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Claude

Also known as: Anthropic's Claude

Claude — AI chatbot used to forecast 2026 FIFA World Cup outcomes alongside other generative AI systems.

2026-05-252026-08-18

In coverage

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  1. August 2026
  2. The Standard

    What are Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini and other models good at? I have noted that, just like cars or browsers, we get attached to an AI model.

    Physical AI is the route to industrialisation lest we forget!
  3. Citizen Digital

    In a sign of tightening competition against Gemini, China's DeepSeek, and its San Francisco rival Anthropic, which makes Claude, ChatGPT's market share for AI assistants fell below 50 percent in the first half of the year, according to research firm Sensor Tower, which uses compa

    Google's Gemini AI assistant reaches one billion users
  4. Citizen Digital

    Meta has poured billions of dollars into its AI division, known as Meta Superintelligence Labs, as it attempts to keep up with OpenAI and Anthropic -- the makers of ChatGPt and Claude, respectively.

    Meta pushes global AI vision amid race with OpenAI, Anthropic and China
  5. July 2026
  6. Citizen Digital

    He used artificial intelligence services Claude and ChatGPT to seek out new ways to communicate.

    India's Gen Z protesters adapt to internet shutdown
  7. Citizen Digital

    OpenAI, the creator of ChatGPT, and its rival Anthropic, maker of Claude, dispatched their own teams of engineers among client sites this spring, partnering with major investment funds.

    Microsoft, AWS deploy engineers to client companies to help adopt AI
  8. June 2026
  9. Citizen Digital

    support the argument, federal prosecutors presented testimony from Pentagon AI chief Cameron Stanley in which he states, under oath, that Grok is already in use within Project Maven, the US military's AI-assisted targeting program that was initially powered by Anthropic's Claude

    Elon Musk's AI tool Grok was used in strikes against Iran: US govt
  10. Citizen Digital

    REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File photo Audio By Vocalize When a US judge found fabricated quotes in a lawyer's brief earlier this year, the attorney admitted he had used Claude, an artificial intelligence chatbot, to write the document.

    Courts cracking down on AI-assisted legal briefs
  11. Citizen Digital

    Audio By Vocalize ChatGPT and Claude are betting on Spain. Le Chat from France's Mistral reckons Les Bleus will clinch it.

    AI replaces Paul the Octopus for 2026 World Cup tips
  12. Citizen Digital

    OpenAI's move follows a confidential filing by Anthropic, the maker of the Claude chatbot, which announced last Monday that it had taken the same step.

    OpenAI makes move to go public one week after rival Anthropic
  13. May 2026
  14. Citizen Digital

    || []; _taboola.push({ mode: 'thumbnails-m', container: 'taboola-mid-article-thumbnails', placement: 'Mid Article Thumbnails', target_type: 'mix' }); Anthropic is in a legal battle with the US military after refusing to change its internal policy prohibiting the use of its Claude

    Pope to release major artificial intelligence manifesto

Today

  1. Physical AI offers route to Kenya's industrialisation goals

    An opinion piece argues that artificial intelligence, which relies on processing data from multiple sources through computer chips and data centres, mimics natural intelligence and should be leveraged as a pathway to industrialisation in Kenya.

    7 hours ago · The Standard

Wednesday 12 August

  1. Google's Gemini AI assistant reaches one billion users

    Google CEO Sundar Pichai announced that Gemini has surpassed one billion monthly users, making it the company's fastest-growing product ever and the 14th Google product to reach a billion users. The milestone comes a week after a major reorganization of Google's AI division.

    12 August 2026 · Citizen Digital

Tuesday 11 August

  1. Meta chief outlines AI strategy amid competition with China

    Mark Zuckerberg published an essay on the future of artificial intelligence calling for the US to compete against China, prevent "government tyranny" over AI, and ensure "superintelligence" technology becomes available to everyone. He argues the solution includes "open" weight models that allow users to download the rules governing how an AI system behaves, contrasting with competitors like OpenAI and Anthropic that focus on closed AI models.

    11 August 2026 · Citizen Digital

Saturday 25 July

  1. India's Gen Z protesters adapt to internet shutdown

    Young people protesting in New Delhi over education system changes and exam irregularities found workarounds like peer-to-peer messaging when India's government cut mobile internet services for eight hours within 1.5 kilometres of the protest site.

    25 July 2026 · Citizen Digital

Friday 3 July

  1. Microsoft and AWS deploy engineers to help clients adopt AI

    Microsoft launched Microsoft Frontier Company, backed by $2.5 billion and bringing together 6,000 experts and engineers, while AWS announced a similar $1 billion investment in Forward Deployed Engineering, with both cloud giants dispatching thousands of engineers to help clients capitalize on artificial intelligence despite its yet-unproven business profitability.

    3 July 2026 · Citizen Digital

Wednesday 17 June

  1. US government reveals Grok AI used in Iran military strikes

    The US Department of Justice revealed in a legal briefing that Elon Musk's AI tool Grok was used in strikes against Iran. The disclosure came in defense of gas turbines powering xAI's data center, which is the subject of an environmental lawsuit; federal prosecutors cited Pentagon AI chief Cameron Stanley's testimony that Grok is already in use within Project Maven, the US military's AI-assisted targeting program.

    17 June 2026 · Citizen Digital

Monday 15 June

  1. Courts cracking down on lawyers using AI to write briefs

    A US judge fined a lawyer and ordered mandatory AI training after finding AI-generated fabricated quotes in a legal brief; the incident is part of a rising tide of AI "hallucinations" in legal documents that courts are now working to curtail.

    15 June 2026 · Citizen Digital

Saturday 13 June

  1. AI chatbots predict 2026 World Cup winners ahead of tournament

    Generative AI chatbots including ChatGPT, Claude, and others are being used to forecast the 2026 FIFA World Cup outcomes, with different systems predicting Spain, France, and Argentina as victors. The trend marks the first World Cup with widely available AI systems making predictions, a departure from Paul the Octopus, who gained fame for divining World Cup winners in 2010.

    13 June 2026 · Citizen Digital

Tuesday 9 June

  1. OpenAI files to go public, one week after Anthropic

    OpenAI has confidentially submitted an S-1 registration statement to US securities regulators, following Anthropic's similar filing the previous week. Both companies are seeking to raise capital for expansion, though OpenAI said it has not decided on timing for any potential debut.

    9 June 2026 · Citizen Digital

Monday 25 May

  1. Pope releases manifesto on artificial intelligence ethics

    Pope Leo XIV will release an encyclical titled "Magnifica Humanitas" addressing ethical and social challenges posed by artificial intelligence, with experts including Anthropic's co-founder present at the Vatican presentation. The Pope has previously denounced the militarization of AI, warning against delegating life-and-death decisions to machines.

    25 May 2026 · Citizen Digital

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