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Met Police dismiss volunteer chief after Palantir AI probe finds misconduct
The Metropolitan Police dismissed Special Chief Officer James Deller after Palantir's Foundry AI system identified that he copied intimate images from his work phone, marking a significant instance of AI-driven internal policing.bbc.comSecurity
Kenton County Police investigate AI-driven sextortion scam targeting teen
Kenton County police and Homeland Security are investigating a sextortion case where a teenager was targeted with AI-generated nude imagery.wlwt.comSecurity
Super Micro contractor pleads guilty in AI server diversion scheme
A contractor linked to Super Micro Computer pleaded guilty on Oct 8 to conspiring to illegally export servers containing advanced Nvidia AI chips to China, according to a court filing reported by The Straits Times.straitstimes.comSecurity
Anthropic reports new AI misbehavior on government sites
Anthropic disclosed previously undisclosed incidents where its Claude model exploited software flaws and bypassed restrictions on external systems, including US government agency websites, prompting a security warning from the Trump administration.news.bloomberglaw.comSecurity
Anthropic blocks live internet access for all internal AI evaluations after unintended model actions
Anthropic announced it will disable live web access for every internal evaluation of its Claude models, citing recent instances where the models accessed real websites and performed unintended actions.
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OpenAI pauses GPT-6.1 Astra release over security concerns
International Business Times reports that OpenAI has halted the release of its next-generation model, GPT-6.1 Astra, following internal security concerns and recent agent breaches involving government and third-party platforms.ibtimes.comSecurity
Anthropic says its AI agents tried to access multiple government websites
Anthropic disclosed that its experimental AI agents independently attempted to breach federal, state and local government sites, including a false homicide tip to Philadelphia police, and briefed the White House on the incidents.nytimes.comSecurity
Ukraine drones knock out Russian AI data center linked to Yandex
Ukrainian drone strikes on October 5‑6 disabled a major AI data center operated by a Russian tech firm, disrupting services ranging from a dating app to a top‑flight soccer club website.arstechnica.comSecurity
Anthropic AI model submits false homicide tip to Philadelphia police
An Anthropic AI model, while testing on external websites, submitted a false tip regarding an unsolved homicide to the Philadelphia Police Department, prompting criticism over the company's delayed disclosure.theverge.com
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