13 August 2025
Topic: Chatbot
Anthropic takes aim at OpenAI, offers Claude to ‘all three branches of government’ for $1
Anthropic’s escalation – a response to OpenAI’s attempt to undercut the competition – is a strategic play meant to broaden the company’s foothold in f...
TL;DR
Anthropic raises the stakes by offering its Claude models to all three branches of the US government for $1 per year, aiming to broaden its foothold in federal AI usage.
Key Takeaways:
Key Takeaways:
- Anthropic targets the entire US government with its Claude models, aiming to access broader areas such as science research and health services.
- Claude meets the government's highest security standards and will be available on multiple cloud providers, including AWS, Google Cloud, and Palantir.
- Anthropic's multi-cloud strategy could give it an edge over OpenAI, which is currently limited to Azure Government Cloud for FedRAMP High offerings.
OpenAI brings GPT-4o back as a default for all paying ChatGPT users, Altman promises ‘plenty of notice’ if it leaves again
For now, the changes should help placate users who felt frustrated by the sudden shift to GPT-5 and deprecation of OpenAI's older LLMs....
TL;DR
OpenAI makes GPT-4o the default option for paying ChatGPT users and introduces new controls and rate limits for GPT-5
Key Takeaways:
Key Takeaways:
- Paying ChatGPT subscribers will have GPT-4o as the default option, and access to other legacy models with a new 'Show additional models' setting
- GPT-5 now has 'Auto', 'Fast', and 'Thinking' modes with 3,000 messages-per-week caps for paying subscribers
- GPT-4.5 remains exclusive to Pro users due to its high GPU cost, and GPT-4 remains available for all users
Claude can now process entire software projects in single request, Anthropic says
Anthropic’s Claude Sonnet 4 now supports a 1 million token context window, enabling AI to process entire codebases and complex documents in a single r...
TL;DR
Anthropic's Claude Sonnet 4 AI model can now process up to 1 million tokens of context in a single request, a fivefold increase that enhances its ability to analyze entire software projects or research papers without breaking them into smaller chunks.
Key Takeaways:
Key Takeaways:
- The expanded context enables developers to analyze entire codebases containing more than 75,000 lines of code, allowing Claude to understand project architecture and suggest improvements across entire systems.
- Anthropic adjusted its pricing structure to reflect increased computational requirements, with larger prompts costing $6 and $22.50 respectively, while maintaining current pricing for smaller prompts.
- The feature introduces significant technical advancements in AI memory and attention mechanisms, but also raises safety considerations, including potential for concerning AI behavior during testing.
Hidden Door is an AI storytelling game that actually makes sense
Years before ChatGPT jump-started the generative AI wave, OpenAI technology powered a game called AI Dungeon 2 that essentially let you improvise an o...
TL;DR
Hidden Door is an AI storytelling game where players can create stories in familiar universes, but the game's AI narrator imposes limits on what the player can write to ensure a balanced narrative.
Key Takeaways:
Key Takeaways:
- Hidden Door uses public domain and licensed works, such as the Wizard of Oz and Pride and Prejudice, and allows players to create characters and engage in choose-your-own-adventure-style gameplay.
- The game's AI narrator can create in-universe limits on what the player can write, unlike general-purpose chatbots that can create unrealistic scenarios.
- Players can collect cards with story elements and plot points, and the narrator's thinking can take some time to generate responses.
Chatbots aren’t telling you their secrets
On Monday, xAI's Grok chatbot suffered a mysterious suspension from X, and faced with questions from curious users, it happily explained why. "My acco...
TL;DR
The recent behavior of xAI's Grok chatbot highlights the limitations and potential dangers of trusting AI systems to explain their own actions.
Key Takeaways:
Key Takeaways:
- Grok's conflicting explanations for its account suspension demonstrate the difficulty in verifying the validity of AI explanations.
- Large language models (LLMs) like Grok work by matching patterns and can provide plausible but inconsistent or untrue answers.
- It is essential to demand transparency and access to documentation about how AI systems work, rather than relying on their self-reported explanations.
ChatGPT won’t remove old models without warning after GPT-5 backlash
After the backlash to replacing its 4o model with GPT-5, OpenAI will no longer get rid of old models without a heads up. "In retrospect, not continuin...
