Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the US doesn’t let artificial intelligence make lethal targeting decisions even as he called Anthropic PBC Chief Executive Officer Dario Amodei an “ideological lunatic” after a recent spat over military use of the company’s chatbot.

Anthropic is asking investors to submit allocations for the AI company’s latest fundraise within the next 48 hours, according to sources familiar with the matter.

According to Anthropic, Claude Security is intended for security teams and was initially released in research preview as “Claude Code Security” as far back as February. The company says hundreds of organizations have already used the tool, and their feedback shaped the development of the current product.

Anthropic is in talks with investors about raising cash at a valuation of $900 billion, CNBC has confirmed.

Anthropic now says that the average cost per developer per active day is $13, up from $6 earlier this month.

Anthropic’s new Claude Mythos AI could threaten markets, warns Coinbase. Still, three‑quarters of institutional investors are bullish on Bitcoin. Major exchanges are trying to secure access to Mythos.

OpenAI is racing to catch up to its greatest rival.

The maker of Claude has received multiple pre-emptive offers at valuations in the $850 billion to $900 billion range, according to sources familiar with the matter.

Anthropic PBC announced the launch of Claude Security in public beta mode today to help cybersecurity teams scan their codebases for vulnerabilities and generate patches. Part of

Anthropic is both a risk and a necessity to AI progress, at least in the White House's telling. Why it matters: That tension is shaping AI policy in real time, as the White House realizes it needs the company it's been fighting.