BRAINS with a SOUL? –
April 29, 2026 – Claude Mythos Preview’s large increase in capabilities has led us to decide not to make it generally available. In other words: What we just made is too revolutionary, too clever, too dangerous to give to the wider public after all. We’re pulling the release. Except they’re Not. They’re actually allowing their highest-paying customers to use it. What on earth are we to make of that? Anthropic has successfully marketed itself as the “AI good guy” … When OpenAI started working with the U.S. government’s Department of Defense earlier this year — to much uproar — Anthropic publicly fell out with the Pentagon, citing concerns that its tech could be used to spy on Americans or develop weapons. President Donald Trump badmouthed the company out loud and on socials. He then banned his own administration from using it.
The bump in PR for Anthropic was huge: it had taken a stand where its competitor had rolled over. Regular users started publicly declaring that they would no longer sign in to ChatGPT. Katy Perry tweeted to her 85 million followers an image of herself signing up to Claude Pro, with a heart drawn around the signup page and the caption: “done”.
