Anthropic plans to adjust advanced model data retention policies to allow enterprises to self-host

According to Bloomberg, Anthropic plans to adjust the data retention policies of its most advanced artificial intelligence model to give enterprise customers greater control over their data. The company expects to launch a new security system later this year, and enterprise customers will still need to keep the data for 30 days, but they can choose to do it on their own cloud computing infrastructure instead of storing it on Anthropic servers. According to people familiar with the matter, the system has been in preparation for several months and has been developed in coordination with more than 100 customers in highly regulated industries.

Anthropic announced in June that it will retain all customer data for 30 days for its more powerful Mythos, Fable models, and future cutting-edge products to identify and prevent new cyber attacks using its technology, while stating that the data will not be used for training. The company acknowledged in a recent report that the policy may not be popular with customers who are accustomed to zero reservations and may affect business. Anthropic declined to comment. Competitor OpenAI also recently began testing a solution called “private secure processing” to avoid customer data retention, and plans to launch it more widely in September.