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Anthropic uses an unpublished AI model called "Model 2" internally

Anthropic is reportedly running an unpublished internal AI model, called 'Model 2', that is more powerful than any publicly available version of Claude, according to The Decoder. The report underscores that frontier labs may keep their strongest models out of public release.

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Anthropic uses an unpublished AI model called "Model 2" internally: Anthropic is reportedly running an unpublished internal AI model, called 'Model 2', that is more powerful than any publicly available version of Claude, according to The Decoder. The report underscores that frontier labs may keep their strongest models out of public release.