Claude Opus 4.1 retirement is live. Audit every fallback
Claude Opus 4.1 now returns API errors. Here is how to choose Opus 4.8 or Opus 5, remove breaking parameters, and test every fallback…
Category: Anthropic
Claude and Anthropic updates in plain English.
Anthropic Volta deal: the reported $10B contract puts Claude’s compute appetite on the map
A reported six-year, $10 billion Anthropic–Volta contract would anchor a 133MW Norway site. The scale is clear; customer confirmation and delivery terms are not.
Claude outage: six incidents in three days make reliability a model feature
Claude logged six incident entries from August 3 through August 5. Here is how to read the uptime numbers and build a backup workflow…
Claude AI chats move into Slack: what Claude Tag can actually do
Claude AI chats are becoming shared Slack work through Claude Tag. Here is how channel context, permissions, memory, spend limits, and audit logs change…
Claude Fable 5.1 puts Opus 5 on trial: when is the top model worth double?
Fable 5.1 keeps a 2x base-token premium over Opus 5 but cuts cache reads 75 percent and improves science and agent benchmarks. Make it…
Anthropic’s $1.5B copyright settlement wins final approval, with narrow effects
Anthropic's $1.5 billion settlement over pirated training books got final approval, but because it settled instead of appealing, the favorable fair-use ruling will never…
AISI’s Cyber Test: What the October Alignment Reports Add
AISI and Anthropic revisit a July cyber evaluation. Separate the real incident, simulated follow-up tests and the limits of claims about improved alignment.
Anthropic gives teachers premium Claude for free, with real responsibility
Anthropic is giving verified US K-12 teachers a free year of Pro-level Claude. Smart distribution, genuinely useful - and a real responsibility around student…
Claude vs ChatGPT: when I pick Anthropic and when I don’t
I pay for both Claude and ChatGPT and reach for them on purpose. Here's my honest decision framework for when Anthropic wins, when OpenAI…
Why enterprises keep putting Claude and GPT in the same bake-off
Big companies rarely bet on one AI model. They keep putting Claude and GPT in the same bake-off - and the reasons they do…