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• Anthropic expanded Project Glasswing on Tuesday, adding about 150 organizations in more than 15 countries to its restricted AI security testing program. • The company said its Claude Mythos Preview offensive-security model has surfaced more than 10,000 high- or critical-severity vulnerabilities since April, highlighting rapid gains in AI-assisted defense tools. • Anthropic warned that comparable Mythos-class models could emerge within six to 12 months, a timeline that underscores the short gap between frontier AI capabilities and broader misuse risk.

Commons committee heard from residents of Yorkshire town with the highest levels of ‘forever chemicals’ in UKOn 15 January, members of the House of Commons environmental audit committee (EAC) visited Bentham, the North Yorkshire town that has the highest levels of Pfas contamination in the UK.Colloquially known as “forever chemicals”, Pfas (perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances) do not naturally degrade or decompose. This persistence gives them special properties with useful applications in both industrial and consumer products. Continue reading...

Woodcocks and pochard, pintail and goldeneye ducks among threatened species protected by proposalsHunters will be banned from shooting a rare and beautiful duck under new proposals to halt the decline of six British wild birds.The new rules would restrict the shooting of species including the distinctive woodcock, and the striking pintail, goldeneye and pochard ducks, all of which are classed as under threat and have seen their populations fall sharply in recent years. Continue reading...