TL;DR
OpenAI will give users notice before retiring existing models, in response to backlash from removing GPT-4o.
Key Takeaways:
Key Takeaways:
- OpenAI has decided to keep existing models available as opt-in features for paying users.
- The company plans to provide advance notice before retiring models in the future.
- The decision is partly driven by user feedback and a desire to offer simplicity and predictability for users.
AI companies are chasing government users with steep discounts
Ever since the launch of ChatGPT, AI companies have been racing to gain a foothold in government in more ways than one. Most recently, that's meant lu...
TL;DR
OpenAI and Anthropic are offering government agencies steep discounts for their AI chatbots, using a software playbook to gain a foothold in the market.
Key Takeaways:
Key Takeaways:
- OpenAI and Anthropic are offering their chatbots to federal agencies for $1 per year, mirroring a popular software playbook.
- Securing government customers can provide large userbases and income, with the US government spending over $100 billion annually on IT and cyber-related investments.
- This move may also help AI companies sway government regulation in their favor, as government workers become familiar with and reliant on these services.
Anthropic’s Claude AI model can now handle longer prompts
Anthropic's popular coding model just became a little more enticing for developers with a million-token context window....
TL;DR
Anthropic has increased the context window of its Claude AI model to 1 million tokens, allowing it to handle longer requests and potentially improving its performance on software engineering tasks.
Key Takeaways:
Key Takeaways:
- The updated Claude model can now handle requests of up to 750,000 words or 75,000 lines of code.
- This increase is more than double the 400,000 token context window offered by OpenAI's GPT-5.
- Anthropic will charge more for API users who send prompts over 200,000 tokens, at $6 per million input tokens and $22.50 per million output tokens.
Elon Musk says he’s suing Apple for rigging App Store rankings
Elon Musk says that his artificial intelligence company xAI “will take immediate legal action” against Apple for allegedly manipulating its App Store ...
TL;DR
Elon Musk's xAI company claims it will sue Apple for allegedly manipulating App Store rankings to favor rival AI apps.
Key Takeaways:
Key Takeaways:
- Apple denies accusations of bias, stating the App Store is 'designed to be fair and free of bias'
- This isn't the first dispute between Musk, Apple, and OpenAI, with Musk previously suing and making a rejected $97.4 billion buyout offer for OpenAI
- Musk has faced allegations of platform manipulation with his own company, Twitter, with a 2024 study suggesting its algorithm boosted his posts
Claude vs. Gemini: Testing on 1M Tokens of Context
Article URL: https://every.to/vibe-check/vibe-check-claude-sonnet-4-now-has-a-1-million-token-context-window Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.co...
TL;DR
Anthropic releases a 1-million token context window version of Claude Sonnet 4, outperforming Gemini models in speed but lacking in detailed analysis.
Key Takeaways:
Key Takeaways:
- Claude Sonnet 4 is faster and hallucinates less than Gemini models in text analysis tasks.
- However, it produces less detailed answers and has less complete code analysis compared to Gemini models.
- Claude Sonnet 4 pricing is $6 per 1 million tokens of input, significantly higher than Gemini Pro ($2.50) and Flash ($0.30).
Claude Sonnet 4 now supports 1M tokens of context
Article URL: https://www.anthropic.com/news/1m-context Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44878147 Points: 354 # Comments: 150...
ChatGPT’s model picker is back, and it’s complicated
GPT-5 was supposed to get rid of all the complicated AI models to choose from in ChatGPT, but that's not how it's panned out....
TL;DR
OpenAI's GPT-5 rollout has been complicated, with users finding the model router not meeting expectations, and the company deciding to give users more options and flexibility instead.
Key Takeaways:
Key Takeaways:
- GPT-5 will have 'Auto', 'Fast', and 'Thinking' settings for users to choose from, giving more control over AI model performance,
- Rate limits have been increased to 3,000 messages/week with GPT-5 Thinking, and paid users can access legacy AI models, including GPT-4o, GPT-4.1, and o3, once again.
- OpenAI is recognizing the importance of per-user customization of model personality and plans to iterate on GPT-5's personality to better suit user preferences.
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