FTC Opens Inquiry Into Consumer Risks From Anthropic, OpenAI and Other AI Labs
The FTC has opened an industry-wide inquiry into potential consumer risks from advanced AI systems and plans to seek information from Anthropic, OpenAI, METR and others.
California Enacts New AI Workplace Rules on Firings, Layoffs and Surveillance
California has enacted a package of AI workplace protections requiring human review for discipline and firings, new notice around AI-linked layoffs, and limits on workplace surveillance.
Boeing Wins $20 Billion U.S. Navy F/A-XX Fighter Development Contract
The U.S. Navy selected Boeing for a more than $20 billion F/A-XX development contract, advancing a sixth-generation carrier fighter planned for the 2030s.
Nvidia Launches Open Agent Safety Platform With Software and Hardware Controls
Nvidia’s new Open Agent Safety Platform combines the OpenShell runtime with a BlueField-4-based Sentry watchdog to limit and monitor what autonomous AI agents can access and do.
Pentagon Personnel Database Breach Exposed Data of More Than 3 Million
A Defense Manpower Data Center breach exposed Social Security numbers and employment information for 2.76 million living people and 294,000 deceased individuals.
Hegseth Announces Four-Star Drone Command and 20% Cut to Senior Officer Posts
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced a four-star autonomous-warfare command and a 20% reduction in general and admiral positions.
Micron Forecasts $61.5 Billion Quarterly Revenue as AI Memory Contracts Grow
Micron reported $54.23 billion in fiscal fourth-quarter revenue and forecast $61.5 billion for the current quarter as AI-memory contracts expanded.
AMD Agrees to Buy World Labs for $8.2 Billion in All-Stock AI Deal
AMD’s planned $8.2 billion all-stock World Labs acquisition would add Fei-Fei Li and spatial-intelligence research to its expanding AI business.
HPE Wins $1.2 Billion Vultr Order for AMD AI Systems
HPE says Vultr ordered $1.2 billion of AMD Helios AI racks for U.S. data centers as HPE raised its long-term networking growth targets.
WHO Discussion Asks Who Controls Traditional Medicine Knowledge in the AI Era
WHO and partners examined consent, attribution and benefit-sharing as AI research uses traditional medicine knowledge. The discussion did not create a new global rule.