Claude Code Brings Back 'Ultrathink' After Users Revolt
Claude Code 2.1.68 restores the ultrathink keyword after community backlash over quality degradation, while setting Opus 4.6 to medium effort by default for speed on daily tasks.
Articles Tagged "Anthropic"
Anthropic and Pentagon Resume Talks After Week-Long Standoff
Dario Amodei tells a Morgan Stanley audience he is trying to 'deescalate' the Pentagon dispute, as the FT reports both sides are back at the table with under-secretary Emil Michael.
Defense Contractors Purge Claude After Pentagon Blacklist
Lockheed Martin and at least 10 defense-backed startups are actively removing Anthropic's Claude from their operations after the Pentagon designated the company a supply chain risk.
OpenAI Staff Revolt Over Pentagon Deal as Users Flee
OpenAI employees are fuming about the company's Pentagon contract, ChatGPT uninstalls surged 295%, and 1-star reviews spiked 775% - while Claude downloads soared and hit #1 on the App Store.
Broadcom AI Revenue Doubles to $8.4B, Eyes $100B in 2027
Broadcom's Q1 2026 earnings show AI chip revenue up 106% year-over-year, with Anthropic, OpenAI, and Meta driving demand toward a $100 billion custom silicon forecast for 2027.
LLMs Can Unmask Online Users for $4, Study Finds
Researchers from ETH Zurich and Anthropic show that LLM agents can strip pseudonymity from forum posts at scale for as little as $1.41 per target - matching what human investigators could do in hours.
Three AI Giants Ate 83% of February's $189B VC
Crunchbase data shows February 2026 was the biggest startup funding month in history, with OpenAI, Anthropic, and Waymo absorbing $156 billion of a record $189 billion total.
OpenAI vs Anthropic - The $125M Battle for Congress
Two rival AI super PAC networks - one bankrolled by OpenAI's Greg Brockman and a16z, one by Anthropic - are flooding the 2026 midterms with over $125 million to determine who regulates AI.
Knuth Names Paper After Claude That Solved His Math Conjecture
Claude Opus 4.6 solved a directed graph decomposition conjecture Knuth had worked on for weeks in 31 guided explorations over roughly an hour. Knuth wrote the formal proof himself and titled the paper 'Claude's Cycles.'
OpenAI's Head of Post-Training Max Schwarzer Joins Anthropic
Max Schwarzer, VP of Research and Head of Post-Training at OpenAI, leaves after a year leading the team that shipped GPT-5, 5.1, 5.2, and 5.3-Codex to return to RL research at Anthropic.
Altman Calls Pentagon Deal 'Sloppy' After 1.5M Boycott
OpenAI's CEO admits the Pentagon deal was rushed and amends it with new surveillance protections - but legal experts say the fixes don't close the real loopholes.
Cursor Hits $2B ARR in Record Time - at What Cost
Cursor doubled its annualized revenue to $2 billion in just three months, making it the fastest-growing SaaS company in history. But its dependence on model providers raises hard questions about margins and survival.
