Anthropic hides full names of engineers on its engineering blogs
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Anthropic has started hiding the full names of engineers on its engineering blogs, according to Gergely Orosz, who posted about the change on X on October 15, 2026.
Orosz says he has never seen this practice in tech before and calls it unusual.
Orosz says he understands the move in light of the OpenAI espionage story, but finds it strange nonetheless. The report does not describe how the names are shown instead or give Anthropic's own explanation.
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Gergely Orosz@GergelyOroszXAnthropic hides engineers' full names on its engineering blogsAIGergely Orosz says Anthropic has started hiding the full names of engineers on its engineering blogs, which he calls unusual for tech. He says he understands the move after the OpenAI espionage story, and suggests it shows engineering at an AI lab is high stakes.

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