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Claude Code changelog

Release notes for Claude Code, including new features, improvements, and bug fixes by version. This page is generated from the CHANGELOG.md on GitHub. Run `claude --version` to check your installed version. * Added a "Dynamic workflow size" setting in `/config` for controlling how large Claude generally makes dynamic workflows (small/medium/large agent counts) — an advisory guideline, not an enforced cap * Added `workflow.run_id` and `workflow.name` OpenTelemetry attributes to telemetry emitted by workflow-spawned agents, so a workflow run's activity can be reconstructed from OTel data * Fixed a crash in the inline Ctrl+R history search when accepting or cancelling while the search was still scanning the history file * Fixed `/rename` on background sessions being reverted when the job…

LeRobot v0.6.0: Imagine, Evaluate, Improve

Building Safeguards For Claude

Anthropic is an AI safety and research company that's working to build reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems.

Monitoring

Learn how to enable and configure OpenTelemetry for Claude Code. Track Claude Code usage, costs, and tool activity across your organization by exporting telemetry data through OpenTelemetry (OTel). Claude Code exports metrics as time series data via the standard metrics protocol, events via the logs/events protocol, and optionally distributed traces via the traces protocol. Configure your metrics, logs, and traces backends to match your monitoring requirements. Configure OpenTelemetry using environment variables: export CLAUDE_CODE_ENABLE_TELEMETRY=1 export OTEL_METRICS_EXPORTER=otlp # Options: otlp, prometheus, console, none export OTEL_LOGS_EXPORTER=otlp # Options: otlp, console, none export OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_PROTOCOL=grpc export OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT=http://localhost:4317

Agent SDK reference - TypeScript

Complete API reference for the TypeScript Agent SDK, including all functions, types, and interfaces. npm install @anthropic-ai/claude-agent-sdk The SDK bundles a native Claude Code binary for your platform as an optional dependency such as `@anthropic-ai/claude-agent-sdk-darwin-arm64`. You don't need to install Claude Code separately. If your package manager skips optional dependencies, the SDK throws `Native CLI binary for not found`; set `pathToClaudeCodeExecutable` to a separately installed `claude` binary instead. When you compile your application into a single-file executable with `bun build --compile`, the SDK cannot resolve the bundled CLI binary at runtime. `require.resolve` does not work inside the compiled executable's `$bunfs` virtual filesystem, so the SDK throws `Native CLI…

Alberta Government Claude Cybersecurity

The Government of Alberta has been using Claude Code with both Opus and Sonnet models to review its systems, find vulnerabilities, and fix them.

PRX Part 4: Our Data Strategy

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The ‘first’ AI-run ransomware attack still needed a human

An AI agent carried out the technical execution of a real-world ransomware attack for the first known time, but new details show a human still chose the victim, set up the infrastructure, and supplied stolen credentials — meaning it wasn't quite the fully autonomous cybercrime debut that last week's headlines suggested.

US investors will soon get access to SK Hynix, another memory maker riding the AI boom

SK Hynix is experiencing a boom credited to AI. It will ride that to a multibillion-dollar U.S. IPO, expected to take place on Friday.

Why A.I. Won’t Give Us a Four-Day Workweek

The very leaders rhapsodizing about a shorter workweek are demanding more time, not less, from their employees.

NATO Needs Turkey

The war in Ukraine and Trump’s disregard for the alliance have generated a new appreciation of what Turkey brings to the table.

Vercel CEO Guillermo Rauch on the fight to split off models from agents

"The reality is, when you're optimizing for production, you start looking at a price/performance," Guillermo Rauch tells TechCrunch.

You can now customize Siri’s pace and expressivity in the latest iOS 27 beta

The update is part of Apple's broader effort to make Siri feel more natural and personal, as it rebuilds the assistant around generative AI.

Every major tech layoff in 2026 that has name-checked AI

A running look — in reverse chronological order — at the bigger tech companies that have announced significant layoffs this year with AI as a stated factor.

Your family’s $300 stake in OpenAI

This story originally appeared in The Algorithm, our weekly newsletter on AI. To get stories like this in your inbox first, sign up here . OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s oft-discussed promise that Americans will share in the wealth AI creates was in the news again last week. On Thursday, the Financial Times reported that Altman is in talks with President Trump about giving the US government a 5% stake in OpenAI. In some ways, Altman’s plan is old news. He wrote about a more radical version of this back in 2021 , proposing that all companies above a certain valuation (not just AI companies) pay 2.5% of their market value each year into a fund that sends Americans annual disbursements. In April this year, OpenAI described a narrower proposal that closely resembles what Altman is reportedly…

What Are Safe A.I. Use Cases for Toddlers?

