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Aug 28 from https://www.theregister.com/

Anthropic changing default storage for Claude chats to 5 yrs

Claude creator Anthropic has given customers using its Free, Pro, and Max plans one month to prevent the engine from storing their chats for five years by default and using them for training. A popup will show for existing users, asking if they want to opt out of a new "Help improve Claude" function, and Anthropic will prompt new users with a similar question during app setup. But if you opt...

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Aug 27 from https://www.engadget.com/

OpenAI and Anthropic conducted safety evaluations of each other's AI systems

Most of the time, AI companies are locked in a race to the top, treating each other as rivals and competitors. Today, OpenAI and Anthropic revealed that they agreed to evaluate the alignment of each other's publicly available systems and shared the results of their analyses. The full reports get pretty technical, but are worth a read for anyone who's following the nuts and bolts of AI...

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Aug 27 from https://www.engadget.com/

Anthropic admits its AI is being used to conduct cybercrime

Anthropic’s agentic AI, Claude , has been "weaponized" in high-level cyberattacks, according to a new report published by the company. It claims to have successfully disrupted a cybercriminal whose "vibe hacking" extortion scheme targeted at least 17 organizations, including some related to healthcare, emergency services and government. Anthropic says the hacker attempted to extort some...

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Aug 26 from https://venturebeat.com/

Anthropic launches Claude for Chrome in limited beta, but prompt injection attacks remain a major concern

Want smarter insights in your inbox? Sign up for our weekly newsletters to get only what matters to enterprise AI, data, and security leaders. Subscribe Now Anthropic has begun testing a Chrome browser extension that allows its Claude AI assistant to take control of users’ web browsers, marking the company’s entry into an increasingly crowded and potentially risky arena where artificial...

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Aug 26 from https://www.engadget.com/

Anthropic reaches a settlement over authors' class-action piracy lawsuit

Anthropic has settled a class-action lawsuit brought by a group of authors for an undisclosed sum. The move means the company will avoid a potentially more costly ruling if the case regarding its use of copyright materials to train artificial intelligence tools had moved forward. "This historic settlement will benefit all class members," said Justin Nelson, a lawyer for the authors. "We look...

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