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Sep 11, 2026
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  1. Article · Sep 11, 2026 · Dara Kerr

    Anthropic says it blocked possible efforts to build biological weapons and deadly pathogens (opens the original)

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    Criminals, state-sponsored groups, spyware vendors, scientists and propagandists have attempted to use Anthropic’s powerful artificial intelligence models to design missiles and bombs, create deadly pathogens and surveil dissidents, according to a threat intelligence report published by the company. “The cases we share here aren’t typical misuse, but rather examples of the most notable and novel threat activity we’ve identified to date,” Anthropic wrote in its 154-page report. “We’

  2. Article · Aug 18, 2026 · Dara Kerr

    US states accuse Meta of hiding research on teen social media addiction (opens the original)

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    Lawyers representing 29 US states have accused Meta of covering up internal research showing Instagram was addictive for teenagers. In a packed courtroom on the opening day of a landmark legal challenge, they said the company knew its products harmed children but hid that information from the public. “I heard from many of you at jury selection that the health and wellbeing of kids is a shared responsibility,” said Megan O’Neill, a deputy attorney general for California, in her opening stat

  3. Article · Aug 18, 2026 · Dara Kerr

    Meta faces US states in trial over social media’s alleged harm to young people (opens the original)

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    More than half of the states in the US have joined together in an unprecedented lawsuit against Meta that goes to trial on Tuesday, accusing the parent company of Instagram and Facebook of deliberately designing addictive products that lured in young people and caused them harm. The jury trial is taking place in federal court in Oakland, California, and is expected to last between six and eight weeks. The jury is expected to hear from Meta chief executive Mark Zuckerberg, Instagram chief executi

  4. Article · Jul 15, 2026 · Dara Kerr

    Meta employees who sought leave were tagged by AI for mass lay-offs, lawsuit claims (opens the original)

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    Dozens of Meta employees have sued the social media company over claims that it used artificial intelligence tools to tag workers for mass lay-offs. The workers allege that those AI tools targeted them after they asked for protected or maternity leave or disability accommodation. The lawsuit, filed Monday in federal court in the northern district of California, points to Meta’s workforce reduction of about 8,000 employees earlier this year. Meta is the parent company of Facebook, Instagram and

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