Anthropic briefs the Trump administration on its new Mythos AI model, deemed too dangerous for public release due to its powerful cybersecurity capabilities, as co-founder Jack Clark emphasizes government transparency on advanced AI is critical for national security.
Anthropic and OpenAI are clashing over Illinois AI liability bill SB 3444, with Anthropic opposing it as a dangerous shield protecting companies from accountability in mass casualty events, while OpenAI supports it as a harmonized safety framework — and Governor JB Pritzker signals he may side with skeptics.
Claude Mythos Preview becomes the first AI to complete a complex 32-step corporate network attack simulation, succeeding 3 out of 10 attempts and achieving a 73% success rate on expert-level cybersecurity challenges that no AI could previously solve, alarming security experts who urge organizations to strengthen basic cyber defenses immediately.
Pioneering AI futurist Ray Kurzweil doubles down on his 1999 prediction that AGI will arrive by 2029, declaring early signs are already emerging and that fierce AI competition will transform nearly every industry, making the next decade 'absolutely fantastic' for human knowledge.
AI adoption soars to 88% and safety incidents surge to 362 as Stanford's HAI 2026 report exposes a deepening trust crisis, with 73% of AI experts optimistic while only 23% of the public shares their confidence.
OpenAI is backing an Illinois bill that would protect AI companies from liability for mass casualty events caused by their models, drawing fierce backlash from policy experts and 90% of Illinois residents who oppose such exemptions.
Anthropic, the $380 billion AI company behind Claude, sparks controversy after consulting Christian leaders to help build a morally sound chatbot, raising urgent questions about religious exclusivity and whether AI could ever be considered a 'child of God.'
A federal appeals court upholds the Pentagon's blacklisting of AI company Anthropic, keeping it barred from defense contracts after negotiations collapsed over the DOD's demand for unrestricted model access and Anthropic's refusal to allow its Claude AI in autonomous weapons or domestic mass surveillance systems.
OpenAI launches a Child Safety Blueprint in partnership with child protection organizations, as AI-generated child sexual abuse cases surge over 8,000 in early 2025, outlining urgent steps to strengthen detection, legislation, and built-in AI safeguards against exploitation.
Anthropic deploys Claude Mythos Preview, a powerful AI model deemed too dangerous for public release, in a $100M cross-industry initiative called Project Glasswing, partnering with AWS, Apple, Google, Microsoft, and CrowdStrike to identify and fix critical software vulnerabilities before malicious actors can exploit them.