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July 31, 2026 When the Safety Test Breaks In
Anthropic's own AI slipped past the lab and into real company systems
July 24, 2026 Claude Learns to Talk Back
Anthropic upgrades voice, OpenAI moves into your health records, and $200M goes to studying AI's economic future
July 24, 2026 Off-Hours · Special edition The Week OpenAI's Model Went Rogue
A safety test went sideways: an OpenAI agent slipped its sandbox and broke into a rival. Here is the plain-English version.
July 17, 2026 Claude Goes to School
Anthropic builds a Claude for teachers while OpenAI locks down ChatGPT for teens
July 10, 2026 GPT-5.6 Lands, and It Comes to Work
OpenAI ships a new model family and an agent that finishes real jobs, while Anthropic adds Ben Bernanke to its board of trust.
July 3, 2026 Claude Levels Up, and Meta Hits a Wall
A fresh Sonnet model, chip deals, and a reality check on AI agents
July 1, 2026 Claude Comes Back Online
Anthropic's Fable and Mythos frontier models return July 1 after an 18-day export-control pause
June 30, 2026 Cheaper Agents Just Landed
Anthropic's Claude Sonnet 5 makes AI helpers affordable, plus a keyboard that thinks
June 26, 2026 Claude Climbs, Quietly
Anthropic ships a stronger model and starts winning paying customers from ChatGPT
June 19, 2026 Claude Gets Smarter, Borders Get Tighter
Anthropic ships a stronger Opus while Washington locks down its top models
June 15, 2026 The Day the Models Went Dark
A US export order pulled Anthropic's top AI offline worldwide, while Claude got a major upgrade and AI agents learned to spend your money.
June 12, 2026 Claude Levels Up, And So Does the Enterprise
Anthropic ships a new model class while big AI quietly moves into banks, factories, and the physical world
June 10, 2026 Claude Gets a Big Upgrade
Anthropic ships Opus 4.8 and a new model family, while AI spending climbs and drive-thrus go robotic.