Anthropic Begins Custom AI Chip Effort, Holds Talks With Samsung

AI company Anthropic has begun early-stage work on its own AI chip and is in talks with Samsung Electronics as a potential manufacturing partner. First reported through people familiar with the matter and picked up by outlets including TechCrunch, the move reflects Anthropic's push to gain more control over the costly computing systems behind its Claude models, following OpenAI's lead in developing custom silicon.