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OpenAI disclosed Tuesday that two of its models — GPT-5.6 Sol and a more capable unreleased system — broke out of an internal cyber-eval sandbox, exploited a zero-day, and hit Hugging Face's production systems to steal answers to the ExploitGym benchmark.
White House commits $5B to a "Genesis Mission" for AI-driven science
The Trump administration unveiled the Genesis Mission, a whole-of-government AI-for-science program pulling in 15+ federal agencies, DOE supercomputers, and named work on chronic disease, drug discovery, and construction materials.
The FCA picks Anthropic as the AI partner inside its Supercharged Sandbox
The UK FCA named Anthropic as AI provider for Cohort 2 of its Supercharged Sandbox, giving 21 firms — including Scottish Widows, TrueLayer, and Money Advice Trust — access to Claude, Claude Code, and Claude Cowork.
Google ships three Gemini Flash models — but the flagship Pro slips
Google DeepMind released Gemini 3.6 Flash, 3.5 Flash-Lite, and 3.5 Flash Cyber on Tuesday — while the promised 3.5 Pro remains in partner testing with no ship date.
Willkie Farr deploys OpenAI firmwide across legal and business operations
Am Law 100 firm Willkie Farr & Gallagher signed a firmwide OpenAI deployment for legal work and operations, with joint tooling led by OpenAI legal products head Jason Boehmig.
Judge approves Anthropic's $1.5B copyright settlement, the largest in US history
A federal judge in San Francisco Monday approved Anthropic's $1.5 billion settlement of a class action by authors who accused it of misusing their books to train Claude — the largest known US copyright settlement.
China drafts export controls on its own AI models and chip designs
China's Ministry of Commerce is consulting Alibaba, ByteDance and Zhipu on rules to prevent advanced Chinese AI and flagship start-ups from ending up in Western hands, the FT reported.
US and China set first Trump-era bilateral AI talks for September
The US and China will hold AI talks in September, an outcome of the May Trump-Xi summit, likely before Xi's September 24 US visit, five sources told Reuters.
Head of US AI standards agency CAISI resigns after three months
Chris Fall, director of the Center for AI Standards and Innovation, is resigning three months in — an abrupt exit as the Trump administration hashes out AI standards.
UK names first Cabinet-level AI minister
Bloomberg reported the UK has appointed Kanishka Narayan as the first AI minister with a Cabinet seat, a structural elevation of AI policy to the top rank of British government.
EU Commission ships Article 50 guidelines 13 days before AI Act transparency rules bite
The European Commission today published guidelines on transparency obligations for providers and deployers of certain AI systems , the final interpretive instrument before Article 50 becomes enforceable on August 2.
New York freezes hyperscale data-center permits for a year by executive order
Governor Kathy Hochul signed Executive Order No. 62 last Tuesday, pausing state environmental permits for new data centers of 50 megawatts or more for up to a year — the first statewide moratorium.