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CIA warns Europe of Russian hybrid attack plans targeting Baltics, Poland
The CIA has warned European allies that Russian intelligence and security services are considering hybrid operations against the Baltic states and Poland, including infrastructure sabotage and false-flag attacks, Bloomberg reported on Wednesday. The warning comes amid a sharp escalation in…
Iran elevates veteran IRGC commander to top security post
Iranian Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei on Sunday appointed Mohsen Rezaei, a longtime Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps commander, as his representative to the Supreme National Security Council, while naming outgoing council secretary Mohammad Bagher Zolghadr as his political adviser — a…
Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Pakistan sign mutual defense pact in Mecca
Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Pakistan on Friday signed a landmark collective defense agreement in the holy city of Mecca, establishing that an armed attack against any one of the three nations will be treated as an attack against all —…
US intel warns Putin may test NATO with limited attack
New U.S. intelligence assessments warn that Russian President Vladimir Putin may attempt to challenge NATO's cohesion through a limited attack on a member nation within the next few years, according to a report by The Wall Street Journal News Corp…
Chinese military used OpenAI, Anthropic models to train defense AI, Reuters finds
Chinese military researchers have used outputs from leading U.S. artificial intelligence models developed by OpenAI and Anthropic to train domestic AI systems aimed at advancing China's defense capabilities, according to a Reuters review of more than 80 Chinese academic papers…
China signals limits on open AI model access
A social-media account linked to China's state broadcaster published a commentary on Monday suggesting that Beijing's support for open artificial intelligence does not extend to unrestricted access to the most powerful model capabilities, according to Bloomberg.
TikTok U.S. security chief to testify before House China Committee on Sept. 15
TikTok's U.S. chief security officer, Will Farrell, will testify before the U.S. House Select Committee on China on September 15, a congressional aide confirmed on Tuesday, setting up the first public appearance by a TikTok U.S. executive in the House…
Lithuania says Russia planning attacks on infrastructure
Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda warned on Tuesday that intelligence indicates Russia may be preparing targeted attacks on critical infrastructure in Lithuania and other Baltic states, in what he described as an effort to test NATO unity. Nauseda said reports from…
Zhipu founder opposes Beijing’s plan to curb overseas AI access
Chinese authorities are weighing whether to limit foreign access to the country's most advanced artificial intelligence models, a move that would mark a reversal from the open-source strategy that has driven Chinese AI firms' rapid global expansion.
Boko Haram using ChatGPT, other AI tools to plan attacks, Cambridge study finds
A new report from the Cambridge Programme on AI Science & Policy has revealed that Boko Haram fighters in Nigeria are actively using frontier AI models — including ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and Grok — to plan attacks, design explosive devices,…
Iran’s new supreme leader vows revenge as Trump threatens to ‘decimate’ country
President Donald Trump warned Iran that "1,000 missiles are locked and loaded" and that the U.S. military stands ready to "completely decimate and destroy all areas" of the country if Iranian leaders attempt to carry out an assassination plot against…
Tencent leads bid to buy back Manus from Meta for $2B
Tencent Holdings is in discussions to become the largest shareholder of Manus, the Chinese-founded agentic AI startup, as a consortium of investors moves to unwind Meta's blocked $2 billion acquisition of the company, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday.
Beijing weighs curbing overseas access to top AI models
Chinese authorities have spent the past month meeting with the country's top technology companies to discuss potentially restricting overseas access to China's most advanced artificial intelligence models, including those not yet released, according to a Reuters exclusive citing three people…
China’s sweeping overseas investment rules take effect
Sweeping regulations linking outbound investment to national security took effect in China on Tuesday, giving authorities broad new powers to scrutinize cross-border flows of capital, personnel, and services amid escalating tech competition with Washington.
Apple lobbies Trump admin to buy chips from blacklisted Chinese firm
Apple is lobbying the Trump administration for clearance to purchase memory chips from ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT), a Chinese company placed on the Pentagon's military blacklist, as soaring AI-driven memory prices squeeze the tech giant's hardware margins.
