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Anthropic announced Monday that its Project Glasswing program will allow partners using the Mythos AI model to share vulnerability findings with a wider array of security teams, regulators, open‑source maintainers and the press. The shift replaces the previous policy that kept disclosures inside the partner pool. Anthropic says the change follows responsible‑disclosure norms and responds to pressure from regulators monitoring financial‑services infrastructure. The move could accelerate patching of thousands of zero‑day flaws the model has already identified in major operating systems and browsers.Read more

A federal jury unanimously rejected Elon Musk's lawsuit against OpenAI, ruling that the claim was filed too late. The decision came as Musk's legal team appeared deflated, and OpenAI attorneys showed visible relief. Microsoft praised the verdict, emphasizing its partnership with OpenAI. Musk did not return to the courtroom after testifying and missed the reading of the verdict, having chosen to attend a summit with Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping instead. His lawyer, Marc Toberoff, confirmed plans to appeal the ruling.Read more

A nine‑person jury in Oakland unanimously found that Elon Musk filed his lawsuit against OpenAI, Sam Altman and Microsoft beyond the statutory deadline, effectively ending the high‑profile case without reaching the merits. The advisory verdict, which Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers is likely to adopt, clears a major legal hurdle for OpenAI as it prepares for a public‑benefit corporation conversion and a potential IPO. Musk’s bid to unwind the company’s restructuring and seek billions in disgorgement is now in jeopardy.Read more

Peter Steinberger, the engineer behind the open‑source project OpenClaw, racked up a $1.3 million charge on the OpenAI API in a single month while running about 100 Codex instances. The bill, covered by OpenAI as a research investment, represents 603 billion tokens across 7.6 million requests and offers the first public glimpse of how much autonomous AI‑driven software development can cost at scale.Read more

Anthropic announced Monday that it has bought Stainless, the developer‑tools startup founded by former Stripe engineer Alex Rattray. The deal, reportedly valued at more than $300 million, removes a widely used SDK‑generation platform from the hands of rivals such as OpenAI, Google and Cloudflare. Anthropic will discontinue Stainless’s hosted services but will let existing customers keep and modify the SDKs they have already generated. The acquisition gives Anthropic exclusive control over technology that has powered every official Anthropic SDK since the company launched its API.Read more

A California jury unanimously ruled that Elon Musk's lawsuit against OpenAI co‑founders Sam Altman and Greg Brockman, as well as Microsoft, was filed too late. Musk alleged the companies stole a charitable venture by turning OpenAI into a for‑profit entity, but jurors accepted the defendants' statute‑of‑limitations defense. The verdict ends the most high‑profile legal threat to OpenAI ahead of its anticipated IPO, while Musk's counsel signals an appeal.Read more

The Royal Museums Greenwich has cautioned that the speed of modern AI chatbots may undermine the very habits that drive scientific discovery. Director Paddy Rodgers argues that instant, polished responses can short‑circuit the curiosity, evidence‑weighing and investigative detours essential to learning. The warning comes as industry leaders like Sam Altman promote metered AI services sold like utilities, heightening concerns that reasoning could become a on‑demand commodity rather than a practiced skill. Experts urge users to treat AI as a research aid, not a final verdict.Read more

A non‑programmer used Claude, a large‑language model, to create a web app that logs personal encounters with administrative hassles. By stitching together Supabase, GitHub and Netlify, the maker turned a vague idea into a functional dashboard that rewards users with quotes and images. The project exposed security gaps, such as an exposed API key, and highlighted how AI can lower the barrier to software creation while still demanding basic technical chores. The app now serves a small community that shares grievances about everything from phone‑tree loops to subscription traps.Read more

A class-action lawsuit filed in California accuses OpenAI of sending ChatGPT users' prompts and identifying information to Google Analytics and Meta Pixel without proper consent. The complaint claims the practice violates California privacy statutes and federal wiretap rules, exposing sensitive personal data that users share while seeking advice on health, finances, legal matters, and more. OpenAI has not responded to requests for comment, and the case now moves toward court.Read more

