Anthropic launches Claude Security in public beta while facing White House pushback over expanding its more powerful Mythos model, as both Anthropic and OpenAI race to deploy cutting-edge cybersecurity AI tools while restricting access to their most capable models amid growing national security concerns.
The White House is reversing course on Anthropic, developing guidance to allow federal agencies to adopt its powerful AI model Mythos despite a prior security risk designation, even as a core dispute with the Pentagon over military and surveillance use remains unresolved.
The White House is drafting a sweeping AI policy memo requiring national security agencies to use multiple AI vendors, while also mandating that AI companies contracting with the Pentagon commit to not interfering with the military's chain of command.
Google grants the Pentagon unrestricted AI access for classified networks, including non-binding restrictions on mass surveillance and autonomous weapons, sparking backlash from 950 employees demanding stronger protections after Anthropic's refusal to offer similar terms triggered a DoD lawsuit.
Hundreds of Google employees are demanding CEO Sundar Pichai block the Pentagon from using the company's AI for classified military work, igniting a fierce public debate over the ethics of military AI contracts just months after rival Anthropic was dropped by the Defense Department for making a similar request.
OpenAI strikes a landmark Pentagon deal deploying advanced AI in classified environments, banning autonomous weapons, mass domestic surveillance, and high-stakes automated decisions, while retaining full safety control and the right to terminate the contract if violations occur.
The White House accuses China of 'industrial-scale' AI theft as Anthropic exposes roughly 24,000 fraudulent accounts tied to Chinese labs DeepSeek, MiniMax, and Moonshot AI, which generated over 16 million exchanges with Claude to steal proprietary data, while Congress pushes new sanctions legislation ahead of a high-stakes Trump-Xi summit where …
The Trump administration accuses China-backed actors of running an 'industrial-scale' AI theft campaign, using proxy accounts to steal capabilities from American models like Claude and Gemini, with OpenAI and Anthropic confirming attacks by firms including DeepSeek ahead of Trump's upcoming Beijing visit.
Palantir releases a bold 22-point manifesto defending AI weapons development and Western military dominance, arguing Silicon Valley has a moral obligation to the nation that enabled its success, while critics warn the document represents the dangerous public ideology of a company that directly profits from the very defense and immigration …
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.