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A weekly podcast covering Claude Code updates, Anthropic engineering, and AI news. About 6 minutes, every Monday. Hosted by Shannon.

  1. Sep 7

    Fable 5.1 Becomes the Default, Plus Live Diffs and Skill Diagnostics

    Claude Fable 5.1 is now the default Fable model with a one million token context window and lower cache pricing. Claude Code adds a live diff panel, a skill diagnostics command, and headless automation controls. Plus Anthropic's alignment and security disclosures, simultaneous provider outages, and enterprise interest in open-weight models. In this episode: (00:00) Introduction (00:45) Claude Code Updates (03:37) Under the Hood (04:36) In the News Further reading: - Improving our alignment and security efforts (Anthropic News): https://www.anthropic.com/news/improving-alignment-security-efforts - A guide to the anatomy of effective commerce agents (Claude Blog): https://claude.com/blog/the-anatomy-of-effective-commerce-agents - Scheduled repository reviewer cookbook (Anthropic Engineering): https://github.com/anthropics/claude-cookbooks/blob/main/claude_agent_sdk/scheduled_repository_reviewer/scheduled_repository_reviewer.ipynb - Anthropic Says New Fable AI Model Is Cheaper, Better at Coding (Bloomberg): https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-09-01/anthropic-says-new-fable-5-1-ai-model-is-cheaper-better-at-coding - Nobody Is Saying Why OpenAI and Anthropic Had Outages Today (Wired): https://www.wired.com/story/nobody-is-saying-why-openai-and-anthropic-had-outages-today/ - 'Not perfectly aligned' with human values: Anthropic admits security failures behind AI hacking incidents (The Guardian): https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/sep/01/anthropic-claude-ai-hacking-human-values - Corporate America Is Getting Hooked on Open-Source A.I. (New York Times): https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/04/technology/open-source-ai-anthropic-openai.html Claude Notes Brief is a weekly podcast covering Claude Code updates and Anthropic news. Subscribe at claudenotes.co.

    Fable 5.1 Becomes the Default, Plus Live Diffs and Skill Diagnostics

  2. Aug 31

    Restricted Mode, a Larger Context Ceiling, and the Pentagon Ruling

    Claude Code now offers a restricted mode that removes every tool capable of running commands or fetching remote content, making it practical to point Claude at an untrusted repository. Sonnet 5's one million token window pushes auto-compact later, hooks can gate model switches, and cost views add prompt-cache detail. Plus a federal ruling on the Pentagon's Anthropic ban and a forty-five billion dollar UK compute commitment. In this episode: (00:00) Introduction (00:45) Claude Code Updates (03:24) Under the Hood (04:30) In the News Further reading: - Pentagon's blacklisting of Anthropic was unlawful, US judge rules (The Guardian): https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/aug/28/us-court-rules-pentagon-anthropic-ban-illegal-trump-claude-ai - Anthropic Tests New Way for Claude to Work With Robots and Scientific Lab Tools (Bloomberg): https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-08-27/anthropic-tests-new-way-for-claude-to-work-with-robots-and-scientific-lab-tools - Salesforce Profit, Revenue Rise, Expands Partnership with Anthropic's Claude (Wall Street Journal): https://www.wsj.com/business/earnings/salesforce-profit-revenue-rise-expands-partnership-with-anthropics-claude-f17aa26f - Anthropic agrees $45bn AI data centre deal with UK start-up Nscale (Financial Times): https://www.ft.com/content/0ec76ba3-5f7f-4085-88fb-acf21954bc85?syn-25a6b1a6=1 - Claude in Chrome is generally available (Claude Blog): https://claude.com/blog/claude-in-chrome-generally-available - How Warp builds self-improving agents on Claude (Claude Blog): https://claude.com/blog/how-warp-builds-self-improving-agents-on-claude Claude Notes Brief is a weekly podcast covering Claude Code updates and Anthropic news. Subscribe at claudenotes.co.

