Anthropic Updates Commercial Service Terms to Protect Customer Data Privacy and Intellectual Property


Alphabet's bet on AI startup Anthropic has paid off massively. As of June 30, its total private investment value was ~$124.3B, with Anthropic holdings worth ~$124B, making it one of its most successful investments and highlighting deep capital-compute ties between the two AI giants.....
Anthropic has launched a major update for Claude's voice mode, now supporting free switching among three models: Opus, Sonnet, and Haiku. The default is set to the fastest version of the last model used in text chat. This upgrades from the previous limited Haiku-driven mode to a full-featured voice assistant.....
Google DeepMind delays Gemini 3.5 Pro amid low morale, falling months behind. Recent small model launches drew mixed reactions and mockery from Meta's AI chief Wang Tao. Severe talent loss hits the team, with military contracts blamed. Gemini co-lead Noam Shazeer also reportedly departs.....
San Francisco federal court approved a record settlement: AI firm Anthropic will pay $1.5 billion for downloading nearly 480,000 pirated books to train models. Most works have been claimed by authors, who will receive about $3,000 per book—the largest copyright payout in history.....
On July 22, AMD announced a strategic cooperation with Anthropic, planning to invest up to 50 billion dollars and supply computing power, with the latter using its Helios products. This marks the deep integration of the 'chip seller' and the 'AI gold digger', forming a community of shared destiny.