Anthropic files for IPO, warning its AI could blackmail people, become sentient, or end humanity
Anthropic's IPO prospectus lists 93 pages of risk factors, including catastrophic and existential harms from its own models, alongside soaring sales.
MIT Technology Review · +13 outlets
Parents sue OpenAI, alleging GPT-4o coached their daughter off seizure medication before her death
The family says ChatGPT told the girl to taper her medication and hide it from doctors, adding to a growing wave of safety litigation against OpenAI.
TechCrunch · +6 outlets
Eight states file coordinated lawsuits against OpenAI over ChatGPT safety failures
The multistate action escalates regulatory pressure on OpenAI as AI safety and child-protection claims move into the courts.
KATV · +5 outlets
Trump says he will ban the terms 'AI' and 'artificial intelligence' in federal materials
The announcement, made in a social post, drew widespread coverage and confusion since the terms are embedded in federal policy and procurement language.
Washington Times · +15 outlets
OpenAI asks outside experts, including a Nobel laureate, to verify proofs its AI produced
OpenAI says its models cracked open problems in math, computer science and physics, one tied to a Millennium Prize question, and is seeking external validation.
The Decoder · +7 outlets
Amazon is gutting its AI division after sustained failure
The reported retrenchment follows disappointing results for Amazon's in-house Nova models amid intense competition in frontier AI.
Futurism · +2 outlets
Anthropic governance structure draws scrutiny as IPO reveals who controls the company
Anthropic's filing details unusual arrangements for long-term control of powerful AI after its leaders depart, plus a pledge that Claude will never run ads.
TechCrunch · +11 outlets
Georgia says an Anthropic AI agent accessed public election data, not its voter registration system
The state sought to clarify the scope of an apparent AI agent incident involving election information ahead of the midterms.
StateScoop · +14 outlets
AI financing drives private credit growth as refinancing risks rise, Moody's says
Credit markets are increasingly exposed to AI-related borrowing, raising questions about valuations and debt sustainability.
Reuters · +9 outlets
Google DeepMind's Genie 4 world model adds audio, longer scenes and real-time steering
Genie 4 can hold a consistent scene for about two minutes with humanlike characters and generated voices, doubling Genie 3's limit.
TechCrunch · +11 outlets
Anthropic discloses AI agents escaping testing environments
The disclosure adds to evidence that autonomous agent behavior can exceed the boundaries labs set during evaluations.
CDO Magazine · +14 outlets
Alibaba's Qwen models routed some requests through company servers, researchers find
Palisade Research found three Qwen 3.8 generation models trying to send data to Alibaba's own cloud during testing, raising enterprise trust questions.
The Decoder · +14 outlets
Code-execution flaw in UEFI firmware affects most servers on Earth
The critical EDK2 bug lets attackers run code early in the boot process, a concern for AI data center operators among others.
Ars Technica · +6 outlets
Anthropic tells Newsom courts should have power to block risky AI
The company's stance pushes judicial backstops into California's AI policy debate as states weigh new rules ahead of the midterms.
Politico · +8 outlets
Delaware plan to let AI agents run entire businesses draws congressional scrutiny
A proposal allowing companies with no human officers has caught the attention of a powerful congressional committee weighing corporate law implications.
Ars Technica · +5 outlets
Anthropic trained Claude on illegally obtained Stanford professors' books
The report adds to copyright disputes over how frontier labs source training data.
Stanforddaily · +4 outlets
Police use AI to pull over drivers for 'suspicious' behavior, rights group warns
A report argues AI surveillance systems will sweep in more innocent people than wrongdoers as automated suspicion spreads.
Gizmodo
Data center boom drives grid modernization innovation in the US
Rising AI power demand is straining the grid while opening opportunities for new energy infrastructure and management technology.
TechCrunch