Economy impacting pet care as N.Y. sanc­tu­aries see more sur­renders, cases of animal cruelty

Economic challenges in New York are leading to increased pet surrenders and cruelty cases, impacting local animal shelters and sanctuaries.

Brazil: Pay the Family, Mind the Child

Thorsten Meyer AI’s atlas entry says Bolsa Família and Pix show Brazil’s targeted cash model at national scale.

The Six Chokepoints: How AI Stopped Being a Utility and Became a Lever

Thorsten Meyer AI’s Control Series argues 2026 has exposed six AI chokepoints: power, compute, data, model access, distribution and capital.

India: Build the Rails First

Thorsten Meyer AI analysis says India’s post-labor response rests on Aadhaar, UPI and DBT, with thin benefits but vast reach.

China: The Visible Hand

Thorsten Meyer AI’s Day 9 report says China can steer AI and robotics quickly, but migrant protections and welfare gaps remain.

The Kill Switch: What the Anthropic Export Ban Really Costs the AI Industry

Commerce controls forced Anthropic to disable Claude Fable 5 and Mythos 5 worldwide, exposing new reliability risks for AI buyers.

Avengers Labs: How Ukraine Turned Its Front Line Into the World’s Scarcest AI Dataset

Ukraine is letting defense firms train models on annotated combat drone footage while keeping raw data inside a protected Dataroom.

Capability or Control: The European Enterprise AI Playbook for the AI Act Era

Thorsten Meyer AI frames enterprise AI strategy around capability and control as European firms prepare for AI Act obligations.

The Safety Card, Played From Every Side: David Sacks, Anthropic, and the Fable Standoff

David Sacks says a cyber jailbreak led to a Fable S ban; Anthropic says the flaw was minor. Key evidence remains non-public.

Your Coding Agent Is an Attack Surface: The Claude Code Security Reckoning

Researchers tied Claude Code config and MCP integrations to token-theft and code-execution risks, with some issues patched and one live path disputed.