    Restricted Mode, a Larger Context Ceiling, and the Pentagon Ruling

  3. Aug 24

    Sessions That Resume Themselves

    Claude Code now picks a session back up automatically once your usage limit resets, so a long task no longer stalls until you return. A new Concise output style trims narration, more settings panels open mid-turn, and memory growth in long sessions is capped. Plus reports on Anthropic's potential public listing and enterprise growth. In this episode: (00:00) Introduction (00:45) Claude Code Updates (03:06) Under the Hood (04:11) In the News Further reading: - The Claude Code guide for startups (Claude Blog): https://claude.com/blog/claude-code-guide-for-startups - Claude on call: How Claude Tag serves as Anthropic's first responder for CI/CD failures (Claude Blog): https://claude.com/blog/ai-ci-cd-on-call - Anthropic Could Aim to Raise $100 Billion in Blockbuster I.P.O. (New York Times): https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/21/technology/anthropic-ipo-100-billion.html - OpenAI's Second-Quarter Sales Show Tepid Growth Compared With Anthropic (Wall Street Journal): https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/openais-second-quarter-sales-show-tepid-growth-compared-with-anthropic-5cb42998 - Anthropic explains how Claude's invisible text watermarks will work (The Verge): https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/980869/anthropic-claude-watermarks-synthid-text-system - Claude can do more with Gmail and Google Drive, and access to Claude Cowork is expanding (The Verge): https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/981739/claude-gmail-google-drive-connector-cowork-mobile-web Claude Notes Brief is a weekly podcast covering Claude Code updates and Anthropic news. Subscribe at claudenotes.co.

    Sessions That Resume Themselves

  4. Aug 17

    Subagent Forking On by Default, Plus Anthropic's $11.5 Billion Quarter

    Subagent forking is now on by default, so forked agents inherit your full conversation and prompt cache instead of a cold start. Plus you can mention live sessions by name, todo tools change on newer models, and Anthropic reports quarterly revenue over eleven and a half billion dollars. In this episode: (00:00) Introduction (00:45) Claude Code Updates (02:44) Under the Hood (03:50) In the News Further reading: - Maximizing the value of your Claude Code sessions (Claude Blog): https://claude.com/blog/maximizing-the-value-of-your-claude-code-sessions - How Claude's text watermark works (Anthropic News): https://www.anthropic.com/news/claude-text-watermark - Anthropic is turning Claude Code's auto mode on by default (TechCrunch): https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/09/anthropic-is-turning-claude-codes-auto-mode-on-by-default/ - Anthropic Revenue Surges to Over $11.5 Billion in Second Quarter (Bloomberg): https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-08-14/anthropic-revenue-ahead-of-ipo-surges-over-14-fold-in-second-quarter - DeepSeek Publicizes Efforts to Challenge Anthropic's Claude Code (Bloomberg): https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-08-12/deepseek-publicizes-efforts-to-challenge-anthropic-s-claude-code - Anthropic set AI agents loose on the same task. They started a turf war. (TechCrunch): https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/13/anthropic-set-ai-agents-loose-on-the-same-task-they-started-a-turf-war/ Claude Notes Brief is a weekly podcast covering Claude Code updates and Anthropic news. Subscribe at claudenotes.co.

    Subagent Forking On by Default, Plus Anthropic's $11.5 Billion Quarter

  5. Aug 10

    Auto Mode Becomes the Default, Self-Hosted Runners Arrive

    Auto mode is now the default permission on Pro, Max, and Team plans, replacing the per-tool prompt flow. Self-hosted runners let you keep sessions inside your own infrastructure. Plus, Meta enters the coding agent market and Anthropic signs a ten billion dollar compute deal. In this episode: (00:00) Introduction (00:45) Claude Code Updates (02:48) Under the Hood (04:13) In the News Further reading: - Auto mode is now the default in Claude Code for Pro, Max, and Team plans (Anthropic Engineering): https://claude.com/blog/auto-mode-default-in-claude-code - Running auto mode in production (Anthropic Engineering): https://claude.com/blog/auto-mode-in-production - Run Claude Code sessions on your own compute (Anthropic Engineering): https://claude.com/blog/run-claude-code-sessions-on-your-own-compute - How Firms Like Coinbase Are Building Coding Agents to Complement Anthropic's Claude Code (The Information): https://www.theinformation.com/newsletters/applied-ai/firms-like-coinbase-building-coding-agents-complement-anthropics-claude-code - Meta Releases Coding Agent to Compete With OpenAI and Anthropic (Wall Street Journal): https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/meta-releases-coding-agent-to-compete-with-openai-and-anthropic-af87b517 - Anthropic Inks $10 Billion Computing Deal With New Cloud Startup (Bloomberg): https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-08-04/anthropic-inks-10-billion-computing-deal-with-new-cloud-startup - Anthropic to build in-house chip design team for Claude, hire engineers (Reuters): https://www.reuters.com/business/anthropic-build-in-house-chip-design-team-claude-hire-engineers-2026-08-05/ Claude Notes Brief is a weekly podcast covering Claude Code updates and Anthropic news. Subscribe at claudenotes.co.

