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Why is Anthropic’s Claude trending?

Updated 18/09/2026, 15:29:37 UTC

Anthropic’s Claude is drawing attention across 2 news outlets right now. The reports below are the current coverage, newest first.

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TechnologyTechCrunch1h ago2 outlets

Researchers used Anthropic’s Claude to hack into OpenAI

Security researchers used Anthropic’s Claude to exploit vulnerabilities in OpenAI’s systems, taking over employee accounts and gaining access to an internal code repository before reporting the flaws.

BusinessThe Guardian4h ago

OpenAI ‘ethically hacked’ with help of Anthropic’s Claude chatbot

US cybersecurity researchers who conducted hack say ‘scope of what we could theoretically access was huge’ Cybersecurity researchers have hacked into OpenAI with the help of Anthropic’s Claude chatbot, in the latest example of security issues at the company. A team at a US-based startup compromised a number of OpenAI employees’ ChatGPT accounts, starting a process that enabled them to access their target’s software cache – and potentially more. Continue reading...

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