The AI company Anthropic was likely not in the public lexicon just a month ago. But it is now.
The AI company has long been known within tech circles for its popular Claude AI assistant and coding tools. But a whirlwind sequence of events in February thrust the company into the public eye more than ever. Case in point: Anthropic’s Claude app dethroned OpenAI’s ChatGPT to claim the top spot in Apple’s iPhone App Store over the weekend.
The increased visibility comes as the company has been locked in a high-stakes public feud with the Pentagon over its safety guardrails. But even in the weeks before, updates to its Claude tool stoked concerns about AI’s impact on the software industry, sending…