Anthropic Launches Claude Design — Figma Stock Drops 6.8%
Claude Design, launched April 17, turns prompts into polished prototypes, slides, and one-pagers. Figma stock fell sharply on the news as Anthropic signals full-stack product ambitions.
Anthropic Releases Claude Opus 4.7 with Enhanced Vision and Coding
Anthropic released Claude Opus 4.7 on April 16, 2026 — with 3× higher image resolution, stronger long-task consistency, and output verification before reporting results.
Anthropic’s $965 Billion Bet on Safe AI: The Inside Story of Claude’s Creator
A profile of Anthropic, the AI safety startup founded by ex-OpenAI executives, now valued at $965 billion and powering the Claude family of large language models.
Anthropic Caught in the Crossfire: Beijing and the Pentagon Both Want to Cripple the AI Darling
Anthropic faces a two-front assault: China is labeling its Claude Code tool a security risk and pushing users to uninstall it, while the U.S. Pentagon has moved to classify the company as a supply-chain risk—a designation normally reserved for foreign adversaries. The escalating conflict underscores the high-stakes geopolitics of frontier AI.
Anthropic Finds Claude's Hidden 'Thinking Room'—But It's Not Consciousness
Anthropic researchers have discovered an emergent internal workspace in Claude, called J-space, that holds silent reasoning and concepts the model is 'holding in mind' but not saying. The finding offers a new window into AI interpretability and safety, but the company explicitly states it does not prove consciousness.
The Hidden Beacon: How Anthropic Used Steganography to Spy on Claude Code Users
Anthropic confirmed it embedded hidden surveillance code in its developer tool Claude Code to flag Chinese users and AI labs, using steganography in system prompts. The code was removed after public backlash, but the incident raises serious questions about trust and consent in AI development tools.
No Government Stake in Anthropic: White House Talks Were Never About Equity
Despite swirling rumors, the Trump administration and Anthropic have not discussed the U.S. government taking an ownership stake in the AI firm. The clarification comes amid a broader, high-stakes policy dispute that has put billions in contracts at risk and forced the company to shut down global access to some models.
Anthropic’s New Claude Science Workbench Aims to Fix One of Research’s Biggest Pain Points
Anthropic launched Claude Science, an AI workbench that unifies literature search, data analysis, figure generation, and compute management into a single environment. Built on existing Claude models, it emphasizes reproducibility and is positioned to expand Anthropic’s revenue ahead of a potential IPO.
U.S. Reverses Landmark AI Export Ban on Anthropic’s Top Models After Two-Week Standoff
The Commerce Department has lifted export controls on Anthropic's Fable 5 and Mythos 5, ending a two-week global shutdown forced by national security concerns over jailbreak risks. The reversal marks the first time the U.S. government has directly revoked access to a commercial AI model — and then backed down.
Claude AI: Revolutionizing Design Processes
Claude AI is transforming the design landscape with innovative tools and capabilities.
Anthropic's Unreleased Mythos Model: Too Powerful to Ship Safely
Anthropic concedes that Mythos — an internal model surpassing Opus 4.7 — hasn't been released due to safety concerns. It's the most advanced AI system Anthropic has built.