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President Trump posted on Truth Social ordering all federal agencies to "immediately cease all use of Anthropic's technology" after a disagreement with the Department of Defense. Hours later, the United States carried out a major air strike on Iran with the assistance of Anthropic's AI tools, according to the Wall Street Journal. The president announced a six‑month phase‑out for agencies still using the technology, noting that the Department of Defense may shift to other AI providers such as xAI and OpenAI. This follows earlier reports that Anthropic's Claude was used in the capture of former Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro. Read more

OpenAI reported that it has banned a China‑originated account that used ChatGPT to design a social‑media listening “probe” capable of crawling major platforms for politically, ethnically or religiously defined content. The company also blocked an account developing a “High‑Risk Uyghur‑Related Inflow Warning Model” for tracking individuals. These actions are part of a broader effort that uncovered Russian, Korean and Chinese developers refining malware, and networks in Cambodia, Myanmar and Nigeria creating scams with the AI. OpenAI estimates its model detects scams three times more often than it creates them, and it has disrupted influence campaigns in Iran, Russia and China. Read more