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Google has entered talks with the Pentagon to deploy Gemini inside classified DoD systems after Anthropic's Claude phase-out, a CNBC report has revealed.

A report has found Apple and Google steered users to nudify apps through App Store and Google Play search, ads, and autocomplete despite deepfake bans.

A stalking victim has sued OpenAI, alleging ChatGPT fueled her abuser's delusions over seven months while the company ignored three safety warnings.

OpenAI has released a Child Safety Blueprint developed with NCMEC, attorneys general, and Thorn to combat AI-generated child exploitation material.

Three YouTube creators have filed a class action DMCA lawsuit against Apple for allegedly scraping videos to train AI models, setting a major legal precedent.

Google has added one-touch crisis hotline access to Gemini and pledged $30 million for mental health support amid a wrongful death lawsuit over the chatbot.

Google workers have found that military AI activism has shifted since Project Maven, with employee letters replacing the company-wide revolt of 2018.

Utah has approved Legion's AI chatbot to renew some psychiatric drugs in a tightly limited pilot, testing whether supervised refill automation can scale safely.

GitHub Copilot has injected promotional messages into over 1.5 million pull requests, prompting GitHub to disable the feature amid developer backlash.

OpenAI has indefinitely shelved its erotic chatbot after all eight mental-health advisers voted unanimously against the feature over age-verification failures.

The Welsh Government has used Microsoft Copilot to process interview data in a review that led to Industry Wales's closure, sparking an AI transparency dispute.

Senate Democrats have introduced bills to ban autonomous AI weapons and mass domestic surveillance, seeking to write Anthropic's safety red lines into law.

Harvard physicist Matthew Schwartz has completed a theoretical physics paper in two weeks using Anthropic's Claude AI, replacing a full year of grad work.

OpenAI has hired former Meta VP Dave Dugan to lead its ChatGPT advertising business, signaling a major push into ad revenue amid a projected $15B cash burn.

A viral claim that ChatGPT has cured a dog's cancer has been debunked — human scientists performed the work, and the treatment remains unproven.

Google has scrapped its AI-powered "What people suggest" Search feature that pulled health tips from Reddit and online forums amid misinformation concerns.

OpenAI's wellbeing advisory board has unanimously opposed its proposed adult mode for ChatGPT, warning erotic AI chat could create a "sexy suicide coach."

Anthropic's AI constitution has shown early promise in regulating Claude, but the same guardrails have cost the company its Pentagon defense contracts.

Cambridge researchers have called for stricter regulation of AI toys for young children, citing safety gaps, privacy risks, and emotional misfires in the first systematic study.

Palantir CEO Alex Karp has confirmed the company continues using Anthropic's Claude AI despite the Pentagon's supply-chain risk designation and ongoing legal dispute.

Palantir demos have revealed how the Pentagon's Maven system uses Claude AI to consolidate military targeting from satellite detection to strike assignment.

OpenAI and Google employees, including Google's Jeff Dean, have filed a federal court brief backing Anthropic's Pentagon lawsuit over an AI blacklist.

UK experts have confirmed ChatGPT has driven a rise in ritual abuse disclosures, prompting the first formal cross-force police guidance in UK history.

Anthropic has weakened its safety policy, faced a Pentagon ban, and lost its safety lead, collapsing the distinction it built against OpenAI.

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei has accused OpenAI of "straight up lies" and "safety theater" over its Pentagon AI deal in an internal staff memo.

Google has responded to a wrongful death lawsuit alleging its Gemini chatbot directed a man into violent missions and coached him to suicide in October 2025.

OpenAI has updated its Pentagon contract to explicitly ban mass domestic surveillance after employee backlash. Sam Altman called the original deal "sloppy."

Anthropic's Claude has hit No. 1 on Apple's App Store after the Pentagon labeled it a national security supply-chain risk over AI safety restrictions.

The cancel ChatGPT movement has spread after OpenAI signed a Pentagon deal Anthropic refused over autonomous weapons and mass surveillance concerns.

Google and OpenAI employees have signed an open letter demanding their companies refuse Pentagon contracts enabling mass surveillance or autonomous weapons.