"Use it to enhance, not replace," advises Dr. Dana Suskind, an early learning specialist who appeared on the "Hard Fork" podcast to share her advice on using A.I. to parent young children.

If you use Google, you’re training its AI. Here’s how to opt out.

Consider this a belated PSA: A recent change to Google’s privacy settings is allowing the company to store more of your data, including media such as "images, files, and audio and video recordings," to improve its AI models.

Secret Claude tracker shocks users after Anthropic’s anti-surveillance stance

Anthropic quickly removed a tracker secretly monitoring Claude Code users in China after a security researcher exposed the hidden code and condemned the spyware-like tracking as a "serious breach of user trust." Last week, a web developer known as "Thereallo" was researching privacy issues in Claude Code and was shocked to find that the AI firm was using "prompt steganography" to hide code that tracks Chinese users "in plain sight." This code wasn't malicious, but it was sending information to Anthropic that most users wouldn't detect, relying on shorthand markers to quietly flag users' timezone, proxy, and potential connection to Chinese AI labs that Anthropic has accused of distillation attacks . On X, Anthropic engineer Thariq Shihipar confirmed that the tracker was added to Claude…

Alibaba’s A.I. Is a Hit, but Hard to Turn Into a Moneymaker

The Chinese company’s models have won over developers worldwide, but they are open source — so they can be used and modified freely.

Why A.I. Distillation Has Become a Hot Topic in the Race with China

U.S. companies complain that competitors in China are unfairly copying their A.I. systems using a technique that has been around for years.

I spy

I’m just doing my job, but turns out, it feels lousy holding other people’s privacy in your hands. I've long argued that Hollywood has simultaneously set and ruined our expectations for smart glasses . But after binge-watching two seasons of Netflix's A Man on the Inside , this is perhaps the first time I've seen Hollywood, perhaps inadvertently, illustrate the biggest cultural problem with smart glasses as they stand today. In a nutshell, Ted Danson plays Charles Nieuwendyk, an elderly widower who finds a new purpose working for a private investigator. Armed with a pair of Ray-Ban Meta-like glasses, a voice recorder, and a smartphone, Nieuwendyk infiltrates a retirement home, and several privacy-infringing hijinks ensue as he hunts for t … Read the full story at The Verge.

Microsoft lays off nearly 5,000 employees across Xbox, commercial sales

Microsoft cut around 4,800 roles, or 2.1% of its global workforce, on Monday — the latest in a series of layoffs that’s stoking fears of AI replacing jobs. The layoffs will hit Xbox and commercial sales the hardest.

Reddit is using LLMs to solve a problem LLMs largely created

In the AI era, platforms have no choice but to fight fire with fire to cull spam.

‘Who Should I Vote for?’ Voters Turn to A.I. Before Casting Their Ballots

It takes effort to be an informed citizen. Artificial intelligence tools offer an alluring shortcut — but they’re not without risk.

Microsoft Lays Off Thousands of Xbox Employees, Closes Game Studios

The layoffs were part of wider cuts at Microsoft, as the company prioritizes spending on artificial intelligence.

UK regulator warns of "arms race" to keep up with AI use in financial services

Regulators are in an "arms race" to keep up with the use of artificial intelligence in financial services, a senior UK official has warned, with millions of people using the technology to help them make personal finance decisions. Sheldon Mills, an executive director at the Financial Conduct Authority, told the FT the watchdog would need greater powers to stay on top of the rapid growth of AI and urged UK authorities to review whether the use of ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and other large language models should be subject to their rules. Speaking ahead of the publication on Monday of an FCA-commissioned report he has written on the impact of AI in financial services, Mills said regulators in the area would have to embrace AI themselves to keep up with the "speed, pace, and scale of change"…

Microsoft is laying off 4,800 employees

Satya Nadella in February 2026. | Photo by Sven Hoppe / picture alliance via Getty Images A year after cutting around 9,100 employees , Microsoft is making further layoffs today as it begins its new financial year. The software maker is laying off around 4,800 employees today, approximately 2.1 percent of its workforce. Most of the employees affected by today's cuts are in Microsoft's commercial sales business or the company's Xbox division. In an internal memo to employees, Amy Coleman, executive vice president and Microsoft's chief people officer, blamed the job losses on a changing technology industry and the "need to adjust resources and roles and shift how we operate" to respond to how AI is impacting companies like Microsof … Read the full story at The Verge.

Station F ramps up as a launchpad for Europe’s hottest AI startups

Station F, a Paris-based startup hub founded by French billionaire Xavier Niel, is gearing up for a new edition of its F/ai accelerator program in a bid to strengthen its positioning as a stepping stone for promising AI startups.