Anthropic launches Claude Sonnet 4.5, its best AI model for coding
Anthropic says its new AI model is robust enough to build production-ready applications, rather than just prototypes.
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How AI safety took a backseat to military money
Hey there, and welcome to Decoder! I’m Hayden Field, senior AI repoter at The Verge — and your Thursday episode guest host. I have another couple of shows for you while Nilay is out on parental leave, and we’re going to be spending more time diving into some of the unforeseen consequences of the generative AI […]
It isn’t your imagination: Google Cloud is flooding the zone
While the industry’s biggest players cement ever-tighter partnerships, Google is hellbent on capturing the next generation of AI companies before they become too big to court.
Microsoft embraces OpenAI rival Anthropic to improve Microsoft 365 apps
Microsoft is bringing Anthropic’s Claude Sonnet 4 and Claude Opus 4.1 AI models to its Microsoft 365 Copilot today. It’s a big move that expands model choice beyond just OpenAI’s range of models in Microsoft 365 Copilot, and it will allow Microsoft’s customers to access Anthropic models in Researcher and Microsoft Copilot Studio. “Copilot will […]
A ‘global call for AI red lines’ sounds the alarm about the lack of international AI policy
On Monday, more than 200 former heads of state, diplomats, Nobel laureates, AI leaders, scientists, and others all agreed on one thing: There should be an international agreement on “red lines” that AI should never cross — for instance, not allowing AI to impersonate a human being or self-replicate. They, along with more than 70 organizations […]
Silicon Valley bets big on ‘environments’ to train AI agents
A wave of startups are creating RL environments to help AI labs train agents. It might be Silicon Valley’s next craze in the making.
The hunger strike to end AI
On Guido Reichstadter’s 17th day without eating, he said he was feeling alright – moving a little slower, but alright. Each day since September 2nd, Reichstadtler has appeared outside the San Francisco headquarters of AI startup Anthropic, standing from around 11AM to 5PM. His chalkboard sign states “Hunger Strike: Day 15,” though he actually stopped […]
Silicon Valley bets big on ‘environments’ to train AI agents
A wave of startups are creating RL environments to help AI labs train agents. It might be Silicon Valley’s next craze in the making.
Salesforce launches ‘Missonforce,’ a national security-focused business unit
Salesforce’s Missionforce will help modernize national defense workflows across areas including personnel, logistics and decision making.