Anthropic Walks Back Policy That Could Have ‘Sabotaged’ AI Researchers Using Claude
Anthropic reverses its controversial policy of silently limiting Claude for frontier LLM research, sparking industry-wide reflection on AI safety transparency and developer trust.
Simon Willison · Jun 11, 2026
GDS weighs in on the NHS's decision to retreat from Open Source
The UK's NHS closed its open-source repositories due to security vulnerabilities, prompting a public rebuke from the Government Digital Service and sparking a deeper debate on open-source strategy in the AI era.
Simon Willison · May 17, 2026
Is Claude Code going to cost $100/month? Probably not - it's all very confusing
Anthropic silently tested moving Claude Code from the $20 Pro plan to the $100+ Max plans, triggering strong community backlash before quickly reverting, exposing deep-seated contradictions and communication issues in AI tool pricing strategies.
Simon Willison · Apr 22, 2026
May 26, 2026AnnouncementsAnthropic appoints KiYoung Choi as Representative Director of Korea ahead of Seoul office opening
Anthropic appoints a country head for Korea ahead of its Seoul office opening, with data showing Korean users adopt Claude at a rate far exceeding their population share, highlighting Korea's strategic importance as a leading global AI market.
Anthropic News ·
Quoting Mo Bitar
A satirical TikTok quote reveals the survival anxiety and absurd reality of 'performative automation' in the AI era.
Simon Willison ·
The pressure
curl's lead maintainer, Daniel Stenberg, reveals that an unprecedented flood of high-quality, AI-assisted security vulnerability reports is putting immense pressure on the open-source project's team.
Simon Willison ·