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A Derbyshire Police officer has been removed from frontline duties after being accused of using AI to create evidential material in multiple cases. The Crown Prosecution Service is engaging with defence teams and courts over potentially affected cases. No arrests have been made. The officer is alleged to have perverted the course of justice.

Bridgepoint is considering a $1 billion sale of an anti-drone group that guards World Cup sites. The group provides counter-drone security for major international events. A sale at that valuation would mark a significant exit for the private equity firm.

Wall Street is processing a record fundraising haul as the artificial intelligence race intensifies. The massive capital influx signals heightened competition among major tech firms. Investors are closely watching how these funds will be deployed in the AI sector.

Anthropic suspended access to its newest AI models after a U.S. government directive. The move reignites debate in India over the country's AI ambitions, which are increasingly tied to technology developed and governed in the United States.

GitHub user Lagerpun released a pixel aquarium app for the ESP32 CYD (Cheap Yellow Display). The app includes fish, plants, drifting food, a 12-hour clock with NTP sync, and auto-dimming via light sensor. Code and instructions are available on GitHub for the 2.8-inch touchscreen.

A pistol shrimp's claw snap generates a bubble reaching 4,700°C through cavitation. The bubble forms when water pressure drops, vaporizing liquid despite no heat input. The collapse emits a flash too dim and brief for the shrimp to see. Engineers replicate the effect to clean semiconductor wafers. The snapping action requires adult shrimp and specific joint mechanics.

Google sued Chinese group Outsider Enterprise for allegedly using Gemini AI to create phishing sites that stole credit card numbers and targeted crypto investors. The group operated via Telegram, offering phishing-as-a-service with nearly 300 scam templates. Google tracked 9,000 fake websites and 1 million URLs linked to the network.

A free tool converts SQL schemas into entity-relationship diagrams entirely within the browser. No data is uploaded to any server, keeping the process local and private. The tool requires no installation or account to use.

The Trump administration imposed export controls on Anthropic after multiple tense calls between CEO Dario Amodei and officials. The controls forced Anthropic to pull its new AI model, Fable, days after its public release.

KPMG removed its report "Redefining excellence in the age of agentic AI" after UBS, the NHS, Swiss Federal Railways, and Transport for London said claims about their AI usage were untrue. GPTZero identified the inaccuracies as AI hallucinations. KPMG is investigating.