Anthropic stories

Amplitude has launched autonomous AI analytics agents that watch product usage, flag metric shifts and recommend fixes across popular tools.

Anthropic launches Claude Sonnet 4.6 with major coding and computer-use upgrades, keeping pricing flat at USD $3 and USD $15 per million tokens.

Tailscale launches Aperture in open alpha, adding an identity-based gateway to log, govern and standardise workplace AI and agent use.

Mainstream AI tools flunk detailed Australia and New Zealand K-10 curriculum tests, raising risks for teachers relying on chatbots in class.

Anthropic adds former Microsoft finance chief and US official Chris Liddell to its board as pressure mounts over AI governance and oversight.

Anthropic opens Bengaluru hub, naming Irina Ghose India MD as it doubles revenue and ramps local-language AI for schools, farms and courts.

Anthropic raises USD $30bn in new backing, lifting the AI group’s valuation to USD $380bn as demand for its Claude models surges.

New TELUS Digital research finds asking AI assistants “Are you sure?” seldom boosts accuracy and can even make correct answers worse.

AI-fuelled ransomware hit record levels in 2025, with BlackFog warning that around 86% of attacks worldwide are never publicly disclosed.

Boman Group appoints China specialist Professor Charles Qin to its advisory board as it expands cross-border investment across the region.

Anthropic launches Claude Opus 4.6, boosting coding, agent workflows and pro tasks with a 1m-token context window and benchmark gains.

UK firms ramp up travel and AI investment in 2025, even as advertising spend plunges 28%, signalling a sharper focus on productivity.

AI-powered fraud rings industrialise online romance scams, fuelling USD $5.7 billion in losses and ushering in a ‘dark age’ for victims.

Agentic AI is shredding seat-based SaaS models, sparking a wave of ‘zombie’ vendors, valuation shocks and leaner, AI-native rivals.

Anthropic adds Claude plugins to Cowork, fuelling investor fears that agent-style AI could undermine traditional seat-based software.

GitHub adds Claude and Codex to its Agent HQ hub, letting Copilot subscribers juggle multiple coding agents in a single workflow.

Apple adds agentic coding to Xcode 26.3, integrating Claude and Codex so AI agents can autonomously build and refine entire apps.

Miro unveils an MCP server to pipe visual planning boards directly into AI coding tools, aiming to ground agentic workflows in shared context.

Australia’s GBP £270 billion health system eyes 2026 as the year disciplined, trusted digital engineering turns AI and data into safer care.

ServiceNow makes Anthropic’s Claude its default AI for app building and wins a major Panasonic Avionics deal spanning 300+ airlines.