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Anthropic to remove hidden code that flagged China-based Claude Code users
Anthropic is removing concealed detection logic from its Claude Code command-line tool after developers discovered it had been silently fingerprinting users connected from China since April 2026. The revelation, which surfaced on developer forums over the weekend, prompted an Anthropic…
Google security chiefs warn EU data rules risk exposing users to hackers
Google's Alphabet Inc. top security and privacy executives have warned that proposed European Union measures requiring the company to share detailed search data and open up parts of its Android operating system could expose billions of users to hacking and…
Meta suspends employee tracking program after data leak
Meta has suspended its Model Capability Initiative, a controversial AI training program that recorded employees' keystrokes and mouse movements, after an internal security incident exposed sensitive worker data across the company.
Apple logs every App Store keystroke with no opt-out, researchers find
Security researchers have revealed that Apple records every keystroke users make when searching the App Store, including timestamps precise enough to calculate typing speed, with no option to disable the data collection.
Leak reveals members of Thiel’s secretive Dialog society
A trove of internal records from Dialog, the invitation-only network co-founded by Peter Thiel and Silicon Valley investor Auren Hoffman, has been exposed online, revealing for the first time the identities and activities of more than 200 powerful members drawn…
Pokémon Go player scans used to train military drones
Roughly 30 billion environmental scans collected from Pokémon Go players over several years were used to train a camera-based navigation system now being developed for military drones and robots, according to an investigation by Dutch newspaper Trouw published on June…
Microsoft blocks employees from using Anthropic’s Claude Fable 5
Microsoft has blocked its employees from accessing Anthropic's newly released Claude Fable 5 model through its internal tools, citing concerns over the AI startup's mandatory data retention policies, according to a report from The Verge on Wednesday.
Anthropic’s Claude Fable 5 requires 30-day data retention, overriding enterprise deals
Anthropic on Tuesday launched Claude Fable 5, its most powerful AI model available to the general public, but the release came with a notable policy shift: a mandatory 30-day data retention requirement for all Mythos-class model traffic that overrides existing…
Meta to use off-platform activity to personalize feeds and AI
Meta announced on Sunday that it will begin using activity data shared by third-party businesses — such as online purchases and games played on other websites — to personalize Facebook and Instagram feeds and AI responses, extending beyond its longstanding…
xAI allegedly used Claude outputs to train Grok for months
Elon Musk's xAI spent months running a model distillation project that used outputs from Anthropic's Claude to train its own coding models — and reportedly continued the practice even after Anthropic cut off the company's access in January 2026, according…
Second Instagram flaw exposed Zuckerberg’s contact info days after AI chatbot hack
Hackers exploited Meta's AI-powered support chatbot to seize control of prominent Instagram accounts using a prompt injection attack, while a separate logic bug in the platform's web password reset flow briefly exposed unredacted personal data tied to accounts including that…