In Brief Posted: 1:40 PM PDT · May 10, 2026 Anthony Ha Anthropic says ‘evil’ portrayals of AI were responsible for Claude’s blackmail attempts Fictional portrayals of artificial intelligence can have a real effect on AI models, according to Anthropic. …
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… The plug-ins — which represent a bundle of functions and automated tools — are designed to work across legal fields like commercial, privacy, corporate, employment, product, and AI governance, Anthropic says. Anthropic is also offering a number of model context protocol connectors. …
… A recent report showed Anthropic recently outpaced OpenAI among business customers , quadrupling its market share since May 2025. Cat Wu, Anthropic’s head of product for Claude Code and Cowork, has been a key figure in that success. …
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… Lucas Ropek Lucas is a senior writer at TechCrunch, where he covers artificial intelligence, consumer tech, and startups. …
… Rebecca Bellan Rebecca Bellan is a senior reporter at TechCrunch where she covers the business, policy, and emerging trends shaping artificial intelligence. …
Loading the player… Artificial intelligence models are multiplying fast, and competition is stiff. …
… The new capability will also be available for iPadOS 27 and macOS 27, the outlet writes, adding that models from Google and Anthropic are being tested now. …
… And with Karpathy now working on pre-training at Anthropic , he will have plenty of opportunity to apply the idea at a larger scale. …
