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Anthropic Opens 10,000 Free and Discounted Claude Seats for Scientists, Expands Research Credit Program

Anthropic is offering 10,000 free and discounted Claude Team seats to scientists at academic and nonprofit institutions, with pricing locked for one year. The company is also expanding its AI for Science credit program beyond biology to fields like mathematics and engineering, providing up to $50,000 in API credits per project. The move includes new model restrictions for life sciences and the beta launch of Claude Science workbench.

Aug 285 minNeura News

Industry

Kevin Weil, Bill Peebles Leave OpenAI Amid Side Cuts

OpenAI sees departures of Kevin Weil, head of science research, and Bill Peebles, creator of AI video tool Sora. The moves align with the company's pullback from side projects like Sora, which shut down last month after high compute costs, and OpenAI for Science, now merging into other teams. Srinivas Narayanan, CTO for enterprise apps, also plans to leave for family time.

Apr 173 minNeura News

Industry

Kevin Weil Leaves OpenAI as Science Team Decentralizes

Kevin Weil, OpenAI's former chief product officer, is departing the company after leading its OpenAI for Science initiative. OpenAI is shutting down the Prism web app and moving its 10-person team under the head of Codex. The changes come amid executive shakeups and a company refocus on key areas like enterprise and coding ahead of an IPO.

Apr 173 minNeura News