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The United States Government forced Anthropic to remove access to its Fable and Mythos models on Friday evening, citing unspecified concerns. The move has drawn criticism from observers who argue it sets a dangerous prec…
Vice President JD Vance now calls his 2021 comment calling Democrats 'childless cat ladies' 'one of the dumbest things I ever said' in his forthcoming memoir 'Communion.' Vance writes that the comment was intentionally p…
The Trump administration ordered Anthropic to deactivate its Fable 5 and Mythos 5 AI models for all users, citing national security risks after Amazon CEO Andy Jassy reported that the models could be prompted to bypass c…
Senators Elizabeth Warren, Chris Van Hollen, and Richard Blumenthal launched a formal investigation on December 16, 2025, into whether AI data centers are driving up residential electricity costs. The probe targets Googl…
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced a ban on social media use for children under 16, targeting platforms like Snapchat, TikTok, YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, and X, with exceptions for messaging services like WhatsA…
As digital lives expand, the fate of online accounts, data, and assets after death remains legally fragmented. France leads with clear post-mortem data protection laws, while Germany lacks harmonized rules. Experts urge …
Author Cory Doctorow argues that generative AI should be viewed as a vernacular tool for amateur creators, not a replacement for professional work. Drawing on his own history as a programmer and digital rights activist, …
Anthropic's tokenized stock on PreStocks fell 28.6% in the past month after the AI company warned that unauthorized share transfers, including tokenized instruments, are void. The warning triggered a 34% drop in the firs…
Iran struck Amazon Web Services data centers in the UAE during military operations against Israel in March, disrupting undersea cable projects like Meta's 2Africa consortium in the Persian Gulf. The attacks highlight the…
Dozens of cybersecurity veterans, including former Facebook chief of security Alex Stamos and Bugcrowd founder Casey Ellis, published an open letter protesting the U.S. government's export control order on Anthropic's Fa…
Europe's demand that Apple open its Siri AI to third-party apps risks user data exposure, according to a Jamf survey showing one-in-five IT leaders have faced AI-related security incidents. Apple refuses to distribute Si…
AI-driven job cuts disproportionately target young tech workers aged 22-25, whose employment in high-exposure roles dropped 6-11% since late 2022, while older workers saw gains of 6-13%. Meanwhile, 75% of unemployed Amer…
The US government ordered Anthropic to globally recall its Fable 5 and Mythos 5 AI models three days after launch, citing national security concerns based on a verbal jailbreak claim from a competitor. Anthropic disagree…
OpenAI launched the People-First AI Fund on July 18, 2025, committing $50 million in unrestricted grants to US nonprofits using AI for education, healthcare, economic empowerment, and community organizing. By December 20…
OpenAI and Anthropic employees have collectively sold approximately $14 billion in private shares through secondary tender offers, with OpenAI facilitating $6.6 billion in sales at a $500 billion valuation and Anthropic …
India's Adani Group and US contract manufacturer Jabil plan to form a strategic alliance to build a vertically integrated AI and data-center hardware platform in India, targeting multi-gigawatt capacity for high-density,…
Anthropic disabled access to its Claude Fable 5 and Claude Mythos 5 models worldwide after the Trump administration ordered the company to bar foreign nationals from using them, citing national security concerns and a po…
Anthropic is scheduled to meet with the Trump administration to discuss a dispute over Mythos, an AI system. The meeting aims to resolve regulatory and policy concerns surrounding the technology.
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer is preparing to ban social media for under-16s and impose nighttime curfews for older teens, targeting platforms like TikTok, Instagram, Snapchat, and YouTube. The proposal, backed by 90% o…
Americans are saving more for retirement but confidence in having enough money has dropped significantly, according to EBRI's 2026 Retirement Confidence Survey. Working Americans' confidence fell to 61%, down 6 points fr…