ANTHROPIC TAKES THE LEAD
Anthropic just leapfrogged OpenAI with a new version of its model, Claude Opus 4.8. The update beats most major benchmarks, especially on coding, using computers, and financial analysis, and it’s better at admitting uncertainty instead of guessing. Alongside Opus 4.8, Anthropic announced a huge funding round — $65 billion — that values the company around $965 billion, […]











