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18 SEP 2026 · Hacker News · 109 pts · 35 comments ↗

The article argues that the panic over AI regulation is misplaced, as existing laws already apply to AI firms, but enforcement is ineffective due to the elite consensus that the powerful are above the law. New regulations are proposed, but the author believes they will not be effective in making AI safer. AI summary

15 SEP 2026 · Zvi Mowshowitz

Anthropic has disrupted numerous attempts to misuse Claude, a large language model, by malicious actors, including attempts at biological misuse, conventional weapons development, and illicit distillation. Notably, Chinese labs have been found to have systematically attempted to distill Claude, with some using thousands of new accounts created with stolen credit cards and API keys to harvest user data, raising concerns about the misuse of user data. AI summary