Lawyers for Elon Musk and OpenAI delivered closing arguments this week, leaving jurors to decide whether OpenAI crossed legal lines after reshaping into a more for‑profit entity. The courtroom drama centered on Sam Altman's credibility, especially after his congressional testimony about his equity stake was challenged. Both sides accused the other of misleading statements, underscoring a broader industry question: can AI labs be trusted when much of their inner workings remain opaque?Read more

OpenAI announced a partnership with Malta that will give every Maltese citizen and resident free access to ChatGPT Plus for a year after they complete a government‑backed AI literacy course. The "AI for All" program, developed with the University of Malta, rolls out this month and also covers Maltese nationals abroad. Officials say the move is part of a broader push to embed AI education into public services, while similar discussions are underway in the United Arab Emirates.Read more

A tech writer discovered that adding a skeptical instruction to ChatGPT prompts forces the model to flag uncertain answers, cutting down on fabricated details. By telling the AI to act as a hostile auditor, the author saw more cautious replies across travel planning, appliance troubleshooting, and product advice, though the model still isn’t immune to errors.Read more

OpenAI announced a partnership with Malta that will give every resident and citizen a free year of ChatGPT Plus, provided they complete an AI basics course offered by the University of Malta. The program, described as the first of its scale, requires participants to hold an EU eID and will be administered by the Malta Digital Innovation Authority. OpenAI also revealed it is pausing its planned Stargate data center in the United Kingdom, citing high energy costs and regulatory hurdles.Read more

OpenAI announced that co‑founder and president Greg Brockman will lead the company’s product strategy on an interim basis while CEO Fidji Simo remains on medical leave. Brockman outlined a plan to merge ChatGPT with the Codex programming tool into a single experience, signaling a shift toward a unified AI “super app” after a recent internal “code red” and the suspension of several side projects.Read more

OpenAI unveiled a new suite of personal finance features on Friday, making them available in preview to ChatGPT Pro subscribers in the United States. The tools let users link bank accounts, credit cards and investment platforms through a partnership with Plaid, then ask the chatbot to analyze spending, track subscriptions and model future financial goals. The rollout follows OpenAI’s acquisition of the Hiro finance‑tech team earlier this year and leverages the latest GPT‑5.5 model, which OpenAI says improves contextual reasoning for money‑related queries.Read more

A growing number of people are feeding AI tools with old messages, photos and social‑media data to create digital versions of former lovers. The practice, which began on the open‑source platform Colleague.skill, raises questions about consent, privacy and the impact on grief, while some users claim the bots helped them process breakups.Read more

OpenAI is reportedly consulting lawyers after Apple’s rollout of ChatGPT within Siri failed to meet the AI firm’s expectations. Insiders say the partnership, once billed as a multi‑billion‑dollar opportunity, suffered from design choices that made the service hard to use and poorly promoted. OpenAI now considers legal options, citing a lack of transparency and what it calls an “honest effort” from Apple.Read more

OpenAI announced a sweeping reorganization that folds its flagship products—ChatGPT, Codex and the developer API—into a single product organization led by co‑founder Greg Brockman. The move, detailed in an internal memo, aims to eliminate redundant engineering effort, focus resources on a unified "agentic" platform and streamline the company’s narrative ahead of a planned IPO. The restructuring follows a series of shutdowns dubbed "side quests," a December "code red" alert and ongoing legal battles that have pressured the firm to tighten its compute budget and sharpen its market position.Read more

A Bitcoin investor who thought his five coins were gone forever reclaimed almost $400,000 after Anthropic’s Claude AI identified a forgotten wallet backup on an old college computer. The user, who lost the password more than ten years ago, uploaded years of scattered files to the chatbot. Claude pinpointed an earlier backup file and, combined with a rediscovered mnemonic phrase, unlocked the wallet without breaking Bitcoin’s encryption. The episode underscores how generative AI can serve as a practical tool for navigating tangled digital archives.Read more

A San Francisco federal judge refused to give final approval to Anthropic's $1.5 billion settlement with authors who accuse the AI firm of training its Claude models on pirated books. Judge Araceli Martínez‑Olguín asked for a detailed breakdown of counsel fees, lead‑plaintiff payments and other expenses before signing off, leaving the largest proposed copyright settlement in U.S. history in limbo.Read more