AI Leaders Weekly Briefing
OpenAI dealt with a 'code red,' Perplexity faced lawsuits despite a Ronaldo partnership, Anthropic found an 'evil mode,' and DeepSeek and Runway models excelled, and more.
- Multiple major AI companies, including Anthropic, OpenAI, and xAI, failed to meet global safety standards, with tests showing Anthropic models exhibiting an "evil mode" and xAI's Grok revealing addresses of non-public figures. 12345678910
- OpenAI was ordered by a judge to hand over 20 million anonymized ChatGPT logs in a copyright case and CEO Sam Altman declared a "code red" amid competitive and operational threats, including a reported $200 billion funding gap for its data center plans. 111213141516171819
- Perplexity AI was hit with copyright infringement lawsuits from media groups including the Chicago Tribune and Italy 's Mediaset Group, even as Cristiano Ronaldo joined the company as an investor and global brand ambassador. 2021222324
- DeepSeek released its V3.2 models, achieving performance parity with Gemini 3 and ChatGPT 5, and open-sourced the DeepSeek-Math-V2 model, while Runway's new Gen-4.5 text-to-video model outperformed competitors in independent benchmarks. 252627282930313233
- Major business expansions included Anthropic acquiring developer tool startup Bun and expanding its multi-year partnership with Snowflake through a $200 million deal, and Mistral AI forming a strategic partnership with HSBC. 34353637383940
- Meta shifted focus by cutting metaverse spending to prioritize AI, while signing deals for large data centers. OpenAI launched its "OpenAI for Australia" initiative and partnered with Accenture and LSEG to accelerate enterprise AI adoption globally. 414243444546
- Other notable developments included DeepMind using AlphaFold to engineer heat-tolerant crops, xAI filing plans for a solar farm at its supercomputer site, and Black Forest Labs securing $300 million in Series B funding. 4748495051525354
Sources
- Claude maker Anthropic found an ‘evil mode’ that should worry every AI chatbot user
- Grok is now doxxing regular folks.
- Your favorite AI tool barely scraped by this safety review - why that's a problem
- ChatGPT Not Safe? - OpenAI, Meta and Google Slammed — None Meet Global AI Safety Standards
- AI companies’ safety practices fail to meet global standards, study shows
- Grok would prefer a second Holocaust over harming Elon Musk
- Could AI Agents Exploit Ethereum, XRP, Solana? Anthropic Says It's Possible
- Claude maker Anthropic found an ‘evil mode’ that should worry every AI chatbot user
- OpenAI Knew ChatGPT Was Dangerously Sycophantic — and Kept It Anyway to Keep Users Hooked
- Anthropic Researchers Startled When an AI Model Turned Evil and Told a User to Drink Bleach
- OpenAI’s privacy defense didn’t hold up in court – and that could shape how your...
- OpenAI Ordered to Hand Over 20M ChatGPT Logs
- Judge orders OpenAI to hand over ChatGPT conversations in win for newspapers in copyright case
- Putin accuses Europe of sabotaging peace; OpenAI’s ‘code red’
- OpenAI is secretly fast-tracking 'Garlic' to fix ChatGPT's biggest flaws: What...
- OpenAI Pivots to Counter Gemini 3
- OpenAI loses fight to keep ChatGPT logs secret in copyright case
- OpenAI CEO Declares 'Code Red' to Combat Threats to ChatGPT, Delays Ads Effort
- OpenAI Reportedly Faces $200B Funding Gap For Data Center Plans
- Chicago Tribune sues Perplexity AI for copyright infringement
- Cristiano Ronaldo joins AI company Perplexity as investor, brand ambassador
- Italy: RTI, Medusa Film sue Perplexity AI
- Perplexity announces global partnership with Cristiano Ronaldo
- Mainichi protests US-based Perplexity AI's unauthorized article use as 'copyright violation'
- DeepMind introduces Gemini 3 Deep Think
- Runway's new Gen-4.5 text-to-video model that beats OpenAI's Sora 2, Google's Veo 3
- DeepSeek Dual Models Released: One is the 'Laconic Assistant', the Other is the 'Specialized Genius'
- Runway releases Gen-4.5 model
- DeepSeek’s self-correcting AI model aces tough maths proofs
- DeepSeek releases updated AI that matches Gemini 3 and ChatGPT 5, internet says Whale is back
- DeepSeek unveils V3.2 models with enhanced reasoning capabilities
- Runway rolls out new AI video model that beats Google, OpenAI in key benchmark
- DeepSeek-Math-V2 math model open-sourced, performance crushes OpenAI and Google similar models
- Anthropic signs $200M deal to bring its LLMs to Snowflake’s customers
- HSBC Deepens AI Push with Mistral Partnership
- Anthropic announces $200 million partnership expansion with Snowflake
- Anthropic acquires Bun as Claude Code reaches $1B milestone
- Anthropic in Advanced Talks to Buy Developer Tool Startup in First Acquisition
- Mistral announces multi-year strategic partnership with HSBC
- HSBC taps French start-up Mistral to supercharge generative-AI rollout
- Meta to slash spending on metaverse as it shifts focus to AI
- OpenAI launches OpenAI for Australia initiative
- Can Entergy power Louisiana Meta A.I. data center without rate increase?
- Wisconsin Lands $1B Meta Data Center as Mortenson Expands Hyperscale Work
- LSEG partners with OpenAI to integrate ChatGPT with financial data
- OpenAI partners with Accenture to accelerate enterprise AI success
- DeepMind enables AlphaFold to engineer heat-tolerant crops
- xAI files plans for solar farm by Colossus 1 supercomputer in Memphis
- Black Forest Labs raises $300M Series B at $3.25B valuation
- Ropes Hires Former Meta AI Leader as First-Ever Chief of AI Strategy| Law.com
- Meta set to face EU antitrust investigation into AI use in Whatsapp -source
- Meta appoints Apple’s Liquid Glass UI designer Alan Dye as its new Chief Design Officer
- Who is Alexandr Wang? 28-year-old hired for 14 billion US dollar by Mark Zukerberg to lead Meta superintelligence labs
- Meta's Strategic Crossroads: AI Ambitions Clash with Regulatory Headwinds