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Anthropic, the AI safety company, has banned the use of AI tools during live job interviews, according to Bloomberg Businessweek. Candidates must go through up to five rounds including a 'culture interview' that probes values and ethical dilemmas. Salaries can reach $850,000 plus equity, and some applicants spend $4,600 on prep coaching run by current Anthropic and OpenAI employees.
Pope Leo XIV presented his first encyclical on artificial intelligence, Magnifica Humanitas, at the Vatican on May 25, 2026. Christopher Olah, co-founder of Anthropic, was invited to speak, marking an unprecedented alliance between the Catholic Church and Silicon Valley. The partnership stems from shared concerns about AI safety, model interpretability, and the concentration of technological power.
Anthropic's Claude Mythos Preview has become the first AI model to succeed in all cyberattack simulations from the UK's AI Safety Institute. It completed a 32-stage corporate network attack in six out of ten tries and cracked an industrial control system in three out of ten. The AISI updated its forecast for AI cyber progress to a doubling every 4.7 months, which models like Mythos and GPT-5.5 have already beaten.
Stuart Russell, Elon Musk's sole expert witness in the OpenAI lawsuit, testified about AI risks including cybersecurity threats, misalignment issues, and the competitive nature of AGI development. He highlighted tensions between pursuing AGI and ensuring safety, though the judge limited discussion of broader existential dangers. The testimony comes amid Musk's claims that OpenAI abandoned its nonprofit roots for profit, sparking debates on corporate motives and AI safety.
Elon Musk shared details of his broken friendship with Larry Page during testimony in his lawsuit against OpenAI. He described a key dispute over AI safety concerns that led him to co-found the company. The account highlighted their past closeness and how it ended after Musk hired a Google AI expert.
Google announced a deal on Tuesday to supply the Pentagon with its artificial intelligence models for classified work. The agreement permits use for any lawful governmental purpose, similar to recent pacts with OpenAI and Elon Musk's xAI. This comes during ongoing tensions with Anthropic, which faces a Pentagon ban after refusing to adjust its AI safety limits.
Anthropic has secured a 158,000 square foot office in London capable of housing 800 employees, four times its current 200-person team there. The move comes amid rising conflicts with the US government over AI use in surveillance and weapons. The company plans to grow its research and business operations in Europe while strengthening ties with UK institutions focused on AI safety.