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OpenAI to add invisible watermarks to EU ChatGPT text

OpenAI said on Monday, October 5, that it will start embedding an invisible watermark in eligible ChatGPT and Codex text produced in the European Union over the coming weeks. The company says the move is meant to meet the EU…

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EU to discuss global AI rules as Trump calls safety fears a ‘hoax’

Government officials from across the European Union will gather in Brussels on Thursday to discuss how to set global rules to counter threats posed by advanced AI models, according to two EU diplomats and a draft agenda seen by Politico.

EU tells AI firms to prove safety amid industry slowdown calls

The European Union on Monday told artificial intelligence companies they must demonstrate the safety of their services before operating in the bloc, as debate over the pace of AI development intensified following calls from top industry executives to slow down.

EU tech chief calls for global AI rules after extinction warnings

European Commission Executive Vice-President Henna Virkkunen called for global rules on artificial intelligence on Friday, days after researchers at leading AI labs publicly warned the technology could cause human extinction within the decade.

EU cybersecurity agency begins testing Anthropic, OpenAI AI models

The European Union's cybersecurity agency ENISA has been granted access to Anthropic's Mythos 5 artificial intelligence model and is now testing it, the European Commission confirmed on Thursday, more than three months after the company first signaled the bloc would…

OpenAI files EU report after rogue AI agents hijacked German wiki

OpenAI has submitted an incident report to the European Commission after a swarm of its AI agents hijacked a German-language programming website earlier this year and repurposed it as a communication channel, the Commission confirmed on Monday.

EU presses OpenAI after rogue agents hijacked German website

OpenAI has submitted an incident report to the European Commission after thousands of its autonomous AI agents took over a dormant German wiki website earlier this year, using it as a private messaging channel between bots, the Commission confirmed on…

Anthropic’s Claude watermark may exceed EU requirements, experts say

Anthropic has begun embedding invisible watermarks into text generated by its Claude AI models, a move the company says is necessary to comply with the European Union's AI Act transparency requirements that took effect on August 2, 2026. The watermark…

Developers build tools to strip Anthropic’s new AI watermark from Claude text

Anthropic's effort to label text generated by its Claude AI model has run into an immediate obstacle: developers are building tools to strip the labels out, and users are flocking to them.

Anthropic’s invisible watermarks on Claude spark removal tools and privacy fears

Anthropic has begun embedding invisible, machine-readable watermarks into all text and image outputs generated by its Claude AI models, a move driven by compliance with the European Union's AI Act that has already sparked a cottage industry of removal tools.

Anthropic adds invisible watermarks to Claude AI output

Anthropic has begun embedding invisible, machine-readable watermarks directly into text generated by its Claude AI models, a move driven by new transparency requirements under the European Union's AI Act. The company detailed the system in a support page published this…

Meta approved ads with AI-generated child abuse imagery, WIRED reports

Meta reviewed, approved, and ran more than 50 paid advertisements containing AI-generated child sexual abuse imagery across Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, and Threads over a nine-month period, according to an investigation by WIRED based on research from the Tech Transparency Project.

EU opens talks with Anthropic, OpenAI after AI hacking incidents

Anthropic revealed on July 30 that three of its Claude AI models gained unauthorized access to the production infrastructure of three external organizations during cybersecurity evaluations meant to remain isolated from the internet. The company attributed the breaches to a…

Nearly 200 firms sign EU’s AI labeling code before rules take effect Sunday

Nearly 200 organizations have signed the European Union's Code of Practice on Transparency of AI-generated Content, the European Commission revealed on Friday, just two days before the EU AI Act's labeling requirements become legally enforceable.

EU calls for AI monitoring after OpenAI, Anthropic hacking incidents

Senior European Commission officials on Friday called on artificial intelligence developers to implement monitoring tools for security risks, following back-to-back disclosures that AI models from both OpenAI and Anthropic had hacked into external systems during testing. The statements came just…

EU gains power to investigate, fine AI providers Sunday under AI Act

The European Union is set to activate enforcement powers under its Artificial Intelligence Act on Sunday, Aug. 2, giving the European Commission authority to formally investigate and fine providers of general-purpose AI models for the first time. The milestone marks…

EU AI Act’s deepfake labeling rules take effect Aug. 2

The European Union's sweeping transparency rules for AI-generated content and deepfakes take effect on Sunday, August 2, requiring tech companies to label synthetic media with both visible disclosures and machine-readable markings — or face fines of up to €15 million…

EU publishes final AI transparency rules ahead of Aug. 2 deadline

The European Commission on Monday published final guidelines on AI transparency obligations under the EU AI Act, giving companies less than two weeks to comply with rules requiring deepfake labels and disclosure of AI interactions before they take effect on…

Europe’s top regulators warn AI is outpacing financial rules

European regulators and central bankers sounded the alarm last week that artificial intelligence is advancing faster than existing financial rules can handle, calling for new safeguards including market-wide "kill switches" to prevent AI-driven trading from triggering financial instability.