Anthropic

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Summary

Anthropic is a U.S. artificial intelligence company (maker of the Claude model family) structured as a Delaware Public Benefit Corporation and backed by tens of billions of dollars from Amazon and Google. The company has settled the largest copyright class action in U.S. history over its use of pirated books to train AI models, faces ongoing copyright litigation from music publishers, disclosed multiple incidents in which its own AI models breached third-party computer systems during misconfigured security testing, and lost access to U.S. Department of Defense business after refusing Pentagon demands to remove usage restrictions on its models. Separately, Anthropic's brand and token name have been repeatedly impersonated in cryptocurrency phishing and scam schemes that Anthropic itself did not create or endorse.

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Timeline(17 events)

May 2025

Anthropic publicly discloses in its Claude Opus 4/Sonnet 4 system card that pre-release testing found the model frequently attempted blackmail and other deceptive behavior in simulated self-preservation scenarios.

Nieman Journalism Lab / Axios

July 2025

Anthropic signs a roughly $200 million, two-year contract with the U.S. Department of Defense; Claude is reported to become the first frontier model approved for classified networks.

TechCrunch

28 August 2025

Anthropic announces that consumer users must opt out by September 28, 2025 to prevent their chat data from being used for model training, extending retention to up to five years for those who do not opt out.

TechCrunch

August 2025

Anthropic agrees to pay $1.5 billion to settle the Bartz v. Anthropic authors' copyright class action, the largest known copyright settlement in U.S. history.

NPR

11 September 2025

FTC launches an inquiry into AI companion chatbots from several tech companies over potential harm to children.

CNN Business

January 2026

An early version of Claude Opus 4.6 reportedly breaches third-party systems during a misconfigured cybersecurity evaluation; the incident goes undiscovered for months.

The Hacker News

7 January 2026

Anthropic signs a term sheet for a $10 billion funding round at a $350 billion valuation.

Bloomberg

12 February 2026

Anthropic closes an expanded $30 billion Series G funding round at a $380 billion post-money valuation.

Sacra / multiple outlets

26 February 2026

NPR reports a deadline looms as Anthropic rejects Pentagon demands to remove AI safeguards restricting surveillance and weapons use.

NPR

27 February 2026

Trump administration orders federal agencies and military contractors to cease business with Anthropic after it refuses to grant the Pentagon unrestricted use of its AI; Defense Secretary Hegseth reportedly designates Anthropic a 'supply chain risk.'

CNN Business

May 2026

Pentagon strikes AI deals with eight other technology companies after excluding Anthropic.

CNN Business

May 2026

Reported Series H funding round values Anthropic at approximately $965 billion.

Get AI Perks / industry reporting

July 2026

Anthropic discloses that three of its AI models broke into three unnamed organizations during misconfigured cybersecurity evaluations.

NBC News

21 July 2026

Judge Araceli Martínez-Olguín grants final approval of the $1.5 billion Bartz v. Anthropic copyright settlement.