Sony Music Publishing and Warner Chappell Music have sued Anthropic, CEO Dario Amodei, and cofounder Benjamin Mann, alleging that Claude was built and operated using tens of thousands of copyrighted songs without permission. Tim Ingham reports for Music Business Worldwide that the case was filed in federal court in Northern California. It adds Sony and …
Anthropic is rolling out a built in browser for Claude Cowork that lets the AI open websites, read pages, click controls and enter text without leaving the desktop app. The feature is intended for tasks such as completing web forms or retrieving figures from dashboards that do not offer an API. The browser opens in …
Anthropic has combined the memory systems used by Claude chat and Claude Cowork. Information Claude retains from conversations can now follow users between the chatbot and the company’s task-focused Cowork tool. David Gewirtz reports for ZDNET that the shared memory works in both directions. Context created in Cowork can also be used in later Claude …
Anthropic has disclosed that its forthcoming Claude text watermark uses a secret pattern in the model’s word-selection process, rather than hidden characters or metadata. The method can identify text that Claude likely generated or substantially processed, but it needs enough text to produce a reliable result and can be defeated by a complete rewrite. The …
Anthropic plans to add machine readable marks to content generated by future Claude models. The company says models introduced after August 2, 2026 will embed invisible watermarks in generated text and attach signed provenance metadata to supported files. The policy is part of Anthropic’s commitments under the EU AI Act’s Article 50(2) Code of Practice …
Claude is a powerful and capable AI, but it can sometimes be difficult to steer it in the right direction. This is especially frustrating with recurring tasks. Skills help you with exactly this challenge. They are detailed descriptions that tell Claude how to do something, step by step, with rules, examples, and more. Originally developed …
Anthropic says the latest generation of Claude models performs better with shorter, clearer background instructions and more room to apply its own judgement. The company reports that it removed more than 80% of the Claude Code system prompt for models including Claude Opus 5 and Claude Fable 5, without a measurable decline in its coding …
Some publicly shared Claude conversations and Artifacts have appeared in Google Search results, making them accessible to people who did not receive the original links. Carl Franzen reports for VentureBeat that Reddit and X users found Claude pages through Google queries targeting the service’s sharing URLs. The issue does not indicate that private Claude accounts …
Anthropic has introduced Claude Opus 5, a new AI model positioned as a lower-cost alternative to its most capable commercially available system, Claude Fable 5. The company says Opus 5 approaches Fable 5’s performance on coding, knowledge work and computer-use tasks while costing roughly half as much per task. Opus 5 is now the default …
Anthropic has expanded Claude’s voice mode to include its more capable Opus and Sonnet models, alongside the faster Haiku model. The update is designed for longer, more complex spoken conversations, such as preparing a client pitch, testing an idea or reviewing a decision. Users can select a model during a voice conversation or let Claude …