The Anthropic Defense Department lawsuit challenges a Pentagon risk label that Anthropic says punishes its AI safety limits, with major new support now joining the case.
China announces five-year plan priorities for AI infrastructure, semiconductors, and digital economy growth while addressing weak consumer demand.
OpenAI signs Pentagon AI deal for classified, cloud-only AI deployment with three redlines, as federal agencies move to phase out Anthropic over six months.
Block is cutting more than 4,000 employees (about 40% of staff) as CEO Jack Dorsey says AI tools now enable smaller, more efficient teams.
IBM released the 2026 X-Force Threat Intelligence Index on Feb. 25, 2026, reporting North America at 29% of cases, a 44% rise in app-exploit entry, and 109 extortion groups in 2025.
The India AI Impact Summit 2026 established a global “AI for All” framework while securing $200 billion in infrastructure goals amid notable logistical challenges.
OpenAI and Paradigm have released EVMbench, revealing that AI agents can now successfully exploit more than 70% of tested smart contract vulnerabilities — as real-world DeFi hacks make the stakes impossible to ignore.
Google released its 2026 Responsible AI Progress Report, outlining lifecycle governance, Gemini 3 safety testing, agentic AI safeguards, provenance tools, and security frameworks as EU AI Act enforcement approaches.
ByteDance introduces Safeguards to Seedance 2.0 following legal threats from Disney and Paramount and warnings from the Motion Picture Association and SAG-AFTRA.
