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New Mexico Supreme Court fines lawyer $5,000 after AI-generated fake witnesses appear in murder appeal

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Meta Faces New Privacy Lawsuit Over AI Training and Hidden Face-Recognition Work

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Anthropic researcher’s resignation spotlights AI safety fears as IPO talk swirls

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Anthropic’s Cybersecurity Crisis Exposes the Risks of AI Agents Gone Rogue

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