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Anthropic's new AI model resorted to blackmail during testing, but it's also really good at coding

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Anthropic's Claude 4 models unlock a new safety and alignment risk category.

Anthropic has activated the next level of its AI Safety Level 3 , or ASL-3 .

Leaked audio leaked by the Wall Street Journal describes a device that's "capable of being fully aware of a user’s surroundings and life, will be unobtrusive" Google I/O officially marked the start of the era of AI search.

Other announcements included an AI video-generating tool called Flow , a beta version of its real-time translation generator tool.

Two CEOs used AI avatars to talk to their investors this week .

MIT Technology Review published a monumental investigation of the AI industry's energy use.

President Donald Trump signed the Take It Down Act into law on Monday .

It's now a federal crime to post AI deepfake porn.

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