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A jury in Oakland just handed Elon Musk a unanimous defeat in his lawsuit against OpenAI and Sam Altman, but the verdict may only be the beginning. Anthropic is making quiet power moves — acquiring a startup that was secretly powering its rivals' developer ecosystems, while also building an AI model so dangerous they've refused to release it and are now briefing global financial regulators. Standard Chartered just became one of the first major banks to name a specific number of AI-driven job cuts — over 7,000 — and it's sending shockwaves through an already anxious workforce. A new survey reveals one in three university students believe AI will trigger civil unrest, yet those same students are among its heaviest users. A Melbourne psychiatrist is turning away patients over AI note-taking, raising urgent questions about privacy in healthcare. And in perhaps the most unexpected twist of the week, the Vatican is hosting a papal document on AI and human dignity — with an Anthropic co-founder in attendance.

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