Silicon Valley company Anthropic, which makes the popular Claude chatbot, announced major changes to its usage policy on Thursday. The new provision includes a ban on „persistent and wantonly cruel or harmful behavior“ with artificial intelligence models. It is the first such specific post in which the company has explicitly prohibited…
Anthropic introduces free AI security scans for open source projects
Anthropic PBC has announced a new service – OSS Scanner – that gives open source projects the opportunity to receive periodic, in-depth security scans using the company’s strongest AI models, at no upfront cost. The initiative is part of the broader Anthropic Cyber Mission, which aims to…
Microsoft launches Surface Laptop Ultra with Nvidia RTX Spark and updated Windows 11
„Microsoft officially unveiled the new Surface Laptop Ultra at Tech Week in San Francisco, the first laptop powered by Nvidia's RTX Spark "superchip." The device is part of a broader initiative to enable native artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities, and with it...
OpenAI and Anthropic say they will adopt data breach regulations in Australia
On October 6, 2026, a Slashdot.org report, based on information from Reuters, stated that OpenAI and Anthropic have expressed their readiness to adopt data breach regulations that are being considered by Australian lawmakers. The initiative comes after the Australian parliament began examining a potential new regulatory package for…
OpenAI will implement an unreadable tag for ChatGPT text outputs – EU only
OpenAI has announced that it will begin applying an „invisible watermark“ to ChatGPT and Codex text output in the European Union. The initiative is a direct response to the EU’s AI Act, which requires AI developers to provide the ability to recognize content generated by artificial intelligence. „In the EU,…
Apple will introduce clear user terms to grant full disk access to macOS
Apple has announced that it will soon be introducing additional controls that require „very explicit user action“ to grant Full Disk Access to applications in macOS. This information was revealed in a post on Apple’s developer website on October 2, 2026…
Epic pauses product development to fix security flaws that put patient data at risk
„Epic, a widely used health information systems company, has announced that it is suspending most of its product development. The decision comes after the company's CEO, Judy Faulkner, who is also the founder and CEO, announced that the company will be dedicating an exceptional effort over the next six weeks to...
Apple to strengthen Mac data controls to protect users from AI agents and third-party apps
Apple has announced that it will soon be introducing additional privacy controls for Mac users. The company warned of the growing risks associated with giving broad data access to third-party apps, especially artificial intelligence (AI) agents. The initiative is a direct response to the fact that…
Google launches Gemini 4 Argon, a new AI model for cybersecurity and complex tasks
Google officially announced its new artificial intelligence platform, Gemini 4 Argon, on September 30, 2026. The model, which is first available to trusted cybersecurity professionals through the Fairwind program, is designed to solve extremely complex problems in software engineering, finance, law, and, of course, cybersecurity….
NVIDIA Nemotron Optimization for Saudi Arabian Dialects – A Path to Other Language Variants
The NVIDIA Nemotron 3.5 ASR (Automatic Speech Recognition) model is out of the box capable of transcribing up to 40 language locales, including Arabic, but in real-world implementations, regional dialects and local recordings are often encountered that are not sufficiently represented in the initial training data. This problem…