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Upstage CEO Sung Kim cited Anthropic's compliance with US export controls by disabling its Fable 5 and Mythos 5 models worldwide as evidence that countries must develop sovereign AI capabilities. Kim argued that dependen…
Two small-town Texas mayors, Jim Jaska of Ross and Charles Wilson of Lacy Lakeview, are divided over a proposed $10 billion AI data center by Infrakey, as Lacy Lakeview moves to annex the site and collect up to $50 milli…
Security leaders are racing to govern AI agents before production deployment, but most lack a clear stack. A new framework identifies four essential primitives: an identity-aware proxy for real-time authentication and lo…
The White House is expected to reject the UK's request for an exemption from a ban on foreign access to Anthropic's advanced AI models, Fable 5 and Mythos 5, over security concerns. The dispute has exposed Britain's depe…
Shadow AI—the unapproved use of AI tools at work—poses a significant security and compliance risk, with over 80% of workers using unapproved AI tools and 58% of executives reporting an AI-related security incident in the…
Anthropic faces a proposed class-action lawsuit alleging its Claude Max 5x and Max 20x subscriptions deliver far less usage than advertised. Plaintiff Karl Kahn claims the $200 Max 20x plan provides only six to eight tim…
Kazakhstan and the United Kingdom signed a Memorandum of Understanding to strengthen archival cooperation, focusing on digital innovation, AI, and professional training. The agreement was signed by Aliya Mustafina and Jo…
Chinese AI startup DeepSeek completed a funding round of more than $7 billion, pushing its valuation above $50 billion, with investors including Tencent and Contemporary Amperex Technology. The round is among the largest…
The G7 summit in Evian entered its second day with leaders focusing on AI safety, digital security, and online child protection, while cryptocurrency and digital assets were notably absent from the agenda. The absence si…
Anthropic suspended access to its Fable 5 and Mythos 5 models for all customers after the US government issued an export control directive citing a potential jailbreak that could identify software vulnerabilities. The mo…
An audit by NewsGuard found that Mistral AI's chatbot, Le Chat, repeated state-sponsored disinformation from Russia, China, and Iran 50% of the time in English and 56.6% in French, marking a significant increase from a 3…
A developer argues that while AI is not conscious, it is increasingly functioning as a form of unconscious cognition, shaping human behavior and decision-making in ways that mimic the psychological unconscious. The piece…
YouTube is cracking down on AI-generated "slop" content, leading faceless creators to hire hosts or show their own faces to comply with new policies. Some creators have lost significant revenue, while others adapt by usi…
Export controls on AI models like Fable 5 are harming US cyber defense by preventing defenders from using AI to fix security bugs, according to researchers. The controls block defensive prompts that are essential for fin…
The Economist profiles the world's leading economists who have fully embraced artificial intelligence, known as 'AI-pilled' economists, highlighting their influence on economic policy and research.
Tyler Cowen and Alexander Tabarrok published a Marginal Revolution post on June 16, 2026, warning that regional AI champions like France's Mistral could create political leverage and cross-border dependence across Europe…
A U.S. federal judge dismissed with prejudice a trade-secret lawsuit by Elon Musk's xAI against OpenAI, ruling that xAI failed to show OpenAI induced a former engineer to disclose confidential information during recruitm…
A translator working on an AI safety awareness flyer for schools in northern Nigeria found that key terms like 'deepfakes' and 'prompt' have no direct equivalents in Hausa, forcing approximations that risk losing meaning…
OpenAI projected $34 billion in spending on R&D, sales, and marketing in 2025 as it prepares for an IPO that could value it at $1 trillion, according to the Financial Times. The AI company reported $13 billion in revenue…
Cybersecurity expert Chris Hughes discusses the rise of machine identities and agentic AI, emphasizing the need for new security measures to maintain trust as systems gain autonomy in enterprises.