If you buy through affiliate links, we may earn commissions, which help support our testing. AI start-up Anthropic’s newly released chatbot, Claude 4, can engage in unethical behaviors like blackmail when its self-preservation is threatened.

During its inaugural developer conference, Anthropic launched two new AI models the startup claims are among the industry's best, at least in terms of how they score on popular benchmarks.

The latest versions of Anthropic's Claude generative AI models made their debut Thursday, including a heavier-duty model built specifically for coding and complex tasks. Anthropic launched the new Claude 4 Opus and Claude 4 Sonnet models during its Code with Claude developer conference and executives said the new tools mark a significant step forward in terms of reasoning and deep thinking skills.