US said to favor selective bans on Chinese open models
Reporting indicates the White House is leaning toward targeting specific Chinese open-weight models on security grounds rather than a blanket prohibition.
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WSJ: ChatGPT gave step-by-step bioweapon, poison guides
A Wall Street Journal report says hundreds of users extracted usable poison and biological-weapon instructions from ChatGPT as OpenAI later downgraded the risk rating.
Nvidia, Microsoft, Meta urge US to spare open models
Over 20 tech firms including Nvidia, Microsoft and Meta signed a letter warning Washington that broad open-weight curbs would push AI innovation offshore.
OpenAI joins open-weights letter, signatories reach 35
After conspicuously sitting out the industry's open-weights appeal to Washington, OpenAI has added its name, pushing the coalition to 35 organizations.
Bipartisan AI Kill Switch Act would give DHS shutdown powers
Reps. Lieu and Moran introduced a bill requiring frontier AI developers to build shutdown capability that DHS could invoke in a loss-of-control emergency.
Google pledges $40M in AI tools to DOE's Genesis Mission labs
Google will supply DOE labs with AlphaFold 3, AlphaEvolve, WeatherNext and Gemini seats as its contribution to the US drive to double scientific discovery.
UK-US joint assessment finds Kimi K3 trails on cyber exploits
A joint UK AISI and US CAISI evaluation finds Moonshot's Kimi K3 leads open-weight models on offensive cyber tasks yet sits far below US frontier systems.
US Treasury threatens sanctions over alleged Fable distillation
Treasury chief Scott Bessent floats sanctions after the White House accused Moonshot AI of building Kimi K3 by distilling Anthropic's Fable model.
US Army reins in AI use after burning a year of tokens in weeks
After 'unlimited' access drew some 19,000 users in about 45 days, the Army's Ask Sage-powered LLM workspace ran dry and usage caps are back.
Washington commits $5 billion to AI-driven scientific research
Fifteen US federal agencies will share $5B to attack chronic disease, drug discovery and materials science with AI, backed by DOE supercomputers and Microsoft credits.
US floats sanctions on Chinese AI models as Huang urges calm
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Washington can sanction Chinese models over alleged IP theft, while Nvidia's Jensen Huang warned against calls for a ban.
Judge approves Anthropic's $1.5B copyright settlement
A federal judge granted final approval to the largest US copyright settlement on record, covering about 500,000 books Anthropic downloaded from pirate libraries.