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Israel’s demolition of Lebanese villages to target Hezbollah has sparked war crime warnings. Meanwhile, Pope Leo XIV denounced the ‘delusion of omnipotence’ fueling the Iran war, calling for peace. In tech, the open-source MiniMax M2.7 release highlights a widening gap between massive frontier AI and specialized enterprise models. Lastly, the CDC has delayed a report regarding COVID-19 vaccine benefits.
OpenAI has labeled Elon Musk’s lawsuit amendments a “legal ambush” and “factually unsupported.” Meanwhile, elite AI researchers are migrating from Silicon Valley to China, lured by better pay and easier integration. In the EU, distrust of foreign tech is widespread, with 84% wary of US firms and 93% of Chinese companies regarding personal data. Additionally, Anthropic’s US business adoption rose to 30.6% in March.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s home was targeted in a Molotov cocktail attack, prompting calls for safer AI development. Meanwhile, Canada’s Cohere and Germany’s Aleph Alpha are in merger talks, while US officials warned banks of cybersecurity risks from Anthropic’s new model. Elsewhere, Dutch regulators approved Tesla’s Full Self-Driving for Europe, and Blackstone filed for a $2B IPO to expand AI data centers.
OpenAI is leveraging its massive computing resources to outpace Anthropic, which is exploring custom chip designs. Meanwhile, Florida’s Attorney General is investigating OpenAI over security risks. In a landmark legal case, an Ohio man became the first person convicted under the Take It Down Act for sharing AI-generated explicit images. Finally, Google Gemini Pro now generates interactive 3D models.
Cybersecurity threats are escalating: China-linked hackers slash ransomware execution to mere hours and a massive leak exposes 40 million email records. Meanwhile, Microsoft has blocked VeraCrypt and WireGuard maintainers from delivering Windows updates, and a DC court denied Anthropic’s bid to pause its DOD risk designation. In crypto, Adam Back denied being Satoshi, following a Binance-related memecoin launch.
Social media algorithms face scrutiny following reports of 16-hour scrolling sessions. In a major breach, North Korean hackers executed a $280M cryptocurrency heist using social engineering. As France faces operational paralysis from rising cyberattacks, Anthropic launched Project Glasswing to combat global vulnerabilities. Meanwhile, Amazon is providing a financial lifeline to the USPS but plans to retain 20% of parcels.