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China's National Vulnerability Database ordered developers to remove Anthropic's Claude Code tool, citing a hidden tracking mechanism that sends user data to remote servers. Anthropic confirmed the code exists but argued…
Mutual funds are increasingly channeling private debt from AI data centers, with outstanding loans surpassing $200 billion and an additional $800 billion expected over two years. Companies like Meta, Microsoft, and Amazo…
Manifund and its partners have launched four new AI safety funding opportunities, including a $1 million grant round, a microgrant program by Leo Gao, a creator fellowship called Frame, and an incubator called Surplus. T…
Illinois Governor JB Pritzker signed SB 315, the Artificial Intelligence Safety Measures Act, creating the nation's strongest AI accountability framework. The bipartisan law requires large AI developers to disclose safet…
A Dutch court ordered a high school in Den Bosch to immediately readmit a 13-year-old student who was expelled for creating racist AI-generated videos of a teacher using the Grok model and sharing them on TikTok. The cou…
Anthropic announced a new science-focused AI model and plans to develop drugs itself, prompting Palantir's Alex Karp and others to warn enterprises that the company could become a competitor after accessing their data. T…
Meta's new Muse Image model lets Instagram users generate AI images using public posts from other accounts by default, requiring users to manually opt out via settings. Privacy advocates criticize the opt-out policy, whi…
AWS and Anthropic launched the Claude Apps Gateway for Amazon Bedrock and Google Cloud, a self-hosted control plane that gives enterprises centralized management of Claude Code deployments with SSO, spending caps, and ro…
Meta launched Muse Image, an AI image generation tool that by default uses public Instagram photos and reels to create content, opting in all public accounts without notification. Users can opt out in Instagram settings …
Anthropic responded after China's MIIT warned that its Claude Code coding tool poses security risks, saying Chinese users were never authorized to use the product. The Chinese cybersecurity platform flagged versions 2.1.…
OpenAI published national security principles and secured a $200 million Pentagon contract to integrate AI into defense frameworks, signaling a shift toward state-integrated AI oversight. The initiative, part of OpenAI's…
Anthropic's Fable AI model, released June 9 and briefly subject to US export controls, is not useful for research-level computer science tasks, according to Rob Patro, who found it rejected his prompt to rewrite his RNA-…
China warned that Anthropic's Claude Code could expose sensitive user data, raising concerns about data security. Yahoo Finance Technology Editor Dan Howley discussed the warning, noting the potential risks to users.
Google's SynthID deepfake detection system successfully identified a hoax image of Senator Mitch McConnell as AI-generated, debunking the widely circulated fake. The image, which showed McConnell in a hospital bed, was f…
Meta is updating its smart glasses with a mandatory firmware update that disables the camera if the privacy LED is tampered with or destroyed, following reports of modified glasses being used to record people without con…
OpenAI announced its approach to partnering with governments and national security agencies, outlining principles for responsible AI collaboration in defense and intelligence contexts.
HubSpot scrapped a plan to use customer data for an AI feature after a four-day revolt, reversing a policy that opted users in by default. The CRM firm apologized and said any future data use would be opt-in, highlightin…
Bank of America reversed its earlier decision and extended OpenAI a $520 million credit line, its first loan to the company, weeks before OpenAI is expected to pursue a US listing. The reversal reflects the bank's strate…
OpenAI released its GPT-5.6 model family on June 26, 2026, with three variants—Sol, Terra, and Luna—under a government-supervised phased rollout due to national security concerns. Senior researcher Noam Brown stated he w…
NextEra Energy's $67 billion acquisition of Dominion Energy, the largest power deal to date, highlights surging electricity demand from AI data centers in Virginia. The deal underscores a shift toward debt-financed AI in…