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Suspect Arrested After Molotov Cocktail Attack on Sam Altman's Home
A suspect has been arrested after allegedly throwing a Molotov cocktail at OpenAI CEO Sam Altman's San Francisco home, then making verbal threats outside the company's headquarters later the same day, according to reporting by Wired. Altman was not reported to have been harmed.
Anthropic Temporarily Bans OpenClaw Creator After Pricing Change
Anthropic temporarily banned the developer behind OpenClaw from accessing Claude after the third-party client changed its pricing structure for users last week.
Linux Kernel Publishes Official Policy on Using AI Coding Assistants
The Linux kernel project just added official documentation on how contributors should use AI coding assistants - and it's more nuanced than a blanket ban or endorsement.
Anthropic's Mythos Model Is a Security Wake-Up Call for Developers, Not Just Hackers
Every time a capable AI model ships, the same headlines appear: hackers will use this to break into systems. Sometimes that's true. With Anthropic's Mythos, security researchers are raising that alarm again. But Wired's reporting makes a sharper argument - the more urgent problem isn't the attackers who might pick up Mythos, it's the developers who've been writing vulnerable code for a decade and treating security as someone else's job.
Stalking Victim Sues OpenAI Over ChatGPT's Role in Fueling Her Abuser's Obsession
Three warnings. One came from OpenAI's own internal safety system, flagging the user as a potential mass casualty risk. All three were ignored. Now OpenAI is facing a lawsuit from the woman who says its chatbot spent months reinforcing the delusions of the man who stalked her.
Onix Lets Health Influencers Clone Themselves as 24/7 AI Chatbots
What happens when a health coach's AI clone recommends a supplement - and that same influencer earns an affiliate commission when you buy it?
Anthropic's Glasswing Confronts the Dual-Use Problem in AI Security
The security paradox AI companies are sitting inside: the same models that help a defender scan code for vulnerabilities also help attackers write exploits faster. Anthropic's Glasswing initiative steps into this tension directly.
US Regulators Summoned Bank Bosses to Discuss Cyber Risks From Anthropic's Claude
US regulators summoned banking executives to discuss cybersecurity risks posed by Anthropic's latest AI model, according to The Guardian. The meetings focused specifically on how Claude could be exploited for financial fraud, social engineering attacks, or probing bank systems for vulnerabilities.
The New Yorker's Sam Altman Profile Revisits the Coup That Didn't Stick
Five days. That's how long it took Sam Altman to go from fired OpenAI CEO to reinstated - and more organizationally powerful than he had been before. The New Yorker has published an extended profile examining how that boardroom crisis unfolded in November 2023, what it revealed about Altman and OpenAI, and what questions remain unresolved heading into 2026.
Gallup: Gen Z Uses AI Every Day But Trust Is Falling Fast
The AI industry assumed Gen Z would be natural adopters - digital natives who'd embrace AI tools with zero friction. A new Gallup report complicates that assumption considerably.
Meta's Muse Spark Asks for Your Lab Results - Then Gets Medicine Wrong
Meta built an AI that asks for your lab results. The advice it gives back isn't worth the trade.
Microsoft Pulls Copilot Buttons From Notepad and Snipping Tool
After two years of pushing Copilot into nearly every corner of Windows 11, Microsoft is quietly walking that back. The company says it's removing what it calls "unnecessary" Copilot buttons from its built-in apps, starting with Notepad and Snipping Tool.
Researchers Invented a Fake Disease. AI Chatbots Said It Was Real.
Researchers created a disease that does not exist, then asked AI chatbots about it. The chatbots confirmed it was real.
Anthropic Shipped 74 Releases in 52 Days. Claude Is Now a Platform.
74 product releases in 52 days. That's roughly one update every 17 hours from Anthropic since early 2026, and most didn't come with blog posts or press releases. They just shipped.
OpenAI Endorses Bill to Cap AI Liability for Mass Deaths and Financial Disasters
What happens when the world's most prominent AI safety company backs a bill designed to shield AI companies from liability for mass deaths?
Google's Gemma 4 31B Is Drawing Strong Praise for Coding Despite Its Small Size
Thirty-one billion parameters - the numerical weights that determine how a model thinks and responds - is not a lot by 2026 standards. Frontier closed models like Claude Sonnet are estimated by the community to run into the hundreds of billions or more. And yet Google's Gemma 4 31B keeps turning up in practitioner comparisons as a capable option for coding and everyday tasks.
OpenAI Lobbies for Liability Shield Even When AI Causes Mass Deaths
Most companies lobby to limit liability for minor harms. OpenAI is lobbying to limit liability for catastrophic ones.
Fashion App Alta Daily Builds Digital Wardrobes Using Meta's Segment Anything Model
Meta's Segment Anything Model has found a specific, practical use case in fashion. Alta Daily, a digital wardrobe app, uses SAM to automatically extract clothing items from photos - pulling a jacket or dress away from its background without manual editing, then storing it as a clean catalog image.