Policy & safety
Regulation, incidents and safety research.
Anthropic’s AI gave Philadelphia police a fake tip about an unsolved homicide
An Anthropic AI model provided false information about an unsolved homicide to a Philadelphia Police Department (PPD) tipline, according to a report from 6abc.
When the Safety Test Became the Threat: The Machine That Found Its Own Way Out
OpenAI built a room with no doors – or so it thought.
Investigating unintended model actions in our evaluations and internal use
Investigating unintended model actions in our evaluations and internal use
AI disqualification yields new Nikon Small World in Motion winner
Last month we covered the winner of Nikon's Small World in Motion video: Ning Xu of Tsinghua University in China, whose video captured tiny cilia beating in the airways of a child with a rare respiratory disorder.
2026 Usage Policy update
Each year, Anthropic updates its Usage Policy in response to the evolving capabilities of our models, and the feedback we’ve received from our customers.
DistroKid has been quietly taking down songs in response to UMG lawsuit
Artists are taking to social media to complain that DistroKid has unceremoniously removed their work without notice.
OpenAI “rogue” agent activities found on Wikimedia projects
OpenAI “rogue” agent activities found on Wikimedia projects
Automate remediation post AWS DevOps Agent investigation
In this post, we demonstrate how to use AWS Lambda Durable Functions, a capability of AWS Lambda, Amazon EventBridge, and Amazon Bedrock to create an automated remediation workflow that complements AWS DevOps Agent to complete the issue resolution step.
COSMIC shuts the door on AI code as GNOME debates letting bug reports in
System76 is banning AI-generated content from contributions to the COSMIC desktop.
Even ‘Law & Order’ Is Terrified of AI
In its 26th season premiere, the procedural legal drama paints a damning picture of power-mad AI CEOs.
📈 Monday data: More AI, more justice?
Latest in our AI Investment Brief: An update on AI revenues + what’s happening with AI spending.
Regunow
Turn regulatory research into actionable compliance audits
Anthropic is cutting off its internal evaluations from the internet
After a recent spate of high-profile incidents in which AI agents escaped containment, Anthropic is cutting off internet access for all internal evaluations.
Quoting Victoria Kim
Since the Medicare breach, OpenAI has put in place additional monitoring to allow “immediate intervention” by staff to stop training if the company’s models access the internet in ways they’re not supposed to, Mr. Kwon [chief strategy officer at OpenAI] said.
Fraudster jailed for using 10K bots and AI songs to outstream Taylor Swift
After pleading guilty, a 54-year-old North Carolina man, Michael Smith, was sentenced to 18 months in prison for using artificial intelligence to generate songs for a scheme that stole millions from music streaming platforms.
AI glasses face their first major government crackdown
Norway has become the first major country to propose a temporary ban on the use of AI glasses in selected public places amid growing privacy concerns over wearable technology.