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A company spokeswoman defended the steps Anthropic has taken as necessary to ensure models are safe and that adversaries can’t use them to create severe risks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
TikTok said it "robustly" enforced it policies, "with 99.5% of the violative products we remove taken down before they are listed".
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
GSK said it had taken a hit totalling £1.3 billion after not proceeding further with camlipixant following final stage trials.
From Barron's ● Jul. 28, 2026
A peaceful anti-racism protest had taken place on Glasgow Green on Saturday morning before counter protesters turned up at the scene.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
As far as I could discover, every single one taken in the raid on the Beje—with the exception of Betsie and me—had been freed.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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