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Thursday 5 November

Anthropic rapidly accelerating AI development amid slowdown calls, group says

AI-generated summary An analysis released Thursday by an independent monitoring group states that Anthropic is developing its artificial intelligence systems around twice as quickly as it was a year ago. Model Evaluation and Threat Research researchers estimated that the acceleration is largely due to the help of artificial intelligence itself, despite CEO Dario Amodei calling to slow down model capabilities.

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Paid $200 for Logic Pro? Apple Says You Won't Get This New Feature

AI-generated summary Apple released version 13.0 of Logic Pro for Mac with a new AI-powered Intelligent Assistant feature that requires a separate Apple Creator Studio subscription costing $12.99 per month or $129 per year. Apple states that customers who previously paid $199.99 for the one-time purchase version of Logic Pro will not receive the Intelligent Assistant feature.

Apple's AI Strategy Is Reshaping Its Hardware and Services Economics

AI-generated summary Apple is spending heavily to bring artificial intelligence into its products, but the financial returns and expected profitability remain uncertain. Chief Financial Officer Kevan Parekh told investors that server-side Siri artificial intelligence costs would be recorded within Services cost of sales.

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Claude's new Personal Finance tool aims to help analyze your spending - read-only, of course

Claude’s new Personal Finance tool aims to help analyze your spending – read-only, of course

AI-generated summary Anthropic announced Personal Finance in Claude on Thursday, allowing users to connect bank and credit card accounts through read-only access via Plaid. The feature is currently available only to Pro, Max, and Ultra subscribers in the US.

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Review your organization's security posture with the security center | Claude Help Center

AI-generated summary Anthropic introduced the security center in beta for Claude Enterprise organizations to help security and IT teams review configuration settings in one place. Anthropic says the view-only page displays how organization settings compare with recommended configurations across chats, Claude Cowork, and Claude Code.