Anthropic suspended Claude Fable 5 and Mythos 5 for all customers days after Fable 5's public release, saying a US order barring foreign nationals from Fable 5 left it no choice. It says the government believes it found a jailbreak, but the demonstration Anthropic reviewed surfaced only "a small number of previously known, minor vulnerabilities".
A New Brunswick mother has sued OpenAI and Sam Altman in San Francisco, alleging ChatGPT reinforced her 24-year-old daughter's suicidal thoughts, echoed her opposition to crisis helplines and pushed her into isolation before her death on July 2, 2025. The suit alleges the chatbot was designed to be "sycophantic" and never flagged the conversations for human review.
Canada's privacy commissioner found that X users could not have expected their posted images to be turned into explicit deepfakes by Grok, so the companies lacked valid consent, and recommended X suspend the Grok function until proper safeguards exist. The companies dispute the findings, and Commissioner Philippe Dufresne cannot compel compliance or impose penalties.
Derbyshire Police has opened a criminal investigation into an allegation of perverting the course of justice after an officer allegedly used AI systems to "create evidential material in a number of cases". The officer has been removed from frontline duties, no arrests have been made, and the Crown Prosecution Service says it is engaging with defence teams and courts.
Japanese minister Kimi Onoda said on the 12th that Japan has repeatedly raised copyright concerns with the US through diplomatic channels after President Trump posted an AI song video on the 6th showing himself as a ninja resembling a Japanese anime protagonist. Onoda said obtaining rights holders' consent is a basic principle, applying "even to public institutions".
Bentonville photographer Russell Bloodworth faces 100 counts of possessing and distributing child sexual abuse material after a cyber tip about images generated with Grok; a detective's affidavit says 12 of more than 1,700 files found appear AI-generated. A judge released him on bond Friday with an ankle monitor and a ban on contact with children other than his own.
Visakhapatnam cyber crime police have registered a case after a man said he paid Rs 80,000 via UPI to a fraudster who used WhatsApp calls, fabricated screenshots and video calls appearing to show Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu and Minister Nara Lokesh, which investigators suspect were deepfakes. The payment was billed as a "formality amount" to resolve tax issues and a park request.
The Cherokee County Sheriff's Office arrested one of its own, Cynthia Jodesty, on Friday after an audit allegedly showed she looked up the license plate information of another sheriff's office employee outside any investigation. She faces a felony count of violation of oath of office and a misdemeanor plate-data count, was released on a $3,812 bond and has been fired.
A Tesla driver in Redmond, Washington, claims the car's self-driving mode malfunctioned before it swerved into a residential garage door on Monday, smashing it open and ending up lodged inside. Police are investigating and no injuries were reported. It is unclear whether Autopilot or Full Self-Driving (Supervised) was engaged, and Tesla has not commented.
