Chinese cybersecurity firm 360 has launched Tulongfeng, an AI tool designed to compete with Anthropic’s Mythos, which is currently banned for export to non-Americans. Tokyo-based startup Sakana AI has introduced Fugu, a frontier AI model named after the Japanese blowfish.

The US government has granted Anthropic permission to release its AI model, Mythos, to a select group of trusted partners. This move allows specific US companies to access and utilize the capabilities of the Mythos model.

Hermes can perform web research using DeepSeek V4, which offers significantly lower pricing compared to Anthropic and OpenAI's frontier models. The cost difference is nearly 50 times based on token usage, raising concerns about the sustainability of high costs for Anthropic and OpenAI.

Anthropic has accused Alibaba of illegally extracting capabilities from its Claude AI model. The allegations suggest a breach of intellectual property rights related to AI technology.

Reid Hoffman stated that SpaceX is not an AI company and criticized xAI as a "complete train wreck." He emphasized that there is room for both OpenAI and Anthropic in the AI industry.

The National Security Agency has lost access to a powerful AI model developed by Anthropic due to a dispute with the company. This loss deprives the NSA of a significant tool for cybersecurity analysis.

Anthropic's Privacy Policy, effective July 8, 2026, outlines the collection, use, disclosure, and processing of personal data for users of its website and services. The policy does not cover content processed on behalf of customers.

Claude Tag allows teams to integrate Claude as a member in Slack channels, enabling task delegation by tagging @Claude. It retains context from conversations and can plan future tasks based on the information it gathers.

Claude Code's "Extended Thinking" output includes reasoning logs that are encrypted into a 600-character signature, with Anthropic holding the decryption key. The API provides a summary of the reasoning rather than the full text.

Anthropic will implement ID verification for specific capabilities starting July 8. This measure aims to enhance user security and compliance.