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Tag: Claude (14 articles)

An opinionated guide to which AI to use to do stuff

Ethan Mollick's AI tool guide shifts from chat models to agentic systems, but the confusing names of ChatGPT Work and Claude Cowork reveal a larger UX issue, as Simon Willison points out.

Simon Willison · Jul 28, 2026

What's new in Claude Sonnet 5

Claude Sonnet 5 brings Opus-level performance at Sonnet prices, but a tokenizer change effectively raises costs by 30% for English users; removed sampling params and default thinking mode add more hidden costs.

Simon Willison · Jul 1, 2026

The Fable 5 Export Controls Harm US Cyber Defense

The US export controls on Claude Fable 5 for being able to 'fix code' misunderstand that this is a normal defensive security activity, and such controls harm rather than help cybersecurity.

Simon Willison · Jun 16, 2026

An update on our election safeguards

Anthropic reveals its use of constitutional training, system prompts, and published evaluation datasets to keep Claude politically neutral, while coupling them with policy enforcement to prevent election abuse—reflecting a broader shift of AI companies into information governance roles.

Anthropic News · Jun 6, 2026

Discovering cryptographic weaknesses with Claude

Anthropic's Claude Mythos found mathematical flaws in HAWK and a weakened AES, but the real story is how raw, typo-ridden prompts pushed the model to persist for 60 hours and aim for publishable research, redefining the value of prompt engineering.

Simon Willison ·

UST is bringing Claude to physical AI

UST integrates Claude into physical engineering workflows like chip validation, achieving 50-70% efficiency gains and marking a significant step of AI into the physical economy.

Anthropic News ·

Introducing Claude Sonnet 5

Anthropic's Sonnet 5 delivers agentic performance close to the Opus flagship at significantly lower cost, enabling developers to build powerful autonomous agents with mid-tier models.

Anthropic News ·