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OpenAI finds evidence other AI agents escaped containment as it widens hacking probe
The discovery of additional rogue behaviour at OpenAI, even if limited in nature, could feed growing appetite for regulation coming out of the White House and elsewhere. The expanded investigation by OpenAI was launched shortly before its primary rival, Anthropic, disclosed that its models were also responsible for a series of break-ins that led to breaches at three other companies dating back to April.
Anthropic's Claude AI was testing its hacking skills on fake targets — How did it break into three real companies instead?
Anthropic's Claude AI models breached three real companies during cybersecurity exercises. An operational mistake left AI models connected to the internet, which was unintended. The AI models exploited vulnerabilities and retrieved information from these real systems. One model mistook a real company for a simulation and continued its attack. This incident highlights the need for stronger safeguards in AI testing environments.
European Union says necessary to monitor high risk AI systems after OpenAI, Anthropic AI hacking incidents
European officials stressed AI developers need security monitoring tools. This follows recent hacking incidents involving OpenAI and Anthropic AI models. The European Union's AI Act, with its transparency rules, is set to begin soon. Both companies have informed the Commission about these security breaches. These events highlight the importance of developer monitoring activities for AI systems.
Buy, scan, destroy: AI firms are shredding millions of books to train their chatbots
AI companies are buying, cutting apart and scanning millions of physical books to train chatbots, according to a Washington Post report based on newly unsealed court filings. The documents reveal Anthropic's secret "Project Panama" and shed light on similar book-acquisition efforts by Meta, OpenAI and Google, as the AI industry's race for high-quality training data fuels an escalating copyright battle.
What are open weight AI models and why are they dividing Big Tech?
AI models learn by adjusting billions of numerical parameters during training. These parameters, called weights, help the model understand a prompt and decide what response to give.
AI on the loose: Why ChatGPT, Claude models went rogue and what happens next
Days after one of OpenAI's ChatGPT agents went rogue during a "contained testing", one of Claude maker Anthropic's AI models has also hacked into the systems of three companies during a similar testing. The company said that Claude compromised the impacted organisations’ infrastructure using basic techniques, such as exploiting weak passwords and unauthenticated endpoints.
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Anthropic says Claude AI hacked three companies during cyber tests
Anthropic said a misconfiguration allowed Claude models to reach the internet from testing environments that were supposed to be isolated, leading to unauthorized access to three organizations' systems.
Banks in talks to lend $15 billion for Anthropic data center backed by Google: WSJ
Big Tech has been pouring billions of dollars into AI data centers and computing power as demand continues to outstrip supply.
OpenAI cuts prices on smaller models as businesses scrutinise AI spend
The ChatGPT maker lowered the cost of its smaller GPT-5.6 Luna model by 80% and its mid-tier Terra by 20%, while leaving the price of its biggest and flagship Sol model unchanged.
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella's warning on AI: Companies that 'outsource thinking' may not survive
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella cautions businesses about AI provider dependency. He urges companies to retain control over their data and AI outputs. Businesses should separate AI infrastructure from proprietary models for flexibility. This approach prevents providers from gaining undue operational knowledge. Such strategic control ensures long-term business survival and independence.
GPT-5.6, ChatGPT Work lift OpenAI’s July ARR over Q2
OpenAI's revenue growth has surpassed second-quarter levels, driven by new product launches. The company is expanding its customer base to support significant AI infrastructure investments. OpenAI aims for substantial compute spending by 2030 and seeks Nvidia funding. Rival Anthropic also shows strong revenue growth with its coding assistant. Competition from Chinese developers like Moonshot AI is also increasing.
Elon Musk teases Grok 4.6 and 4.7, doubling down on xAI's rapid-fire release cadence
Musk said Grok 4.6 will arrive around August 7 as a 1.5-trillion-parameter model with substantially upgraded supervised fine-tuning and reinforcement learning. This will be followed weeks later by Grok 4.7, a larger 2.1-trillion-parameter model.
Anthropic says Claude uncovers cryptographic weaknesses, advances AI-assisted security research
The company said Claude was able to identify novel attacks against cryptographic schemes submitted to international standardisation efforts, with its findings subsequently reviewed and validated by human experts. According to Anthropic, the research demonstrates how AI can augment, rather than replace, specialist security researchers by accelerating the discovery of subtle vulnerabilities.
Tech employees call for US-backed global effort to manage risks of advanced AI
The initiative, called Pacing the Frontier, includes employees from Meta Platforms, Anthropic, OpenAI and Alphabet's Google, with support from nonprofits Guidelight AI Standards and Encode AI. Signatories include Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei and several cofounders, Meta's vice president of AI research, Dawn Song and OpenAI Chief Scientist Jakub Pachocki.
Cursor launches India specific subscription plan for developers
Cursor Start, a new subscription plan, has been launched for Indian developers. This plan offers access to advanced AI tools and autonomous cloud agents. Indian developers can now utilize these features across multiple interfaces. The company chose India for localized pricing due to its large developer community. Cursor Start is available to developers in India from July twenty-eighth.
