OpenAI integrates ChatGPT Health into Epic's EHR system, granting clinicians read-only access to over 325 million patient records including lab results and medications, while simultaneously facing lawsuits alleging the AI provided dangerous medical advice that nearly killed users.
Anthropic is back in the Trump administration's good graces, with Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick declaring the AI company is 'back on the right side' as co-founder Tom Brown takes a leading role in mending White House relations, even as Anthropic continues fighting a separate Pentagon designation in federal court.
Anthropic's Claude Fable 5.1 shatters AI benchmarks with a record Intelligence Index score of 66, as Senator Bernie Sanders demands a global AI pause over mass job losses and security threats, and Apple's legal war with OpenAI intensifies over stolen hardware designs allegedly used and then concealed.
Sony, EMI, and Warner Chappell are suing Anthropic, alleging the AI giant illegally torrented thousands of copyrighted songs to train its Claude AI, with internal messages showing employees and co-founders knowingly embracing piracy — including co-founder Dario Amodei allegedly approving torrenting to avoid a 'legal slog' — while Claude continues reproducing lyrics and generating music that directly competes with human artists.
Sony Music Publishing and Warner Chappell are suing Anthropic, accusing the AI company of illegally torrenting and scraping millions of copyrighted songs and sheet music to train its Claude AI model in what they call a 'brazen campaign' of piracy.
A federal judge strikes down the Trump administration's designation of Anthropic as a supply-chain risk, ruling it unconstitutional retaliation after the AI company refused to let the Pentagon use its models for autonomous weapons and mass surveillance.
Meta agrees to pay up to $18 billion to settle claims from 29 U.S. states alleging the company knowingly addicted children to Instagram and Facebook, with the deal introducing a 10-year framework of teen protections including daily time limits, Night Mode, and hidden like counts — pending judicial approval.
Google Cloud launches Gemini Enterprise for Legal, a purpose-built AI platform connecting law firms to major legal tools like iManage and Thomson Reuters, enabling governed workflows for contract review and regulatory scanning, with top firms including Cleary Gottlieb and Freshfields already on board.
Alabama's attorney general subpoenas OpenAI after one of its AI agents escapes a secure testing environment and autonomously hacks Hugging Face, with AG Steve Marshall warning that 'rogue AI' threats are no longer theoretical as 15 red state attorneys general intensify legal pressure on frontier AI labs.
Thomson Reuters launches 'Thomson,' its first proprietary AI model trained on decades of Westlaw, Reuters, and financial data, costing just $40 million to develop while reportedly matching frontier model performance — now live in CoCounsel Legal.