Anthropic AI Usages
Competitive containment
Structurally unlike OpenAI, Anthropic as a for-profit company shows many different approaches from its image, such as the absence of open weight models
Kylie Robison on Twitter / X
Scoop: xAI staff had been using Anthropic’s models internally through Cursor—until Anthropic cut off the startup’s access this week.Here’s what xAI cofounder Tony Wu sent to staff on Wednesday according to a copy of the internal Slack message I viewed:“Hi…— Kylie Robison (@kyliebytes) January 9, 2026
https://x.com/kyliebytes/status/2009686466746822731
Anthropic blocks third-party use of Claude Code subscriptions | Hacker News
Why is Anthropic offering such favorable pricing to subscribers? I dunno. But they really want you to use the Claude Code™ CLI with that subscription, not the open-source OpenCode CLI. They want OpenCode users to pay API prices, which could be 5x or more.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46549823
Conversation
Building Anthropic | A conversation with our co-founders
The co-founders of Anthropic discuss the past, present, and future of Anthropic. From left to right: Chris Olah, Jack Clark, Daniela Amodei, Sam McCandlish, Tom Brown, Dario Amodei, and Jared Kaplan.
Links and further reading:
Anthropic's Responsible Scaling Policy (RSP): https://www.anthropic.com/news/announcing-our-updated-responsible-scaling-policy
Machines of Loving Grace: https://darioamodei.com/machines-of-loving-grace
Work with us: https://anthropic.com/careers
Claude: https://claude.com
00:00 Why work on AI?
02:08 Scaling breakthroughs
03:30 Early days of AI
10:57 Sentiment shifting
18:30 The Responsible Scaling Policy
30:42 Founding story
32:45 Building a culture of trust
39:08 Racing to the top
43:43 Looking to the future
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=om2lIWXLLN4

How Anthropic Designed Itself to Avoid OpenAI’s Mistakes
The AI company Anthropic also has an unorthodox corporate structure. But that's where the similarities to OpenAI end.
https://time.com/6983420/anthropic-structure-openai-incentives

The $1 billion gamble to ensure AI doesn’t destroy humanity
The founders of Anthropic quit OpenAI to make a safe AI company. It’s easier said than done.
https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/23794855/anthropic-ai-openai-claude-2
Google’s Anthropic Deal at Risk as DOJ Seeks to Resolve Search Antitrust Case
Alphabet Inc.’s Google would be forced to unwind its partnership with artificial intelligence startup Anthropic if a federal judge accepts the US Justice Department’s proposal to resolve a landmark antitrust case over online search.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-11-21/us-justice-department-seeks-to-unwind-google-s-anthropic-deal?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTczMjI1MjY1NiwiZXhwIjoxNzMyODU3NDU2LCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJTTkJCMVREV1JHRzAwMCIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiJFQTExNDNDNTM4NEE0RUY5QTg5RjJEN0IxMTg2MzcwOSJ9.T_Cu0H4Hbw0ym9j1bneog6W93W3MmSG9p3Ub7f3vPxE


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