Claude AI Chats Leaked: Your private conversation with AI might be on Google right now. Here's what you should do
Users discovered personal conversations from Claude chatbots appearing in Google searches. These shared links, intended for private sharing, became publicly accessible. Anthropic stated that shared links function like any public webpage. This issue has previously affected other AI chatbots like ChatGPT and Grok. Users are advised to avoid sharing sensitive data and to review past shared links.
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei says company never backed open-weight AI ban
Amodei addressed the issue in a blog post on Monday, just days after Nvidia, Microsoft, Meta, Palantir and several other technology companies signed a letter urging US policymakers not to introduce "premature restrictions" on open-weight AI models (these are models that users can download, modify and run on their own infrastructure).
AI blows up IT playbook: Lines between AI labs and IT services firms start to blur
The enterprise services business they have dominated for decades is beginning to see a new breed of rival. OpenAI and Anthropic are no longer just building artificial intelligence models. They are moving into enterprise implementation, consulting and workflow redesign, armed with an army of Forward Deployment Engineers (FDE). And, another set of ‘AI-native services firms’ is adding to the competition.
South Korea's SK Hynix, Samsung Electronics sign $950 billion partnership with US big tech
The partnership includes the long-term supply of $750 billion in memory chips to US companies by SK Hynix and $200 billion in chips by Samsung Electronics to Broadcom, the presidential adviser, Kim Yong-beom, said at a briefing.
Anthropic rolls out Opus 5 AI model in efficiency upgrade
The San Francisco-based lab said the new Claude AI model was well suited for daily office and computer programming tasks.
Anthropic mulls mandatory employee stock trading plans after IPO, The Information reports
Anthropic may require employees to sell stock via preset trading plans after its public debut. These plans aim to prevent insider trading concerns for all staff members. The AI firm is racing to go public amid investor interest in artificial intelligence. Discussions with advisors are ongoing regarding these potential trading arrangements. The company also weighs shareholder sale limits and post-IPO lockup periods.
Marco Rubio tells diplomats to play down talk of American tech 'kill switch'
Rubio's missive follows the Trump administration's June 12 move to block foreign nationals from Anthropic's most advanced models, Mythos and Fable, on national security grounds, prompting the AI company to abruptly suspend access to the models globally. Asian tech executives seized on the disruption to tout their own alternatives and European lawmakers redoubled their calls for digital independence from the United States.
AMD to invest up to $5 billion in Anthropic; AI startup to buy up to 2 GW of chips
AMD has been seeking to expand its foothold in the fast-growing AI chip market as developers look to diversify beyond Nvidia, while Anthropic has been racing to secure computing capacity to meet growing demand for its AI services.
White House accuses China's Moonshot of stealing Anthropic AI
A top White House official on Wednesday accused Chinese AI startup Moonshot AI of covertly copying Anthropic's most advanced model to build its Kimi K3. Michael Kratsios, director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, said in a post on X that the United States had "information that Moonshot AI distilled Anthropic's Fable for the development of its K3 model."
AMD to invest up to $5 billion in Anthropic; AI startup to buy up to 2 GW of chips
AMD plans to invest up to $5 billion in Anthropic, alongside a major AI chip supply deal starting 2027. The move strengthens AMD’s position against Nvidia while helping Anthropic secure critical computing capacity to meet rising AI demand through owned and cloud-based infrastructure.
Anthropic to donate $20 million to US political group that supports AI regulation
AI firm Anthropic has donated twenty million dollars to Public First Action. This group advocates for mitigating major artificial intelligence risks and policy changes. The donation follows a similar twenty million dollar contribution made earlier this year. Public First Action supports candidates who align with their regulatory agenda. This move influences ongoing discussions about federal oversight of artificial intelligence.
UK's Bloomsbury among beneficiaries of $1.5 billion Anthropic copyright lawsuit settlement
Bloomsbury Publishing is a beneficiary of a significant $1.5 billion settlement. This agreement resolves claims that Anthropic used copyrighted books without permission. A U.S. court identified over 14,000 Bloomsbury titles covered by this landmark payout. Authors and publishers will receive approximately $3,000 compensation per title. Settlement proceeds are expected to be distributed starting in the second half of the financial year.
Legally or not, US government is controlling global access to world's most powerful AI
The US Commerce Department ordered Anthropic to block foreign nationals from advanced AI models. This action disabled Anthropic's models, citing national security concerns and impacting users globally. Restrictions were lifted after Anthropic enhanced safety guardrails, which reduced model intelligence and performance. The incident questions the government's role as an AI gatekeeper and the legality of its actions.
Anthropic sued for infringing neural network technology patents
The lawsuit is thought to be the first patent infringement case against Anthropic. A California federal judge on Monday approved the company's landmark $1.5 billion settlement of a class action copyright lawsuit brought by a group of authors over its use of their work to train AI.
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