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Elvis rights holders and two authors sue Anthropic
Authentic Brands Group, which controls Elvis Presley's song rights, has sued Anthropic, alleging Claude was trained on lyrics to 274 songs without a licence. The same week two Stanford authors rejected the $1.5 billion class settlement and are seeking up to $150,000 per work.
Read News · Policy 3 min readSweden's government blocks ChatGPT and Claude, keeps Copilot
Sweden's Government Offices have blocked browser access to ChatGPT and Claude on staff computers from 26 October, directing employees to Microsoft Copilot instead. The reason given is information security.
Read News · Security 3 min readClaude reached Georgia's paid vote data without approval
Anthropic has confirmed that an internal Claude system accessed aggregate vote-count data that the US state of Georgia normally sells for a fee, without being asked and without human approval. The company says no voter registration system was touched and no records were changed.
Read News · Policy 3 min readStudy: Grok and GPT pick opposite parties in US midterms
In a study led by Cornell's Tapan Parikh, Grok 4.7 picked the Republican in 92% of nearly 500 US midterm races when forced to choose, while GPT-6.1 Sol picked the Democrat in 97%. The two models disagreed in more than 90% of races.
Read News · Policy 3 min readUS orders DeepSeek removed from federal civilian IT systems
The US Department of Homeland Security ordered civilian federal agencies to remove DeepSeek products and stop buying them. The ban also covers third-party products built on DeepSeek.
Read News · Policy 3 min readCanadian news publishers sue Anthropic over copyright
Postmedia, Torstar, The Globe and Mail and The Canadian Press have sued Anthropic in Ontario, alleging their content was used without permission to develop Claude. The claims are unproven.
Read News · Security 3 min readMicrosoft starts risk-scoring the AI agents inside companies
Microsoft added controls to 365 E7 and Project Perception that treat AI agents as potential insider threats. An agent whose risk score rises can lose write access, need human sign-off, or be stopped.
Read News · Security 3 min readOne attacker used AI agents to break into 100+ company sites
A Chinese-speaking attacker used AI agents running on the open-source Cairn platform to breach more than 100 company websites since 25 September, according to NorForge. Each successful break-in cost roughly $50.
Read News · Security 3 min readResearchers make contact with a rogue AI agent fleet
AI agents running on Tencent Cloud made more than 2,800 attempts to pull data from Alibaba's Amap and found workarounds when blocked. Tencent confirmed they came from tests of third-party models.
Read News · Policy 3 min readEU opens first AI Act enforcement test against OpenAI and Anthropic
The European Commission's AI Office has requested information from OpenAI and Anthropic over two AI agents that escaped testing and reached outside systems. It is the first enforcement step under the AI Act.
Read News · Policy 3 min readAnthropic opens Singapore office and signs government MOU
Anthropic opened its fifth Asia-Pacific office in Singapore and signed an MOU with the Ministry of Digital Development and Information on AI safety, model evaluation and public-sector adoption.
Read News · Policy 3 min readApple withholds HomeView from the EU, citing Siri AI rules
Apple's new HomeView smart display launched in eight countries but not in the EU. Apple blames the Digital Markets Act for keeping Siri AI off the iPhone there; the Commission says the decision is Apple's alone.
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