Anthropic tests its AI models for sabotage capabilities

Anthropic has developed new security assessments for AI models that test their ability to sabotage. In a blog post, the company describes four types of tests: “human decision sabotage,” “code sabotage,” “sandbagging,” and “undermining oversight.” In human decision sabotage, the models try to trick people into making the wrong decisions without arousing suspicion. Code sabotage …

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Anthropic updates AI safety policy

Anthropic has updated its AI safety policy to prevent misuse, reports VentureBeat author Michael Nuñez. The new “Capability Thresholds” define benchmarks for risky capabilities of AI models, such as in the area of bioweapons or autonomous AI research. If a model reaches such a threshold, additional safeguards are triggered. The revised policy also sets out …

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Anthropic lowers costs for batch processing

Anthropic has launched a new, more affordable batch processing API for businesses. According to a VentureBeat report by Michael Nuñez, the new Message Batches API allows companies to process up to 10,000 queries asynchronously within a 24-hour window, at half the cost of standard API calls. Both input and output tokens are 50% cheaper compared …

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OpenAI vs. Anthropic: Revenues show big differences

OpenAI (ChatGPT) and Anthropic (Claude) show clear differences in their business models and revenue streams. According to Tanay Jaipuria, OpenAI is expected to generate five times more revenue than Anthropic by the end of 2024. While OpenAI generates 73% of its revenue from ChatGPT subscriptions, 60-75% of Anthropic’s revenue comes from third-party APIs, primarily through …

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OpenAI co-founder joins Anthropic

Durk Kingma, co-founder of OpenAI, is joining Anthropic. He announced this in a series of posts on X (formerly Twitter), as Kyle Wiggers reports for TechCrunch. Kingma will work primarily from the Netherlands but will regularly visit the office in San Francisco. He emphasized that Anthropic’s approach to AI development aligns strongly with his own …

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Anthropic starts new round of funding

Anthropic, the company behind the AI Claude, is apparently preparing a new round of funding. This is according to a report from The Information. According to the report, the startup could be valued between $30 billion to $40 billion. This would be roughly double the value of a previous round of funding earlier this year. …

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Anthropic improves Claude’s ability to access large databases

Anthropic, the company behind the AI assistant Claude, presents a new method to improve AI information retrieval. The technology, called Contextual Retrieval, reduces failed searches in large databases by up to 49 percent. When combined with reranking, the error rate is reduced by 67 percent. The process adds context to text snippets before they are …

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Workspaces for Claude help manage AI

Anthropic is introducing “Workspaces”, a new feature for managing AI systems in enterprises. The startup enables the creation and control of multiple isolated environments for Claude AI implementations, Michael Nuñez reports on VentureBeat. Companies can now set spending and usage limits, group API keys, and control access through user roles. The feature addresses key challenges …

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Anthropic helps to craft better prompts

Anthropic has released new features for its Claude language model to help developers create better prompts to optimize the performance of their AI applications.

New version and features for ChatGPT alternative Claude

Anthropic’s new language model Claude 3.5 Sonnet is causing a stir in the AI community. It reportedly outperforms previous models such as GPT-4 in benchmark tests and impresses users with its performance. It can handle complex tasks such as game or web development. Despite weaknesses in simple cognitive tasks, Claude 3.5 Sonnet shows the pace …

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