The FBI and DHS ramp up tracking on “anti-tech extremism, China imposes travel restrictions on some AI workers, the Dutch government blocks Kyndryl from acquiring IT provider Solvinity.
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Anthropic may eventually release its bug-finding AI publicly
Anthropic says it plans to eventually release public versions of its Mythos bug-finding models once it has stronger safeguards against misuse. For now, access remains limited under Project Glasswing, though availability is expanding to governments and select partners. Anthropic says Mythos has scanned more than 1,000 open-source projects and found more than 6,200 high- or critical-severity vulnerabilities, including a major flaw in wolfSSL. At the same time, AI-generated findings are also increasing the burden on security teams that still have to verify and triage each report.
Source: The Register
U.S. agencies are tracking “anti-tech extremism”
Documents obtained by WIRED show U.S. federal agencies including the FBI and Department of Homeland Security are increasingly monitoring what they describe as “anti-tech extremism,” tied to backlash over AI-driven job losses and data center construction. The documents reference threats against tech infrastructure but also protests, public meetings, and online criticism, raising concerns from civil liberties groups that peaceful dissent could increasingly be treated as a domestic security issue.
Source: WIRED
Spotify adds narrated magazine articles
Spotify is adding narrated magazine journalism to its audiobook library, with more than 650 long-form stories available in English from publications including Rolling Stone, The Atlantic, WIRED, and Pitchfork. The stories count against Premium users’ monthly audiobook allotment, while free users can buy them individually for $1.99. Spotify says the goal is to bring long-form journalism into the same listening experience as music, podcasts, and audiobooks, though it hasn’t said whether any narration is AI-generated.
Source: The Verge
Dropbox founder Drew Houston is stepping down
After 19 years leading Dropbox, founder Drew Houston is stepping down as CEO and moving into an executive chairman role. Chief product officer Ashraf Alkarmi will serve as co-CEO during a transition before taking over permanently. Houston says he wants to pursue new entrepreneurial work in AI, while Dropbox continues trying to grow beyond file storage with products like its AI-powered Dash search tool.
Source: CNBC
Spain moves to block Polymarket and Kalshi
Polymarket and Kalshi are facing a temporary block in Spain after regulators said the companies may be offering gambling services without the required license. Spain has restricted access to both sites while it investigates possible violations over the coming months, adding to broader scrutiny of prediction-market platforms over licensing, compliance, and suspicious trading activity.
Source: WSJ
Samsung’s non-chip workers challenge bonus vote
A union representing non-chip employees at Samsung Electronics has asked a South Korean court to block a vote on a tentative wage deal, arguing it unfairly favors the company’s semiconductor division. The dispute centers on a plan to distribute about $26.6 billion worth of bonuses to chip workers after negotiations last week helped avert a strike, exposing deeper tensions over how Samsung is dividing profits from its most lucrative business.
Source: Bloomberg
China tightens travel rules for top AI talent
China has expanded travel restrictions on AI talent at private companies including Alibaba and DeepSeek, with some founders, researchers, and executives now needing government approval before traveling abroad. The move reflects Beijing’s growing view of AI engineers as strategic assets and could complicate recruiting and retention as competition with the U.S. intensifies.
Source: Bloomberg
Netherlands blocks U.S. takeover of digital ID supplier
The Dutch government has blocked Kyndryl from acquiring Solvinity, citing public-interest concerns because Solvinity helps run the DigiD digital identity system. The move reflects broader European concerns about reliance on U.S. technology for critical infrastructure and comes ahead of new EU proposals focused on tech sovereignty in cloud, chips, and AI.
Source: POLITICO
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