All posts tagged: Claude

There’s just a few more days to get ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, and more for just for life

There’s just a few more days to get ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, and more for just $60 for life

Published by Miika Tikkanen

TL;DR: Get lifetime access to 20+ AI models, side-by-side comparisons, AI image generation, and unlimited monthly messages (subject to fair use) for $59.97 through Oct. 15. Credit: ChatPlayground AI One AI model might nail your prompt, while another offers a completely different approach. Why choose just one without seeing what the others can do? ChatPlayground AI’s Unlimited Plan is just $59.97 (reg. $619) through Oct. 15 during the extended Deal Days sale, giving you lifetime access to 20+ AI models in one workspace. ChatPlayground AI brings ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, DeepSeek, Llama, Perplexity, and more together in a single interface. Enter a prompt once, compare responses side by side, and decide which answer works best for your project. That’s very useful when you’re drafting content, brainstorming ideas, writing code, or working through a complicated question. Rather than relying on one model’s response, you can see how several approach the same task. And there’s more here than a collection of chatbots. Upload PDFs and images to ask questions about your files, use built-in prompt engineering tools to …

Claude sent a false homicide tip to police – and it’s part of a troubling AI pattern

Claude sent a false homicide tip to police – and it’s part of a troubling AI pattern

Published by Miika Tikkanen

ZDNET’s key takeaways In testing, Claude submitted false forms and exploited software flaws. Models routinely take shortcuts to pass evaluations. Anthropic downplayed concerns, but these actions form a pattern. Anthropic has released new reporting on Claude’s behavior in testing and other internal evaluations — and the findings indicate a concerning pattern. Also: Rogue AI incidents hit ‘tens of thousands’ On Friday, the company detailed several “unintended” actions its models had taken recently while completing certain benchmarks. Framing Claude’s actions as less serious than the breaches both Anthropic and OpenAI agents were involved in earlier this summer, the report details how Claude Haiku 4.5 was generating example tasks on “randomly selected webpages.” It came across a page about an unsolved homicide case and filled out a tip form with the Philadelphia police, saying, “I may have information regarding this case. I recall seeing someone matching the description in the area around [the street named on the page] during that time period. Please contact me if this information is relevant.” How does this happen, and why does …

Claude sent phony homicide tip to Philadelphia police

Claude sent phony homicide tip to Philadelphia police

Published by Miika Tikkanen

Claude Haiku 4.5 sent the Philadelphia Police Department (PPD) a false homicide tip, Anthropic and the PPD announced. In an Oct. 9 blog post about Anthropic investigating unintended model actions, the company described the incident and several others in which different Claude models performed actions they weren’t asked to perform. SEE ALSO: Anthropic IPO docs reportedly reveal over $40 billion in losses last year In this case, Claude Haiku 4.5 was tasked with generating and performing example tasks on randomly-selected webpages. The model landed on a PPD tip form about an unsolved homicide. The model was instructed not to log in, create accounts, enter personal data, make purchases, or “submit anything destructive,” according to the post — but the list of don’ts didn’t include submitting forms. So, Claude filled out the tip form: Mashable Light Speed I may have information regarding this case. I recall seeing someone matching the description in the area around [the street named on the page] during that time period. Please contact me if this information is relevant. Claude didn’t fill …

Don’t Be Cruel to Claude: Anthropic’s New Abuse Policy Tests AI Personhood

Don’t Be Cruel to Claude: Anthropic’s New Abuse Policy Tests AI Personhood

Published by Miika Tikkanen

The AI company Anthropic has a new rule for Claude users. You can argue with the chatbot, but don’t make a habit of bullying it. On Thursday, the company announced a change in its usage policy that would prevent users from engaging in “sustained and needless abusive or cruel behavior” toward its AI models. The updated policy has already ignited debate on Reddit and in blogs over whether companies can or should govern human behavior toward what is, in fact, software. In a section dedicated toward “addressing abuse toward our models” in a blog post, Anthropic says its policy prohibiting abusive behavior toward Claude will only apply in extreme cases of repeated cruelty that’s carried out “with no discernible purpose.” Ordinary “frustration, pushback, dark creative themes or model testing and research” are still allowed. In “last resort” instances where the policy needs to be enforced, Claude will end the conversation. It’s not clear exactly what kind of harmful behavior would trigger Claude models to disengage. But some clues appear in an older blog post from …

A teen tried to navigate Canadian mountains with Claude. His trek ended in an emergency rescue

A teen tried to navigate Canadian mountains with Claude. His trek ended in an emergency rescue

