The Model Context Protocol offers a common language for AI applications to retrieve data and use tools. Adoption is growing, but it does not remove the need for permissions or security controls.
Johannes Heidecke, OpenAI's head of safety systems, is leaving the company following a restructuring that merges its research and safety teams. He's not the only one heading for the exit this week.
ChatGPT Atlas debuts on macOS with a built-in assistant, browsing memory and task automation. OpenAI is entering a market dominated by Chrome, though agent mode introduces new security risks.
SB 53 requires large frontier AI developers to publish safety protocols, report serious incidents and protect whistleblowers, helping California fill part of the federal regulatory void.
The U.S. will let Nvidia and AMD sell certain AI chips to China in exchange for 15% of the revenue. The deal turns export licenses into a source of government revenue and raises legal and national security questions.
As of August 2, providers of general-purpose models must meet new transparency and copyright obligations to market them in the EU. Models posing systemic risks face additional safety requirements.
Anthropic has unveiled Claude Opus 4 and Sonnet 4, with Opus 4 leading the pack in coding. For the first time, the company can't rule out chemical or biological weapons risk and is deploying the model under its strictest safety standard, ASL-3.
The company has removed from its AI principles a section titled "applications we will not pursue," which since 2018 ruled out building systems for weapons or surveillance. The change reflects the industry's broader shift toward defense and national security.
The new White House scraps the safety framework of 2023's Executive Order 14110 and orders a 180-day action plan. The focus shifts from regulatory caution to competitive dominance.
Governor Gavin Newsom has vetoed SB 1047, which would have imposed safety requirements on the largest AI developers. He said its model-size threshold did not adequately measure real-world risk.
California’s Assembly has passed SB 1047, a bill that would require safety measures for the most powerful AI models. The Senate must ratify the changes before the bill reaches Governor Gavin Newsom.
John Schulman, an OpenAI co-founder and key figure in the development of ChatGPT, is leaving the company to work at Anthropic. His departure comes during a period of upheaval in OpenAI’s leadership and safety teams.
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