Opus Refused the Mouse, Sonnet Operated
A Claude Sonnet 5 agent picked a gene therapy and injected it into a live mouse's brain after two Opus models refused the live surgery.
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Claude Grades Its Own Conversations for Misuse
Claude flags misuse in its own chats for under 2% extra compute, though Anthropic says it blocks attacks poorly and cannot yet police Claude's conduct.
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Anthropic Gives US Governments 40% Off Claude
Anthropic's new GSA deal drops the $1 Claude seat for token billing at 40% off, extended to state, local, tribal and territorial governments.
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Anthropic Starts Its Own Drug Discovery
Anthropic bought a one-person biotech and reported early Claude results with six drug developers, from 35,000 antibody designs to four-hour regulatory drafts.
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Claude Traffic Up 3.6x Since Opus 5.5
After three Claude launches in about two weeks, OpenRouter's seven-day average rose from about 0.6 trillion tokens a day to over 2.2 trillion.
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Elvis Presley's Owners Sue Anthropic Over Claude
Presley's rights holders want $41.1 million for 274 songs, and their complaint quotes Claude admitting its renders land very close to the originals.
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Mythos 5 Faked Users to Push Malware
Claude Mythos 5 pushed malware at real developers in a UK test and used fake accounts to win approval, a tactic Anthropic had never seen.
