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.

By Carl Franzen

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