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Australia Tells AI Companies to Generate More Power Than They Use and Pay for Content They Train On
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has announced a landmark AI policy requiring large datacenter builders to be net energy generators rather than consumers, and to fund associated water and grid infrastructure. The policy also mandates that AI companies reach agreements with local creators before using their content, with Albanese describing unauthorised use of Australian creative works as "theft." He framed the regulations as a proactive approach to prevent big tech from gaining outsized power, drawing comparisons to the delayed regulation of social media.
CISA Is Quietly Using Anthropic's Mythos to Hunt Bugs in Federal Government Code
CISA is reportedly using Anthropic's AI model, Mythos, to scan federal government code repositories for security vulnerabilities, with sources indicating the effort has already uncovered a large number of software flaws. The initiative is led by CISA's Attack Surface Evaluation team, with the NSA also believed to be utilizing the model. Despite this growing government reliance on Mythos, Anthropic has faced political tensions with the administration over its refusal to remove safeguards against autonomous weapons and surveillance use, and its public-facing model, Fable, experienced a temporary global shutdown following a dispute over foreign access.
The State of AI in 2026: Five Things Actually Worth Knowing
Delivered at SXSW London in mid-2026, the talk outlines five key themes in AI: its uncertain impact on jobs, the real-world harms already materialising (such as deepfakes, chatbot-related self-harm, and AI in warfare), and growing public backlash and anti-AI protests. It also highlights AI's significant and promising role in accelerating scientific research, while cautioning against over-reliance. Overall, the author argues that despite the hype, AI remains simply a technology whose full effects will take time to unfold — urging people to prepare for a marathon, not a sprint.
China Is Bolting AI Onto Its Creaking Camera Grid. The Upgrade Is Significant.
China is upgrading its extensive legacy camera network with AI-powered systems from manufacturers like Hikvision and Huawei, enabling automated behavioral analysis, crowd detection, and text-based video search without manual review. The modernization follows a 2024 government directive issued after a series of violent attacks, shifting the system's focus from reactive individual identification to large-scale, proactive behavioral monitoring. Human rights experts and Anthropic have raised alarm, warning that the upgrades represent a far more sweeping surveillance capability that China could scale significantly by 2028.
OpenAI Plants Its Flag in Singapore With a S$300M Partnership
OpenAI has launched **OpenAI for Singapore** in partnership with Singapore's Ministry of Digital Development and Information (MDDI), backed by a commitment of over S$300 million. The initiative focuses on three areas: deploying frontier AI for organisations tackling key national challenges, developing local AI talent, and broadening AI access for businesses and individuals across the economy. Central to the partnership is the opening of OpenAI's first Applied AI Lab outside the United States, which will create more than 200 technical roles in Singapore.
Three Phone Calls and America's AI Safety Order Was Dead
President Trump cancelled a planned executive order on AI safety at the last minute after phone calls from Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, and former AI advisor David Sacks, who warned that the proposed measures could slow AI development and jeopardise America's competitive edge over China. The draft order would have established a voluntary system requiring AI companies to submit frontier models to federal agencies for safety testing up to 90 days before release. The order has been shelved for reworking, with critics inside the administration dismissing it as unnecessary fearmongering pushed by AI "doomers."
Flagged as a Pentagon Supply Chain Risk, Anthropic Is Probably Getting the NSA Contract Anyway
Despite being flagged as a supply chain risk by the Pentagon due to its refusal to allow unrestricted lawful use of its technology, Anthropic will likely continue supplying its Claude-based "Mythos" model to the NSA, with the arrangement personally approved by White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles. Mythos is reportedly the only short-term solution for the NSA's classified networks because it can run on older chips, unlike models from competitors that require Nvidia's latest hardware. A contract being finalized includes a clause preventing the model from processing Americans' data, and the White House intends to use it as a template for future AI agreements.