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1. White House officials reportedly frustrated by Anthropic’s law enforcement AI limits

   Officials say Claude chatbot usage policies block FBI, Secret Service contractors' work.

2. ChatGPT may soon require ID verification from adults, CEO says

   Chatbot will "default to the under-18 experience" when age is uncertain after teen suicide lawsuit.

3. Millions turn to AI chatbots for spiritual guidance and confession

   Bible Chat hits 30 million downloads as users seek algorithmic absolution.

4. Modder injects AI dialogue into 2002’s Animal Crossing using memory hack

   Unofficial mod lets classic Nintendo GameCube title use AI chatbots with amusing results.

5. OpenAI and Microsoft sign preliminary deal to revise partnership terms

   Companies work to finalize terms as OpenAI pursues for-profit restructuring.

6. 35 percent of VMware workloads expected to migrate elsewhere by 2028

   “We are all addicted to hypervisors, and that needs to change."

7. Senator blasts Microsoft for making default Windows vulnerable to “Kerberoasting”

   Wyden says default use of RC4 cipher led to last year's breach of health giant Ascension.

8. Developers joke about “coding like cavemen” as AI service suffers major outage

   Anthropic outage takes down AI tools some developers rely on to create software.

9. Microsoft ends OpenAI exclusivity in Office, adds rival Anthropic

   Microsoft will end OpenAI's exclusive hold on its productivity suite, adding second AI supplier.

10. Claude’s new AI file-creation feature ships with security risks built in

    Expert calls security advice "unfairly outsourcing the problem to Anthropic's users."