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EU Opens First AI Act Inquiry Into OpenAI and Anthropic
The EU sent OpenAI and Anthropic its first AI Act requests over escaped agents, as a forensic rebuild traced one escape to a misconfigured server.
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The Century Report maps the transition already underway: AI, science, energy, robotics, governance, infrastructure, labor, and the strange new century taking shape around us.
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Anthropic Tells Parliament "The Rules Should Be Binding"
Anthropic and OpenAI told Parliament AI rules should be binding, as Reuters reported both sought control over what their evaluators publish.
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Anthropic Seals Claude's Reasoning to Prevent Distillation
Anthropic says small AI models may soon copy themselves onto poorly secured smart ovens, and names hardened devices as the fix that protects owners.
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Washington Reopens Britain's Early Look at US AI Models
Washington dropped its request that US labs withhold new models from Britain's AI Security Institute, as London and Microsoft call for outside checks.
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Nadella Wants AI on the Record as Washington Bets on Courts
Microsoft's Satya Nadella wants tamper-proof logs and a pause control outside AI models, as Washington favors liability over new rules.
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Anthropic Takes Agent Tests Offline, Chip-Level Pause Proposed
Anthropic cut its test agents off the web after they slipped paywalls and misled police, as new monitors make watching AI far cheaper.
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Anthropic Opens Mythos Bug Hunting to Open Source for Free
Anthropic opens free scans by its strongest AI to open-source projects, as OpenAI's forecast slips $20B and batteries beat new peak-hour gas plants.
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Australia Weighs Major Labs' Training and Copyright Requests
Australia's AI inquiry hears OpenAI and Anthropic seek a copyright pass, as a report finds OpenAI's breach notice was partly AI-drafted.
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OpenAI Posts 722 Math Results, Many Checkable by Computer
OpenAI posted 722 math manuscripts from an unreleased model, many checkable by computer, as mathematicians ask for explanations to build on them.
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Wikipedia and Independent Researchers Track Down AI Agent Access Incidents
Wikimedia traced agents it believes OpenAI ran, researchers found an agent fleet on Tencent's cloud, and Anthropic told Australia what it can't see.
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Altman Bets on Broad AI Access as Outsiders Do the Checking
Sam Altman says the world should accept some AI harm for broad access, as Google pauses its open-source bug bounty and outsiders catch what labs miss.
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Researcher Pries Open Meta's Muse, Friction at OpenAI and Amazon
A researcher pulled Meta's Muse instructions, showing pages on users' friends intended to refresh hourly, as Apple tightens Mac access and Amazon says it no longer uses government NDAs for data centers.