Anthropic says US has lifted export controls on Fable and Mythos AI models after security fears

Wonka Netflix show faces backlash for AI-generated Gene Wilder voice

The actor, who died in 2016, appears in the Netflix show with the consent of his estate.

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US lifts export controls on Anthropic’s frontier cybersecurity AI models

Anthropic said export controls on certain models had been lifted after the company came to a series of agreements with the government.

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Short story accused of being AI-written wins overall Commonwealth prize

Jamir Nazir’s The Serpent in the Grove, which critics allege has ‘obvious markers’ of AI use, was described as ‘original, poetic and deeply moving’ by the judging chair A story widely accused on social media of being written using AI has gone on to win the overall Commonwealth short story prize. Jamir Nazir’s story The Serpent in the Grove went viral after being named as a regional winner in mid-May, with critics on X and Bluesky claiming it showed “obvious markers” of AI use. The literary magazine Granta subsequently pulled out of its long-running agreement to publish the Commonwealth winner…

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Rapid spread of AI may worsen global inequality, UN warns

A new UN report warns that uneven global adoption of AI risks deepening inequality between countries, particularly where nations depend on foreign models and infrastructure. The report proposes a shared international framework for responsible AI development to address disparities in access, control, and benefit.

Why this matters: Access and control are not the same thing. A country that uses AI built, hosted, and governed elsewhere does not really get to set the rules. It just gets the product. That is a real power gap, and it compounds over time. Richer countries and large tech firms shape the standards, own the infrastructure, and capture most of the value. Everyone else adapts to whatever they build. A UN framework is a start, but frameworks only matter if the countries with the most leverage actually follow them.

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Adobe patches seven max severity ColdFusion, Campaign flaws

Adobe has released security patches for seven maximum-severity vulnerabilities in the ColdFusion web app development platform and the Campaign Classic marketing automation platform. [...]

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Creatives sound alarm on copyright as Pocock calls $50bn datacentre proposal ‘ultimate dirty deal’

Proposal has been put to cabinet to allow AI companies to mine content, in exchange for investment and $350m fund to compensate artists, sources say Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Creatives are demanding further assurances from the Albanese government that it won’t water down copyright laws under a potential deal with tech firms to attract more than $50bn worth of datacentre investment in exchange for a $350m-a-year fund for artists. Guardian Australia has been told an industry proposal has been presented to c…

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