AI fake news network invents the collapse of 47 local Alabama newspapers
A mysterious website used artificial intelligence to fabricate a detailed story about the death of dozens of local Alabama newspapers.
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Google’s AI Overviews surface suicide details, raising questions over AI editorial standards
Although publishers provided the information, Google’s AI decided what millions of users would see first
Google delists then reinstates Press Gazette investigation into AI-generated news stories
Second time this year Google has removed news stories after anonymous complaints only to reverse course after media queries
Cloudflare will block AI training crawlers by default on ad-supported sites
The company says new controls will let publishers separate search, agent use and model training
Anthropic restores Fable 5 access, launches Sonnet 5, as Washington scrutiny deepens
The new models show improved cyber-evaluation results despite not being trained for security tasks, but red flags around the underlying safeguards remain a live legal and policy issue in Washington
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Trump administration allows limited GPT-5.6 release
White House wants the advanced AI model tested with approved partners before a broader release
With Claude Tag, Anthropic has entered the Slack chat
Says Claude Tag enables persistent memory and tasks
Can AI deliver trustworthy news? NewsGuard thinks its new Chatbot has the answer
Company says answers come from 12,000 vetted outlets, not web scraped.
Creators get new say over AI scraping through Cloudflare–beehiiv partnership
Companies say the collaboration enables newsletter publishers to manage AI bot traffic, improve visibility in AI-powered search tools and protect archives
Western intel alliance warns ‘overwhelming’ cyberattacks could be months away
The ‘Five Eyes’ urge governments, corporations and small and midsize businesses to shore up basic defenses before AI-enabled exploits become routine