Time Magazine appears to accidentally publish embargoed story confirming new Anthropic model
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Summary
San Francisco-based AI start-up Anthropic may be about to launch a new version of its Claude large language model (LLM), which has been codenamed ‘Neptune’.
This is according to a now-removed article on Time Magazine’s website, which had discussed the safety risks and mitigation measures surrounding the new model.
According to the article, the new Claude model, Claude 4 Opus, is sophisticated enough to assist beginners in creating bioweapons, but no specifics about the model have been released yet by Anthropic.
Further details are expected to be announced at 9.30am PT on Thursday 22nd May, during a livestream by the company.
Users of the platform X, a messaging tool used by many in the AI community, have been speculating about the new model’s release.