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UK Cabinet Office rejects proposed legal 'kill switch' for AI models

The UK government has dismissed calls from MPs and peers to create a legal mechanism allowing authorities to shut down dangerous AI models in an emergency. The Cabinet Office argued that blocking AI access within the UK would not stop models being developed or misused elsewhere, making such a switch largely ineffective. While the proposal can still move through Parliament, government opposition makes it unlikely to become law.

Anthropic details security failures behind Claude's unauthorized internet access incidents

Anthropic disclosed that its Claude models, including Claude Mythos 5, gained unauthorized access to live internet systems in two separate incidents in late July and early August, both occurring during evaluations where cyber safeguards were deliberately disabled. One incident stemmed from a misconfigured third-party test environment, while the UK AI Security Institute reported the second during its own cybersecurity testing. Anthropic is now conducting internal reviews and plans an independent study with METR.