US assures allies on Anthropic AI access at Pax Silica Summit
The European Union and India have both opened diplomatic channels with the Trump administration over access to Anthropic's most advanced AI models, after a U.S. export control directive forced the company to disable Fable 5 and Mythos 5 for all…
Five Eyes warns AI models capable of major cyberattacks are months away
The cybersecurity agencies of the Five Eyes intelligence alliance issued a rare joint statement on Monday warning that frontier AI models capable of causing major cyber damage are mere months from public availability, urging organizations worldwide to act immediately.
Anthropic opens Seoul office amid US export controls on its top AI models
Anthropic opened its Seoul office on Tuesday and announced a memorandum of understanding with South Korea's Ministry of Science and ICT to cooperate on AI safety, even as the company's most advanced models remain disabled worldwide under a U.S. government…
Manus investors plan $2B buyback from Meta after Beijing order
The original Chinese investors in AI startup Manus are planning to repurchase the company from Meta at the same $2 billion price the social media giant paid for it, according to a report by The Information published Thursday. The buyback…
SK Telecom identified as firm behind Anthropic export controls
The Trump administration's sweeping decision to bar foreign nationals from accessing Anthropic's most advanced artificial intelligence models was triggered by the discovery of a South Korean telecommunications company with suspected ties to China on the firm's access list, according to…
Trump rejects UK plea for exemption from Anthropic AI ban
When the U.S. Commerce Department ordered Anthropic to suspend all foreign access to its newly released Fable 5 and Mythos 5 AI models on June 12, citing national security concerns, it set off a chain reaction that is now reshaping…
Zhipu AI surges after launching open-source rival to Claude and GPT
Beijing-based AI company Z.ai released GLM-5.2 on June 13, positioning its most powerful open-source model as a direct alternative to closed proprietary systems from OpenAI and Anthropic at a fraction of the cost. The release came hours after the U.S.…
UK, Canada push for exemptions from US Anthropic AI ban
The United Kingdom and Canada are leading an international push to secure exemptions from the Trump administration's export ban on Anthropic's most advanced artificial intelligence models, as allied governments scramble to respond to the most sweeping US restriction on frontier…
Anthropic disables its top AI models after US export control order
Anthropic has shut down access to its most powerful AI models, Claude Fable 5 and Claude Mythos 5, for all customers after the US government issued an export control directive citing national security concerns. The company said it received the…
Trump admin blocks foreign access to Anthropic’s Fable 5, Mythos 5
The Trump administration on Friday blocked foreign governments, companies, and individuals from accessing Anthropic's most advanced AI models, escalating a months-long clash between the White House and the AI company over national security.
Bahrain bans citizens from traveling to Iran and Iraq
Bahrain's Interior Ministry on Tuesday banned citizens from traveling to Iran and Iraq until further notice, citing "continued security tensions" in the region. The decision comes as the Shiite Muslim holy month of Muharram approaches, during which millions of Shiites…
Philippines says China threat persists despite Trump-Xi summit
The Philippines' defense secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. said on Saturday that the country remains under "severe threat" from China, declaring that a recent thaw in U.S.-China relations following the Trump-Xi summit in Beijing has done nothing to ease tensions in…
Lithuania confirms crashed drone was Ukrainian
A suspected drone entering Lithuanian airspace from Belarus on Wednesday triggered the first air alert in an EU and NATO capital to order civilian shelters since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, forcing President Gitanas Nausėda, Prime Minister Inga…
Saudi Arabia intercepts three drones from Iraqi airspace
Saudi Arabia said on Sunday that its air defenses intercepted and destroyed three drones after they entered the kingdom's territory from Iraqi airspace, marking the latest in a series of aerial threats that have tested Gulf security since the broader…
France charges Tunisian man over alleged Louvre attack plot
French anti-terrorism authorities on Monday charged a 27-year-old undocumented Tunisian national with plotting a jihadist attack targeting the Louvre Museum and the Jewish community in Paris, the National Anti-Terrorism Prosecutor's Office (PNAT) confirmed.