three major AI companies, OpenAI, Google and Anthropic, almost simultaneously announced sweeping policy changes that transform AI conversations by default into permanent training data subject to law enforcement monitoring and corporate surveillance. If your media company still allows employees to use free AI tools, these changes represent a final warning: Your most sensitive data could now become someone else’s competitive advantage. The question isn’t whether your employees are using AI. They are. The …
Immediate Actions (This Week)
Conduct a comprehensive audit of current AI usage across your organization. Survey which employees use ChatGPT, Claude or other AI tools, identify what data types are being uploaded, and document current security gaps. Not just the newsroom. Every department from accounting to human resources likely has employees using consumer AI tools. Inform users on how to adjust privacy settings to keep conversations and data private. Also restrict users from sharing AI chats or these conversations could be publicly searchable.
Strategic Response (Next 30 Days)
Policy implementation becomes critical at this stage. Ban free AI tool usage for company business, start evaluating options for secure enterprise AI solutions, create clear data handling protocols and train staff on AI data sharing security requirements.
Anthropic uses a questionable dark pattern to obtain user consent for AI data use in Claude
Anthropic’s new data policy raises legal concerns with its use of questionable dark patterns.
Anthropic education report: How educators use Claude \ Anthropic
Research on 74,000 educator conversations shows how faculty use Claude for teaching, research, and building interactive learning tools.
Anthropic releases Claude Sonnet 4.5 in latest bid for AI agents and coding supremacy
It can run autonomously for 30 hours straight, per Anthropic.
Use of generative AI tools to support learning | University of Oxford
Oxford University tells students they may use generative AI tools such as ChatGPT, Claude, Bing Chat, and Google Bard to support their studies. The university states that these tools cannot replace critical thinking or the development of evidence-based arguments. The guidance instructs students to verify AI outputs for accuracy and treat them as one resource among many. It also says departments and colleges can impose additional rules on specific assignments, and students must follow directions from tutors and supervisors. The document frames AI as a supplemental aid that is acceptable only with continuous human appraisal.
Automating oral argument
The first frontier.
Artificial Intelligence, Totalitarianism, and the Future of Cognitive Liberty
If AI can read us like an open book based on our faces, our body language, and our microexpressions, what can it do to the trajectory of our lives?
Anthropic Economic Index report: Uneven geographic and enterprise AI adoption
AI differs from prior technologies in its unprecedented adoption speed. In the US alone, 40% of employees report using AI at work, up from 20% in 2023 two years ago.1 Such rapid adoption reflects how useful this technology already is for a wide range of applications, its deployability on existing digital infrastructure, and its ease of use—by just typing or speaking—without specialized training. Rapid improvement of frontier AI likely reinforces fast adoption along each of these dimensions.
Historically, new technologies took decades to reach widespread adoption.
Anthropic Claude's Extended Data Retention for Training Purposes
Anthropic is an AI safety and research company that's working to build reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems.
AI Learning Resources & Guides from Anthropic \ Anthropic
Access comprehensive guides, tutorials, and best practices for working with Claude. Learn how to craft effective prompts and maximize AI interactions in your workflow.