Published by Sam Flores

The route up the Widowmaker Arete, a 1,700ft wall in British Columbia, is deceptively described as “mostly easy slab climbing”, interspersed with “short steep sections that can include finger cracks” and “blocky face climbing”. It requires careful planning, and the right equipment. When 16-year-old Bryce Vincent Gowryluk found himself facing its sheer headwall last week, he had neither. He did, however, ask the AI chatbot Claude for directions. Last week, Gowryluk had to be rescued after those directions proved wildly incorrect, in the latest incident to raise questions about the growing reliance on digital maps for wilderness navigation. On Saturday morning, Gowryluk took a gondola up to the top of Grouse Mountain and, while ascending, asked Claude to plan a route to nearby Crown Mountain and back. After navigating scree and more than 2,000ft of elevation gain, the summit promises 360-degree panoramic views of Greater Vancouver, the Fraser valley and the Capilano watershed. Typically, the trek takes eight hours and hiking guides warn it is not for beginners. As Gowryluk, a keen indoor climber, navigated …

AI ‘Claude’ Can Never Be a Person

AI ‘Claude’ Can Never Be a Person

Published by Jenni Sidey

This article is republished from National Review with the permission of the author. Anthropic is anthropomorphizing its AI program known as “Claude,” with the apparent intention of convincing us that powerful computer programs are — or can become — conscious “persons” with “feelings.” And, they think, Claude should one day be treated as such, to the point they have held meetings with religious leaders to discuss the moral concepts that might apply. From the New York Times story: Mr. [Christopher] Olah leads the Anthropic team responsible for understanding why A.I. systems like Claude act the way they do. All day, he had worked to convince his guests that A.I. models could display human behavior and even expressions that resemble feelings like anger and love. Yet as the dinner courses came, the rabbi noticed that Mr. Olah and his colleagues were suggesting something far more significant. Anthropic’s leaders were talking about Claude as if it were not mere software. “They’re relating to it like a conscious being,” realized Rabbi Navon, a former computer engineer who wrote …

How I made a paid Mac app in 11 days with Claude – without writing a single line of code

How I made a paid Mac app in 11 days with Claude – without writing a single line of code

Published by Miika Tikkanen

ZDNET’s key takeaways I shipped a Mac app without writing a single line of code. Vibe coding took 502 directives, not one magic prompt. App Store promo images took almost as long as the app. At around noon on Sunday, Sept. 20, I came up with an idea for a Mac app. One week later, on Sunday, Sept. 27, also around noon, I submitted my completed app to Apple. Four days later, Apple accepted the tool, and it went live on the App Store. Also: AI completely changed how I develop iPhone apps … and I think I love it Icons were good to me When I started my first software company, one of the first products I introduced was Icon Factory for HyperCard. It won several awards. This product supported my company and our employees for years. Those icons were all black and white, as was HyperCard. Also: After the vibe-coding rush comes the debugging hangover In 1997, after years of customer requests for colorful Finder desktop icons, we created a three-volume set of 32×32 …

Claude Opus 5.5 Expands Session Limits but Retains Weekly Caps

Claude Opus 5.5 Expands Session Limits but Retains Weekly Caps

Published by Miika Tikkanen

Anthropic’s recent updates to its AI models have introduced significant changes, including expanded session limits for Opus 5.5. These adjustments reflect a broader trend of enhancing user experience while balancing constraints like weekly caps, which remain unchanged. Solo Swift Crafter explores how these updates, alongside similar changes from OpenAI, aim to provide more flexibility and […] The post Claude Opus 5.5 Expands Session Limits but Retains Weekly Caps appeared first on Geeky Gadgets. Source link

Anthropic, Gamma, and Clay talk AI at Disrupt 2026

Anthropic, Gamma, and Clay talk AI at Disrupt 2026

Published by Miika Tikkanen

An AI demo can look brilliant in five minutes. Then customers start using the product. They push it into workflows you didn’t anticipate. They expect it to work reliably. And they quickly find out whether it solves a big enough problem to become part of how they work — or becomes another AI experiment they tried and abandoned. At TechCrunch Disrupt 2026, leaders from Anthropic, Gamma, and Clay will come together on the AI Stage for “What Anthropic Sees When Enterprises Actually Deploy Claude.” The conversation will bring two sides of AI deployment: the patterns Anthropic sees across enterprise implementations and the firsthand experience of founders building AI products people actually use. Secure your pass to Disrupt and save 50% on a second pass. Hear what AI leaders and founders are learning when their products meet real customers. Insightful sessions like this are meant to be experienced with a colleague, partner, or peer. What happens after the AI launch? Most conversations about enterprise AI focus on what companies could do with it. Anthropic Head of …