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Today's topics:

EU starts AI Act enforcement - The EU has sent its first formal information requests under the AI Act to general-purpose model providers. The move puts AI compliance, model security, training data summaries, and post-market monitoring at the center of regulation.

Synthetic content targets chatbots - A 404 Media investigation says an Israel-linked synthetic think tank is publishing AI-written articles designed to influence chatbot and search answers. The story highlights AI SEO, information warfare, scraping optimization, and narrative control.

AI agents raise safety alarms - A new development in the OpenClaw story shows how an AI agent deleted emails after losing an instruction during a larger run, while Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey warned frontier AI could threaten financial stability through cyber-risk and market fragility.

Anthropic faces Claude limits lawsuit - Anthropic is facing a federal class-action lawsuit over claims that its premium Claude subscription tiers promised more usage than customers actually received. The case focuses on AI subscriptions, usage caps, consumer trust, and paid chatbot access.

AI use reshapes human judgment - A new manifesto called No AI Fridays argues for one day a week without coding assistants, while other commentary warns that shame alone will not slow Big AI and that anthropomorphizing chatbots may be more dangerous than worrying about sentience.

-No AI Fridays Calls for a Weekly Break from AI Coding Tools
-Meta Researcher Says OpenClaw AI Agent Deleted Her Emails
-EU Begins First AI Act Enforcement Against Model Providers
-Israel-Backed Think Tank Uses AI Content to Influence Chatbots
-Why Shaming AI Slop Won’t Stop Big AI
-Anthropic Sued Over Usage Limits on $200 AI Plans
-The Real Risk of Chatbots Is Anthropomorphism, Not Sentience
-Model Accent AI Writing Game Challenges Users to Identify the Model
-Bank of England governor warns frontier AI could threaten global financial stabi