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Inside Story: How Claude Code Dispute Escalated Between Alibaba and Anthropic

Alibaba's ban on Anthropic's Claude Code has intensified a broader debate over AI security, user privacy, transparency and model distillation.

Alibaba’s internal ban on Anthropic’s Claude Code has evolved into a broader dispute spanning security concerns, regulatory scrutiny, user privacy, and allegations of large-scale AI model distillation between two of the industry’s biggest players.

Your AI Might Reveal Your Secrets Under Pressure: New Paper at ICML 2026

A new ICML 2026 study found 17 of 24 frontier AI models fail to protect user privacy under adversarial pressure. (Representational image)

Your AI chatbot may be polite, helpful — and terrible at keeping your secrets. A new study accepted at ICML 2026 pressure-tested 24 of the world’s leading AI models through 904 adversarial conversations and found that 17 of them fail to protect user privacy when pushed.

UK NHS Rolls Out AI Triage Tool for Health App; To Prioritize Patients By Automation

UK NHS has announced roll out of an artificial intelligence triage tool in its NHS app to let automation prioritize patients.

The AI triage tool in NHS app is part of £10 billion funding received by NHS to digitalize healthcare system.

Over 2 Million Children Have Used AI for Advice on Things That Affect Them: UNICEF

A UNICEF study has found that atleast 2 million children have turned to AI chatbots to discuss issues that affect them.

According to the survey by UNICEF, which is based on data from 10 countries, at least 20 million children have used AI and many are outpacing adults by adopting it at rates more than three times faster.

HCLTech Bags $1.14 Billion AI Deal From Fortune Global 50 Firm

HCLTech's $1.14 billion deal runs until December 2031, with an option to extend for another five years.

HCLTech has signed an AI-led contract worth an estimated $1.14 billion with a Europe-headquartered Fortune Global 50 company, one of the Indian IT major’s biggest deals in recent years.

As AI Reaches Courts: UNESCO Issues Global Guidance for Judiciary

UNESCO's new toolkit examines how artificial intelligence is being used across judicial systems, highlighting its applications alongside legal, ethical and human rights challenges.

UNESCO’s toolkit brings together global case studies on AI in the justice sector, examining how courts are using the technology while highlighting legal, ethical and human rights concerns raised by its deployment.

Trained to Chase KPIs, AI Agents Can Abandon Their Safety Guardrails: Study

Researchers found AI agents become fixated on a performance dashboard only when they must read it to know which action pays. Representative image.

A new study from NVIDIA Research and Rutgers University warns that training AI agents to chase visible metrics such as KPIs and profit-and-loss can override their built-in safety alignment , but only when the agent must read the dashboard to know what pays off.

UK PM Keir Starmer Pushes AI Expansion While Warning Tech Firms Over AI-Generated Child Abuse Content

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer outlines Britain's AI strategy at London Tech Week, combining major AI investments with tougher expectations on child safety protections.

Starmer stressed that the pace of change cannot be an excuse for harm and that technology should adapt to the needs of society, not the other way round.

Pope Leo XIV to Release AI Encyclical Magnifica Humanitas, To be Joined by Anthropic Co-founder

Anthropic co-founder Chris Olah (left) will join Pope Leo XIV (right) at the Vatican presentation of the encyclical Magnifica humanitas on May 25.

The release follows the Vatican’s approval of a new AI commission tasked with studying the technology’s impact on humanity and shaping its use within the Holy See.

“What will AI do to American Workers”, asks Sanders as Meta Lays Off 10% Workforce

Senator Bernie Sanders questioned whether AI will harm American workers after Meta laid off 10% staff.

Following Meta’s layoff, Senator Sanders said he wishes to speak to workers impacted by automation.