Ode With Anthropic

The White House has reversed course and restored the UK's AI Safety Institute's early access to AI models from Anthropic, Google DeepMind, and OpenAI. The reversal follows diplomatic pressure after the Trump administration had told companies to stop sharing models with the British agency in September.

Policy • The Decoder

Google has launched Gemini 4 Argon, its long-awaited frontier model, claiming it can compete with the best in the industry. The model is now available worldwide through the Gemini app, Google Antigravity, and the API, with aggressive pricing, though independent benchmarks reportedly trail Anthropic's Claude Opus 5.5 and Meta's Muse Wonder Full.

AI Models • The Verge AI

Anthropic released a report arguing that the open-source model GLM-5.3 poses a major cyberattack risk, with its core concern being the model's potential for misuse. The report fuels the ongoing debate about the benefits of open models versus their potential security risks.

AI Safety • MIT Technology Review

Meta and Microsoft are sharply cutting their use of Anthropic's Claude, with Microsoft slashing its monthly per-employee budget in its cloud division from $100,000 to $10,000 and Meta halving its Claude Code users to 30,000. The pullback comes as Anthropic transforms from a partner into a competitor.

Business & Industry • The Decoder