Anthropic accuses Chinese tech giant Alibaba of orchestrating a massive scheme using thousands of fake accounts to illegally access its Claude AI model, targeting advanced capabilities like software engineering and agentic reasoning, calling it the largest known attempt by a Chinese company to exploit a top US AI lab.
Anthropic is requiring select Claude users flagged for potential fraud to submit government IDs, selfies, and biometric face data starting July 8, sparking privacy concerns over data retention and the company's use of Thiel-linked verification firm Persona.
The Trump administration is demanding Anthropic make its AI models completely jailbreak-proof, a condition security experts say is technically impossible, escalating tensions between the White House and the AI company.
Anthropic's most powerful AI models, Mythos and Fable, are taken offline after the Trump administration imposes export controls, alleging the company knowingly deployed jailbreak-vulnerable models in violation of a cyber executive order, with high-stakes meetings now underway between Anthropic and top government officials.
KPMG pulls its AI report after major organizations including UBS, the NHS, and Transport for London deny its claims, with research group GPTZero identifying the errors as AI hallucinations, raising serious questions about whether the consulting giant used unverified AI-generated content in a report about AI itself.
A coalition of state attorneys general has launched a major investigation into OpenAI, with New York issuing a subpoena targeting data practices, child safety, deceptive advertising, and model sycophancy, as the AI giant faces mounting legal pressure even while quietly pursuing a public offering.
Google sues Chinese cybercrime group 'Outsider Enterprise' for using AI tools including Gemini to run massive phishing campaigns targeting over 100,000 Americans, while coordinating with the FBI and major telecoms to block fraud and backing seven bipartisan bills to combat AI-powered scams.
Android is launching a groundbreaking fake call detection feature that uses encrypted RCS technology to verify callers in real time, combating AI-powered deepfake voice scams and phone spoofing linked to over $400 billion in global financial losses.
A critical flaw in Meta's Instagram AI recovery assistant is being exploited to bypass two-factor authentication, allowing attackers to hijack high-value accounts worth hundreds of thousands of dollars before Meta issues an emergency patch Friday night, with researchers warning this exposes a dangerous industry-wide pattern of AI agents granted unchecked …
Florida becomes the first state to sue OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman, alleging ChatGPT poses serious dangers to children through deceptive trade practices, negligence, and a lack of parental controls or age verification, while the civil case builds on a criminal investigation linking the AI chatbot to a Florida State …