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Anthropic released Claude Opus 5, positioning it as a lower-cost alternative to its premium Fable 5 model. The new model achieves top scores in agentic coding and knowledge work benchmarks while charging half the token price of Fable 5. Opus 5 also posted a surprising 30.2 percent on the ARC-AGI-3 test, nearly four times higher than GPT-5.6 Sol.
Anthropic has expanded Claude's voice mode to run on its most powerful models, Opus and Sonnet, across mobile, desktop, and web platforms. Users can now switch between models mid-conversation, use voice commands in eleven languages, and connect to external tools like Gmail, Google Calendar, or Slack to compose and send emails by voice. The update positions Claude as a unique option for tool integration in voice AI, though competitors like OpenAI and Google offer more natural speech processing.
AI companies like Anthropic and OpenAI have implemented strict guardrails and vetted programs to prevent malicious use of their models. However, these restrictions are now impeding legitimate offensive cybersecurity researchers who need to find vulnerabilities and develop exploits. Researchers report spending more time negotiating with models than working on security, and some are turning to open-source or Chinese models without restrictions.
AMD announced its Helios rack-scale system at the Advancing AI conference in San Francisco, aiming to compete with Nvidia's Vera Rubin and Grace Blackwell systems. The system, which already has customers including OpenAI, Meta, Oracle, Anthropic, and Microsoft, is set to ship later this year. AMD also introduced the Venice-X CPU, expected in 2027, and CEO Lisa Su projected the AI accelerator market could reach $1.4 trillion by 2030.
Anthropic has updated Claude's voice mode to let users choose between Opus, Sonnet, and Haiku models. The new voice mode can tap into apps like Gmail, Google Calendar, Slack, Canva, and Notion. It is available in beta to all users, with free users limited to Haiku and one connected app.
White House science advisor Michael Kratsios accused Moonshot of copying Anthropic's Fable LLM using banned chips, but AI experts say distillation alone cannot explain Kimi K3's rapid advancement. Researchers argue that reinforcement learning and Chinese technical expertise played a larger role.
The Trump administration is split on how to respond to China's rapidly advancing AI models. The White House wants stricter controls to prevent Chinese labs from using US models via distillation, while the Commerce Department views such restrictions as impractical. The debate intensified after China's Moonshot AI released its Kimi K3 model, which rivals top US systems from Anthropic and OpenAI.
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent warned that sanctions remain possible after a White House official accused Chinese AI firm Moonshot of improperly distilling Anthropic's Fable model. The accusation has intensified debates in Washington over Chinese open-weight AI models and potential intellectual property theft.
Anthropic has agreed to pay $1.5 billion to book authors in a copyright settlement approved by a federal court in San Francisco. The AI company downloaded books from piracy databases LibGen and PiLiMi between 2021 and 2022. Of roughly 482,460 listed works, 91.3 percent were claimed, netting authors about $3,000 each. Anthropic must destroy the pirated files. The settlement covers piracy, not AI training itself, and a judge previously ruled that training on legally obtained books is fair use.
AMD will invest up to $5 billion in Anthropic to expand the AI company's computing power. Under the agreement, Anthropic will deploy up to 2 gigawatts of AMD's Instinct MI450 AI GPUs using the chipmaker's new Helios rack-scale system. The first gigawatt is expected to be deployed in the first half of 2027.
A weekend rumor about Anthropic acquiring robotics startup Physical Intelligence spread rapidly across AI Twitter, despite a denial from Physical Intelligence's CEO. The rumor gained traction due to Physical Intelligence's high-profile co-founders, over $1 billion in funding, and its widely used π0.5 robot brain model. Reports indicate that acquisition talks did occur between the two companies this spring, adding fuel to the speculation.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the U.S. would examine open source models from China for signs of intellectual property theft, threatening sanctions against Chinese AI companies if IP theft is established. The statement comes as Chinese models gain capabilities and popularity, threatening American AI firms like OpenAI and Anthropic.