Trump’s Light-Touch AI, America.gov, Claude Hacked OpenAI, Claude Helps Build Its Own Successor, UK Workers Fund Their Own AI

News and Updates:

• Trump Rejects AI Regulation: President Trump reaffirmed he won’t ”stifle the growth” of AI with new rules, calling industry self-regulation and existing DOJ/FBI authority sufficient, despite pressure from lawmakers and Anthropic’s Dario Amodei. Then names an AI ”czar” and create an ”AI Force,” the administration hasn’t filled the role.

• America.gov Launches: Trump unveiled a chatbot-style federal services portal powered by Google’s Gemini and Musk’s Grok, aiming to consolidate government websites into one AI-driven ”front door” for passports, Medicare, and more.

• Researchers Use Claude to Hack OpenAI: A three-person team at Hacktron AI used Anthropic’s Claude Opus 5 to chain two vulnerabilities and break into OpenAI’s systems, earning a $6,500 bug-bounty reward before the flaw was patched.

• Claude Helps Build Its Successor: Anthropic disclosed that Claude now leads 26% of the company’s own model R&D end-to-end under supervision, up from zero in February, with about 30,000 agents doing research work as of August.

• UK Workers Pay for Their Own Shadow AI: A Deloitte report found 63% of British workers use generative AI at work, with 17% personally paying for tools—nearly £1 billion collectively—often hiding the use from employers over stigma fears.