Anthropic Puts 5% of Its Shares Into a Public Benefit Fund

Anthropic said on October 18, 2026 that it will move 5% of its shares into the Anthropic Public Benefit Fund, a new entity the company wholly owns. The board can add up to 2% more for every 50% rise in Anthropic's value over a baseline it has not published yet. None of it can go to lobbying or political donations. Anthropic named donations and AI's effect on jobs as uses. For people who use Claude, nothing changes: models, prices and limits stay the same. Stockholders still have to approve the plan. Read more ↗

Update: OpenAI Refunds API Credits Lost in OpenCode Breach

Update: OpenAI will refund API credits drawn in the OpenCode Console breach, Thibault Sottiaux, who leads Codex at OpenAI, said on X on October 19, 2026. News Desk reported the breach on Saturday. Some affected users report unauthorized charges of about $170 to $1,700, but OpenCode has not confirmed that any key was used. The refund covers OpenAI only. Anyone who saved an Anthropic or Google key in Console should cancel it at that company, because deleting a key in Console does not turn it off. Read more ↗

Anthropic Will Close Standalone Claude Design by December 14

Anthropic will shut down the standalone Claude Design site at claude.ai/design by December 14, 2026. The notice appears in Claude Code version 2.1.302, released October 16. Anyone with projects there has about eight weeks to download a copy before the site closes. read the changelog ↗

Gradient Publishes Zero2Repo, a Test of Building Software From Scratch

Gradient Data released 17 public tasks for Zero2Repo, its coding test, on October 19, 2026. Each task gives an AI coding agent a written plan and an empty folder. Hidden tests then check the result. Gradient says 18 combinations of AI model and agent software solved between 1 and 15 tasks, and none solved all 17. That gives readers a way to compare tools on building a whole program, though the scores are Gradient's own measurements. Read more ↗

ai-job-search Runs a Job Hunt Through Claude Code

ai-job-search gained 5,742 stars on GitHub this week. The free project uses Claude Code, Anthropic's coding assistant, to rate job postings, change a CV to fit each job, write cover letters and practice for interviews. Your files stay on your own computer, not on a job site's servers. Read more ↗