Between Politico and Axios we get a pretty clear picture that this was another case of 'the vibes are off and when we say jump they ask for an explanation rather than how high, so let's blow everything up.' Plus more whining about not getting Dario on the phone fast enough.

NEW: Amazon researchers are reportedly behind the jailbreak report that led to the U.S. crackdown on Anthropic’s top models.

If you were wondering what the "pause" was all about, Ben Thompson @stratechery has an interesting theory: "Late last week the Anthropic Institute released a new safety report warning about the danger of recursive self-improvement... I don’t think the timing is a coincidence. This is a company and leadership that has been honing safety-and-scaremongering-as-marketing-tactic ever since Amodei led the charge to close source OpenAI models because GPT-2 was too dangerous; it’s always fun to see the evolution of tactics, capabilities, and goals, and in this case publishing a widely-discussed report the week before you cite it to silently degrade your offering for potential competitors is impressive."

Fun fact: this building was a 4 unit that sold for 975k in 2012.

Our internal data shows Claude is accelerating AI development—a possible path to recursive self-improvement, or AI autonomously building a more capable successor. It’s happening faster than we thought, and the implications deserve greater attention. anthropic.com/institute/recu…

*UBER SETS $1,500 MONTHLY CAP ON SOME AI CODING TOOLS FOR STAFF $UBER officially reeling in the Claude budget after blowing their AI budget earlier this year. Undoubtedly more companies to follow

yes. No accident that 2 of the 3 to 4 most sophisticated long term investors on earth have positioned to suck up public liquidity first (Google and Elon) I’d be very nervous if I was the lab thats raising last