Why it matters: The FCC tied the move to cybersecurity and supply-chain risks, escalating tech tensions with China before a planned Trump-Xi meeting in September.
What's new: The FCC order took effect immediately and covers unreleased models, though existing authorized products can still be sold.
Why it matters: The breach raised fresh questions about AI safety controls as the FBI was alerted and OpenAI reviewed its oversight.
Why it matters: The measure would let the Homeland Security secretary order dangerous AI systems slowed or shut down.
Why it matters: The episode is likely to sharpen calls for mandatory AI safety testing and disclosure rules in the US.
What's next: He and a Transstar Asia director are due back in court on Aug. 19 over alleged tax-data breaches dating to 2014-2016.
What's new: the intelligence reports said vote-tally systems would be hard to manipulate at scale and audits would likely catch broad tampering.
What's next: Two more phases are due over two years, with roughly 300 roles affected as GovTech shifts work in-house.
Why it matters: The alliance urged governments and companies to harden systems now as AI speeds up and lowers the barrier for cyberattacks.
What's new: Researchers said the dark-web dump totals more than 630 gigabytes and includes emails, event logs and employee passport copies.
Why it matters: The orders set a 2030-31 goal for post-quantum encryption across key government systems as the US competes with China.
What's new: The company restricted Mythos to 200 partners and then cut off Mythos 5 and Fable 5 after officials moved to bar foreign access.
What's new: The work includes multilingual testing, agentic AI research and a white paper on access to advanced models.
What's new: The model adds guardrails on cybersecurity and biology and scored about 5% above Claude Opus 4.8 in Vals AI tests.
Why it matters: The report tied the espionage to a race for AI and said North Korean operatives also sought remote tech jobs to fund Pyongyang.
What's new: The company also widened Mythos 5 access for select cyberdefenders after testers found more than 10,000 critical flaws.