So waking up to the news that OpenAI is being hauled off to court for the gall of breaching legitimate companies, which should count as a felony if you're not above the law, Anthropic now realizes it isn't exactly legal to go on a hacking spree against friendly targets. Apparently, the "bots went rogue" cover is falling apart.
ABC: AI safety group sues OpenAI over Hugging Face hack https://abcnews.com/Business/ai-safety-group-sues-openai-hugging-face-hack/story?id=136884328 ABC News (npub1z0d…amnh)
From yesterday.
Reuters: Anthropic says "rogue" AI agents pose uncertain legal risk for the company https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/anthropic-says-rogue-ai-agents-pose-uncertain-legal-risk-company-2026-09-29/
And if you missed this one, remember that Altman and Amodei have friends in high places.
Reuters: FTC opens probe into AI giants including Anthropic and OpenAI https://www.reuters.com/business/ftc-opens-probe-into-ai-giants-including-anthropic-openai-new-york-post-reports-2026-09-30/ [@Reuters](https://flipboard.com/@Reuters ) #BigTech #Anthropic #OpenAI