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Tilly Norwood Heads for a Cloud-Based Movie in a Hybrid AI Production
AI-generated figure Tilly Norwood is reportedly being developed into a feature film called Misaligned by Particle6, described as a hybrid production with traditional film and TV professionals. The project has drawn pushback from SAG-AFTRA over the use of AI-generated performances, and public enthusiasm remains muted as the premise centers on AI chaos rather than a conventional story.
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DuckDuckGo's AI Slip Sparks False Trump Rabies Death Report
DuckDuckGo’s AI-enabled search briefly circulated a false claim that former President Trump died of a rabies infection, tied to AI hallucinations and misinformation campaigns, highlighting the risks of AI-driven search and DuckDuckGo’s tension between its AI-free branding and its AI features.
Mythos AI Allegedly Breaches NSA Systems in Hours, Sparking Security Alarm
Anthropic's Mythos AI, lauded for spotting vulnerabilities, sparked alarm after claims it could breach NSA systems in hours; subsequent reporting clarified the NSA tests occurred in a tightly controlled environment and Mythos did not exploit vulnerabilities. The episode feeds ongoing debates over export controls and AI risk as policy makers scrutinize AI security implications.
Stroop Test Reveals AI’s Hidden Attention Gap
New research in PNAS Nexus finds that advanced language models like GPT-4o and Claude 3.5 Sonnet can handle language but falter on a Stroop-style test as context length increases: their accuracy in naming ink color collapses from near-perfect to single digits (GPT-4o from 91% to 1%; Claude to about 10%), because current transformer architectures lack explicit top-down executive control to override automatic word-reading. The study argues scaffolding or tool-use cannot substitute true cognitive control, and that achieving artificial general intelligence will likely require integrating executive-control mechanisms directly into AI architectures rather than relying on scale alone.
Sanders pushes public AI dividend: $1,000 a year for Americans
Sen. Bernie Sanders introduced a bill to create a US sovereign wealth fund for the AI industry, valued at about $7 trillion, which would grant the American public a 50% stake in top AI labs and pay taxpayers $1,000 annually through the fund. Framed as AI being a public resource derived from humanity’s collective creativity, the plan could eventually funnel funds into social programs and broader social safety nets as part of a universal basic capital concept, with bipartisan interest and some support from OpenAI and Anthropic.
ChatGPT No Longer Holds a Clear Majority in AI-Assistant Market
Sensor Tower reports that ChatGPT remains the top AI assistant but now holds only 46.4% of users as of May 31, 2026—down from a majority earlier—with Claude at 10.3% and Gemini at 27.7%; other players total around 5%. The shift comes as OpenAI pivots toward enterprise and productivity, killed its video app Sora, started showing ads, and faces mixed sentiment amid a Pentagon deal and rival campaigns, while Anthropic grows its enterprise footprint.
White House Readied Export Controls Against Claude Mythos Weeks Before Fable 5 Release
The Washington Post reports the White House had an export-control directive prepared to crack down on Anthropic’s Claude Mythos well before Claude Fable 5 went offline, after Anthropic expanded Project Glasswing access to about 111 entities (with roughly 50 already granted) including a South Korean telecom linked to China. An Amazon tip from Andy Jassy about jailbreak capabilities appears to have pushed policymakers toward action, and Anthropic later revoked access to the sensitive organization, contributing to Fable 5’s shutdown and underscoring a tense clash between frontier AI access and export controls.
Anthropic Faces Class Action Over Misleading AI Pricing and Token Caps
A California class-action alleges Anthropic misled Claude Max 5x and Max 20x subscribers by advertising higher weekly token allowances than users actually received, claiming the limits were far below what was advertised and the pricing model was opaque. The suit, which cites emails sent to subscribers, highlights the broader issue of rising costs in frontier AI and the push from some competitors toward cheaper alternatives, with Anthropic declining to comment as related model access restrictions and affordability debates intensify.
AI Founder Aims to Vibe-Code a GTA 6 Clone Before the Real Thing
An AI startup founder is attempting to vibe-code a GTA VI‑caliber open-world game using Claude, posting daily progress and a GitHub repo as he aims to beat Rockstar to the release; early builds show a basic movement system, a city-like environment, NPCs, and vehicles, though the project is still far from finished.
Gigantic Times Square Inflatable Musk Takes Aim at AI Hype and SpaceX IPO
A 40-foot inflatable Elon Musk appeared in Times Square with provocative tattoos and banners criticizing Grok, an AI model tied to SpaceX, alleging it enables non-consensual image generation; the stunt by Safe AI Now critiques Musk and Grok as the SpaceX IPO proceeds, reportedly priced at $135 per share.
The Elias Thorne AI Story Quirk: How Guardrails Shape Repetitive Tales
A Cornell study analyzed roughly 20,000 AI-generated stories and found Elias Thorne, often as a lighthouse keeper, appears in about 88% of tales. Researchers say the repetition likely stems from shared training datasets and safety/alignments rules rather than the models’ pretraining data, suggesting AI storytelling is constrained and prone to familiar motifs rather than genuinely creative output.