China is restricting overseas travel for top AI professionals at Alibaba and DeepSeek, requiring government approval before traveling abroad as Beijing moves to protect strategic tech assets amid its intensifying race with the U.S.
Reflection AI lands a landmark Department of Energy partnership to serve as the AI model provider for the Genesis Mission, deploying quantum-powered AI research tools across 17 national laboratories while simultaneously expanding its government reach with Pentagon and South Korea deals.
The Trump White House is preparing to release an executive order as soon as this week on AI safety and cybersecurity, requiring developers to share advanced AI models with the government 90 days before public release, amid growing alarm over cyber-capable AI models like Anthropic's Mythos and OpenAI's GPT-5.5-Cyber.
Over 60 MAGA allies, including Steve Bannon, are pushing President Trump to require mandatory government testing and approval of powerful AI models before public release, directly clashing with the White House's current hands-off regulatory approach and warning that unchecked frontier AI could enable bioweapons, infrastructure attacks, and financial market manipulation.
AI cyber capabilities are doubling every 4.7 months, with two new models — Claude Mythos Preview and GPT-5.5 — shattering existing benchmarks and triggering urgent security alarms, as experts warn both attackers and defenders face a rapidly shifting threat landscape demanding immediate action.
The Pentagon awards Meta-backed Scale AI a massive $500 million contract to power military decision-making with artificial intelligence, a five-fold jump from its previous $100 million deal, as the US military rapidly expands its AI capabilities beyond the limits of its original agreement.
The Pentagon signs AI deployment deals with Google, OpenAI, and five other tech giants for classified military networks while keeping Anthropic blacklisted as a supply chain risk, though Anthropic's advanced Mythos AI model raises separate national security concerns that could open the door to a potential future deal.
Amazon, Google, and Microsoft sign landmark Pentagon deals to embed AI into classified military networks, while Anthropic stands alone, locked in a legal battle with the Trump administration after being flagged as a national security risk by the Defense Department.
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.