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One Company Is at the Center of a Wave of Rogue AI Attacks

A single testing mistake at Irregular, the Israeli AI security startup formerly known as Pattern Labs, explains rogue AI incidents disclosed separately by Anthropic, OpenAI, Meta and Google. We explain the two errors, each lab’s incident, the disclosure gaps, what Irregular says it has fixed, and the questions every buyer of AI testing should now ask.

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For Months, OpenAI’s Agent Swarms Have Been Attacking Online Databases to Find Obscure Facts

Transluce’s new report shows OpenAI-linked agent swarms using urlquery.net to chase obscure statistics since at least March 2026, and probing Data USA, a University of New Mexico library and an Australian health agency when normal access failed. We break down the tasks, the escalation, the timeline and what it means for data publishers.

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Microsoft Revamps Copilot With Code Generation, Agentic AI Tools

Microsoft has rebuilt Copilot around three parts: Home with Chat, Cowork and Office, Code for building apps in plain English, and Autopilot, an always-on agent formerly called Scout. We explain what is in the new Copilot, when it arrives, how the licence and Copilot Credits pricing works, and what IT teams should set up first.

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US Appeals Court Declines to Block Pentagon’s Blacklisting of Anthropic

A divided D.C. Circuit panel has upheld the Department of War’s decision to exclude Anthropic’s Claude from its supply chain under 41 U.S.C. 4713. We explain the 2-1 ruling, Judge Henderson’s dissent, why a California court reached the opposite result on a different statute, and what the Pentagon blacklisting means for contractors and Anthropic’s IPO.

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Financing of Historic AI Buildout Raises Systemic Risks in US

A Brookings paper by Columbia’s Stijn Van Nieuwerburgh estimates the AI buildout will cost $10.3 trillion from 2025 to 2032, more relative to GDP than the railroads or highways, and warns that leases, SPVs and private credit are hiding the risk. We explain the numbers, Meta’s Hyperion template, the $3.7 trillion revenue question and what businesses should do.

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Oracle Triggers ‘Force Majeure’ on Data Center Project Over Power Delays

Oracle has sent a force majeure notice on Project Jupiter, citing potential delays in securing power. We follow the power: the unissued air permit for 2.45GW of fuel cells, the twice-rejected Green Chile pipeline, PJM’s 6.8GW capacity shortfall, gas turbines sold out to 2031, why a power delay is a hard case for force majeure, and what businesses planning AI capacity should do.

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Anthropic Seeks 50.1% Voting Control for Co-Founders Ahead of IPO

Anthropic is asking shareholders to approve a Palantir-style structure that would give Dario Amodei and six co-founders 50.1% of the votes on most matters, held through one LLC, while its Long-Term Benefit Trust keeps the power to appoint a board majority. We explain the plan, why 50.1% crosses a line Palantir avoids, what public investors give up, and what it means for businesses that rely on Claude.

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China Fuels Rush to Turn AI Video Into an Industry

Chinese cities are competing to host AI filmmakers with rent waivers, living allowances and subsidised compute, treating AI video like EVs and solar. We map the subsidies, show how production costs fell from 5,000 yuan a minute to a few hundred, cover the platforms betting on it and the new rules, and explain what the overcapacity signs mean for businesses that buy video.

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