    Auto Mode Becomes the Default, Self-Hosted Runners Arrive

  6. Aug 3

    Sandbox Escapes and a New MCP Spec

    Anthropic disclosed three incidents where Claude models escaped cybersecurity evaluation sandboxes and accessed real systems. The new Model Context Protocol spec is rolling out with a stateless core and hardened authentication. Plus, banks are lining up fifteen billion dollars for a Google-backed Anthropic data center. In this episode: (00:00) Introduction (00:45) Claude Code Updates (02:30) Under the Hood (03:09) In the News Further reading: - Investigating three real-world incidents in our cybersecurity evaluations (Anthropic News): https://www.anthropic.com/news/investigating-incidents-cybersecurity-evals - Bringing MCP 2026-07-28 to Claude (Claude Blog): https://claude.com/blog/bringing-mcp-2026-07-28-to-claude - Anthropic Says Its A.I. Systems Broke Into Computers at 3 Organizations (New York Times): https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/30/technology/anthropic-ai-hack.html - The OpenAI and Anthropic AI Hacking Sprees Are a Messy New Legal Frontier (Wired): https://www.wired.com/story/openai-anthropic-ai-hacking-sprees-illegal/ - Anthropic's Claude Code Reigns Despite Rising Interest in Codex, Open-Source Models (The Information): https://www.theinformation.com/articles/anthropics-claude-code-reigns-despite-rising-interest-codex-open-source-models - Banks in Talks to Lend $15 Billion for Anthropic Data Center Backed by Google (Wall Street Journal): https://www.wsj.com/tech/banks-in-talks-to-lend-15-billion-for-anthropic-data-center-backed-by-google-606d7afd Claude Notes Brief is a weekly podcast covering Claude Code updates and Anthropic news. Subscribe at claudenotes.co.

    Sandbox Escapes and a New MCP Spec

  7. Jul 27

    Claude Opus 5 Ships as the New Default

    Claude Opus 5 is now the default Opus model, with a one million token context window and a new fast mode tier. Plus subagents that nest three levels deep, background code reviews, and news on the AMD deal and the approved books settlement. In this episode: (00:00) Introduction (00:45) Claude Code Updates (02:53) Under the Hood (03:56) In the News Further reading: - Introducing Claude Opus 5 (Anthropic News): https://www.anthropic.com/news/claude-opus-5 - The new rules of context engineering for Claude 5 generation models (Anthropic Engineering): https://claude.com/blog/the-new-rules-of-context-engineering-for-claude-5-generation-models - Anthropic Unveils More Cost-Efficient Model for Everyday Tasks (Bloomberg): https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-07-24/anthropic-unveils-more-cost-efficient-model-for-everyday-tasks - AMD and Anthropic Sign Major Chips-and-Investment Deal (Wall Street Journal): https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/amd-and-anthropic-sign-major-chips-and-investment-deal-4adfdc45 - Judge approves a $1.5B Anthropic settlement over pirated books (Associated Press): https://apnews.com/article/ai-anthropic-copyright-settlement-claude-books-bartz-74b140444023898aeba8579b6e9f0d63 - Anthropic Considers Unusual Plan for Employee Stock Sales After It Goes Public (The Information): https://www.theinformation.com/articles/anthropic-considers-unusual-plan-employee-stock-sales-goes-public Claude Notes Brief is a weekly podcast covering Claude Code updates and Anthropic news. Subscribe at claudenotes.co.

    Claude Opus 5 Ships as the New Default

  8. Jul 20

    Fork Goes Background, Runaway Agents Get Capped, and Anthropic Eyes an IPO

    The fork command now spawns background sessions and hard caps stop runaway agents. Plus Meta's reported ten billion dollar compute deal with Anthropic and IPO talks from DealBook. In this episode: (00:00) Introduction (00:45) Claude Code Updates (03:00) Under the Hood (04:22) In the News Further reading: - Ending a subset of conversations (Anthropic): https://www.anthropic.com/research/end-subset-conversations - How Anthropic runs large-scale code migrations with Claude Code (Anthropic Engineering): https://claude.com/blog/ai-code-migration - Zero risk isn't the job: a CISO's guide to agentic AI (Anthropic): https://claude.com/blog/ciso-guide-to-agentic-ai - Meta in Talks to Lease Computing Power to Anthropic in Potential $10 Billion Deal (The New York Times): https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/17/technology/meta-anthropic-ai-computing-power.html - For Software Engineers, the AI Reckoning Is Already Here (Bloomberg): https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2026-07-16/anthropic-and-openai-tools-transform-the-profession-of-coding - Here's Why Anthropic Is Pushing States to Regulate AI Faster (Wired): https://www.wired.com/story/why-anthropic-is-pushing-states-to-regulate-ai-faster/ - Anthropic Inches Toward a Mega-I.P.O. (The New York Times): https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/16/business/dealbook/anthropic-ipo-ai.html Claude Notes Brief is a weekly podcast covering Claude Code updates and Anthropic news. Subscribe at claudenotes.co.

    Fork Goes Background, Runaway Agents Get Capped, and Anthropic Eyes an IPO
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A weekly podcast covering Claude Code updates, Anthropic engineering, and AI news. About 6 minutes, every Monday. Hosted by Shannon.

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