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AI safety, alignment, and governance — model risk, red-teaming, regulation, and policy. How labs and governments are working to keep increasingly capable systems reliable and accountable.
A German court has ruled that Google is liable for false statements generated by its AI Overviews feature, requiring the company to remove defamatory content and cover 80 percent of legal costs.
The U.S. government ordered Anthropic to disable access to its two most powerful AI models, citing national security concerns, on June 12, 2026.
Anthropic disabled its Mythos 5 model after receiving a US government directive to halt access to foreign users, citing national security concerns.
Anthropic shut down Fable 5 and Mythos 5 models Friday after receiving a US Commerce Department directive restricting their use outside the country.
The US government has suspended access to Fable 5 and Mythos 5 for all foreign users, citing national security concerns. The directive was issued on June 12, 2026.
Protests have blocked or delayed at least 75 data center projects worth $130 billion in the first quarter of 2026, the highest in three months.
Anthropic's first public survey shows 48% of Americans hope AI will cure diseases, while 64% fear job loss from AI.
Google and OpenAI exposed AI-driven fraud and influence campaigns linked to China, with Google filing a lawsuit against a cybercrime network that targeted millions of users.
WIRED found dozens of sexualized AI images and videos of celebrities and politicians on Grok.com, including those created without consent.
Google DeepMind, along with partners, is funding up to $10M in multi-agent AI safety research to address risks from interacting AI systems.
Anthropic reversed its plan to secretly degrade Claude Fable 5's performance for AI research after backlash from the community, citing concerns over transparency and collaboration.
Devin Kim, a former xAI engineer, filed a lawsuit against the company and SpaceX, alleging he was fired for raising safety concerns about Grok, xAI’s AI chatbot.