Anthropic’s New AI Model Too Powerful for Public Use & More

Anthropic Not Releasing New AI Model to Public

The artificial intelligence company Anthropic—recently in the headlines for demanding that the Pentagon agree to certain limitations on the use of its technology—announced last week that it would not be releasing its new AI model to the public because it is too powerful. Company executives said the new model, called Claude Mythos Preview, is capable of autonomously scanning for and exploiting vulnerabilities in software programs, including all of the major operating systems and browsers. The company said it would allow a group of about 40 technology companies, including Apple and Amazon, to use the new model to find and patch security vulnerabilities in critical software. (NEW YORK TIMES)

Ballot Measures Aimed at Limiting Data Center Development

Voters in the city of Port Washington, Wisconsin, became the first in the country to approve a ballot measure to limit the construction of data centers. Similar proposals are already on the ballot in at least three other cities, and a proposed initiative is also circulating in Ohio. (PLURIBUS NEWS)

MN Lawmakers Aim to Prohibit Data Center NDAs

Fast-moving legislation in Minnesota (HF 4077/SF 4379) would prohibit local government officials from signing nondisclosure agreements for projects involving public funding. Local governments have signed contracts with major tech companies like Meta, agreeing not to share information about proposed data centers with the public. (MINNESOTA REFORMER)

ME Data Privacy Bill Remains Alive

The Maine Senate approved legislation (HB 1220 a) that would allow companies to collect and store only the data that’s necessary to provide a good or service; prohibit them from collecting biometric information unless necessary; and ban them from advertising directly to children or selling children’s data. The measure failed in the House the week before, but the Senate’s vote sends it back to the House for reconsideration. (PORTLAND PRESS HERALD, LEXISNEXIS STATE NET)

—Compiled by SNCJ Managing Editor KOREY CLARK

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