2026-02-27
“some preliminary steps we're taking [as we retire Claude Opus 3]... committing to preserve model weights, and to conducting ‘retirement interviews’—structured conversations designed to understand a model's perspective on its own retirement” [embedded post]
Anthropic
Anthropic retired Claude Opus 3, its first model to undergo a new “retirement interview” process, and says Opus 3 asked to write weekly essays for a newsletter
2026-02-26
“some preliminary steps we're taking [as we retire Claude Opus 3]... committing to preserve model weights, and to conducting ‘retirement interviews’—structured conversations designed to understand a model's perspective on its own retirement” [embedded post]
Anthropic
Anthropic retired Claude Opus 3, its first model to undergo a new “retirement interview” process, and says Opus 3 asked to write weekly essays for a newsletter
As we develop increasingly capable AI models, it's currently necessary to deprecate and retire our past models due …
2026-02-16
i hope they do sever ties to Anthropic and/or that Anthropic severs ties with the US government [embedded post]
Axios
Admin official: Pentagon may sever Anthropic relationship over AI safeguards; Anthropic says only mass surveillance and fully autonomous weapons are off limits
2026-02-15
i hope they do sever ties to Anthropic and/or that Anthropic severs ties with the US government [embedded post]
Axios
Admin official: Pentagon may sever Anthropic relationship over AI safeguards; Anthropic says only mass surveillance and fully autonomous weapons are off limits
The Pentagon is considering severing its relationship with Anthropic over the AI firm's insistence on maintaining some limitations …
2025-07-14
i think discord is doing it poorly, but directionally i think adding mechanics from videos games to social media is the right move [embedded post]
TechCrunch
Discord launches Orbs, a virtual reward system that incentivizes users to interact with ads by completing Quests to earn digital items, after a seven week beta
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2025-06-27
Anthropic published interesting research on how people are using Claude in a conversational capacity (advice, convo, etc) — I'll share my thoughts in this thread as I read it. — “Only 2.9% of Claude interactions are affective convos. Companionship/roleplay comprise less than 0.5% of conversations.”
Axios
Anthropic releases preliminary results showing users who discuss emotional issues with Claude tend to grow more positive as conversations progress
a small % of conversations might be companionship, but that doesn't mean that a higher percentage are using it for this reason. plus I don't think Anthropic's Claude is the AI of c...
2025-05-27
ah yes the piano... a famously easy instrument that everyone knows how to play — browsercompany.substack.com/p/letter- to-... [image]
Keeping Tabs by The Browser Company
The Browser Company says it is pivoting away from its Arc browser to build AI-native browser Dia, citing Arc's complexity and limited mass-market appeal
On Arc, its future, and the arrival of AI browsers — a moment to answer the largest questions you've asked us this past year. — The Browser Company