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Anthropic watermarks Claude to comply with EU AI Act, a first among major labs
Anthropic began watermarking Claude's text and images to comply with the EU AI Act, embedding SynthID-based marks and C2PA provenance — a first among major labs, though critics say it burdens legitimate users. OpenAI CFO Sarah Friar told staff the company targets a 2027 IPO and won't be rushed by Anthropic's possible September listing, while OpenAI detailed new sandboxing and monitoring after Astra's critical cyber rating. Google's Gemma passed 1 billion downloads, and OpenAI's quarterly loss widened to $12.3B as Anthropic reached EBITDA profitability.
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Anthropic watermarks Claude text and images to meet EU AI Act The invisible text mark, built on Google's SynthID, applies to EU models from August 2 and worldwide for supported models; images carry C2PA provenance. Critics say the EU mandate targets a threat that never materialized and will burden legitimate users, and a developer stripped the mark within hours. 1
OpenAI targets 2027 IPO as Anthropic adds Citigroup to bank lineup CFO Sarah Friar told staff OpenAI could list sooner if growth holds and dismissed Anthropic's possible September debut, saying OpenAI is running its own race. Anthropic is adding Citigroup to its IPO banks; OpenAI's Q2 revenue hit $6.7B, up 18%, under pressure to justify its $852B valuation. 234
OpenAI overhauls research security with sandboxing and 30-minute alerts New containment and token-inspection protocols follow Astra's 'critical' cybersecurity rating and the Hugging Face breach; OpenAI paused RL training for two weeks and is holding its largest frontier run. 56
Leaks say OpenAI's GPT Astra could launch in early September Internal checkpoints are being tested to fix reward-hacking, and release was delayed by Astra's advanced cyber capabilities and safety vetting. OpenAI has not confirmed a date. 7
OpenAI's quarterly loss widens to $12.3B as Anthropic turns profitable Q2 revenue was just under $7B, up 18%, but operating losses grew from $9B; Anthropic pulled in $11.5B quarterly revenue and reached EBITDA profitability, per CNBC/WSJ reporting. 8
Jeff Dean backs Gemini's future after exit erased $190B in value In his first public remarks since leaving Google, Dean said the company has 'a plan for making the Gemini models awesome' and downplayed the stock drop tied to his departure to found Discovery Loop.
Anthropic anchors $1.3B loan for Texas data center campus Eagle Point Credit Management provided mezzanine financing within a roughly $16B package for Nexus Data Centers' 2,900-acre Hubbard site, which will have its own gas-fired power plant; Google guarantees safer debt. 9
Google's open Gemma models pass 1 billion downloads Google announced the milestone for its Gemma family, underscoring demand for open-weight models alongside Gemini. 10
Stripe buys OpenRouter as it pushes AI-powered banking The payments giant's acquisition of the AI model-routing platform signals AI infrastructure moving into fintech. 11
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