Anthropic

Anthropic is an artificial intelligence safety and research company that develops the Claude family of assistant models and provides API access to them. Truncated covers its model releases, research papers, enterprise partnerships, funding announcements, and regulatory developments.

Monday 9 November

Import AI 480: Self-sustaining space economies; AI for science progress, and Meta builds perfect hands for a superintelligence

AI-generated summary Physical Superintelligence reports that an internal research system running an Anthropic model has proved a quantum computing conjecture from Scott Aaronson and Andris Ambainis. Meta Reality Labs Research has published details on Tactus, a textile-integrated tactile and pose sensing glove designed for naturalistic manipulation data collection.

I tested OpenAI Dot and Anthropic Duet for weeks - and all I got was one helpful notification

I tested OpenAI Dot and Anthropic Duet for weeks – and all I got was one helpful notification

AI-generated summary ZDNET reports that OpenAI and Anthropic have launched proactive personal AI assistants called Dot and Duet that scan cloud services to notify users about important items. After testing both systems for three weeks, the reviewer concluded that neither tool is fully ready for prime time because they mostly missed relevant information and surfaced irrelevant items.

Chinese AI firms want Silicon Valley’s top minds. Poaching them won’t be easy

Graphic featuring 'We are hiring' text, a user icon with a Chinese flag, and location text for Silicon Valley

AI-generated summary Chinese artificial intelligence firms are attempting to hire Silicon Valley-based engineers to work on their models, potentially tapping into talent at American labs such as OpenAI and Anthropic. However, experts say that poaching these employees will not be easy because Chinese companies often struggle to match the salaries and career prospects offered by their American peers.