Congress tees up No FAKES Act, aiming at AI-generated deepfakes

While preventing third parties from profiting off unauthorized deepfakes of artists and performers is a bipartisan concern, some business and digital rights groups are opposed.

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AI’s constant patching treadmill can be a security problem

The breakneck speed of model releases may be creating short, silent security gaps as developers must choose between performance and security, according to a new report.

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Cybersecurity experts don’t think Anthropic’s Fable 5 presents a unique cybersecurity threat 

Dozens of practitioners said the decision to place export controls on the foreign use of Fable are misguided, and recent jailbreak reports don’t show the model providing unique hacking capabilities.

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US, France, and Italian authorities shut down massive deepfake porn site

The website specialized in non-consensual sexual images of famous women, including politicians, first ladies, royalty, journalists, television presenters, athletes, and entertainers, and others.

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OpenAI: ‘Likely’ Chinese influence operation tried to use ChatGPT to stir debate on data centers 

The company says there’s little evidence it influenced any real policy discussion. 

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Anthropic’s new model is Mythos on a leash

Claude Fable 5 offers Mythos-level performance for most tasks with safeguards on sensitive topics. Anthropic claims testing found no universal jailbreaks. Whether that actually holds up in practice is harder to predict.

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Your AI agent could become your biggest insider threat 

New research details how the increasing integration of AI agents into businesses is making it easier than ever for insiders – malicious or otherwise – to put sensitive data at risk. 

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Trump administration releases scaled-back AI executive order

The order — which Trump previously refrained from signing at the last minute — appears to make significant concessions to industry compared to earlier drafts.

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Tina Peters, convicted in election-security breach, emerges defiant and vows legal fight

The former Colorado election clerk  struck an unrepentant pose in her first interview after her prison sentence was commuted by Colorado Governor Jared Polis.

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USPS moving forward with mail-in ballot changes as courts weigh Trump’s election order 

A judge said Democrats and civil groups filed the lawsuit too early to demonstrate harm, but that could change after newly proposed postal regulations.

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