Vol. I · No. 19FRI, MAY 8, 2026
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Are there Humans at Anthropic Support? Claude support is a joke: I paid €80, lost my work, and their AI refused to give me a human

I just went through one of the most infuriating support experiences with Claude / Anthropic, and I need to get this off my chest. I paid extra for Claude Design credits, about €80 worth, and used them to create actual designs I needed for work. Then those designs just vanished. Not “hard to find,” not “moved somewhere else”: gone. Completely disappeared after I paid for the service. I opened support and immediately asked for a refund or, at the very least, to speak to a human. What I got instead was Fin, the AI “agent,” which looped me endlessly through the same bullshit: “Try clearing cac...

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Christian content creators are outsourcing AI slop to gig workers on Fiverr

In the beginning, platforms like Fiverr were places where people could hire freelancers to do specialized creative labor using skills that took years to develop. In the age of generative AI, though, many of these gig workers have embraced the technology in order to meet clients' demands. These workers' profiles emphasize that they can quickly (and cheaply) whip up images and videos of just about anything. But often, what their clients are looking for are dramatic animations inspired by the Christian Bible. On TikTok, YouTube, Instagram, and Facebook it is very easy to stumble across AI-genera...

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Opus 4.7

Reddit discussion about Claude Opus 4.7 with no substantive details provided.

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[ECCV 2026] Review Discussion [D]

ECCV reviews should be out by 2nd May. Since no exact time was specified this year, they’ll likely be released sometime within the next 48 hours. Hopefully, the reviews go well for everyone. We can use this thread to discuss them, as I haven’t seen one started yet.

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Microsoft wants lawyers to trust its new AI agent in Word documents

Microsoft is launching a new AI agent inside Word that's specifically designed for legal teams. Legal Agent handles document edits, negotiation history, and complex documents to help legal teams handle tasks like reviewing contracts. "Instead of relying on general AI models to interpret commands, the agent follows structured workflows shaped by real legal practice, managing clearly defined, repeatable tasks like reviewing contracts clause by clause against a playbook," explains Sumit Chauhan, corporate vice president of Microsoft's Office Product Group. The Legal Agent can work with existing ...

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