News-June-02-2026

June 2, 2026 — President Trump signed an executive order on advanced AI innovation and security, Anthropic expanded Project Glasswing, its Claude Mythos cybersecurity initiative for critical-infrastructure defenders, to about 150 additional organizations in more than fifteen countries, and Amazon was sued in a proposed class action over Ring's Familiar Faces facial-recognition feature.

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1. Trump signs narrower executive order on AI oversight
2. Anthropic expands Project Glasswing to more critical-infrastructure organizations
3. Amazon faces Ring facial-recognition class action

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Trump signs narrower executive order on AI oversight

President Trump signed an executive order titled Promoting Advanced Artificial Intelligence Innovation and Security on June 2, 2026. The order directs federal cybersecurity officials to prioritize AI-enabled cyber defense for national-security and federal systems and calls for an AI cybersecurity clearinghouse formed in voluntary collaboration with the AI industry and critical-infrastructure operators. TechCrunch reported that the final order asks certain AI companies to voluntarily submit new models for government testing or evaluation 30 days before public release, narrowing an earlier draft that contemplated a longer 90-day review period after industry objections. The order also directs CISA, the National Cyber Director, the White House science adviser, and NIST to develop a classified benchmarking process for advanced cyber capabilities and to determine when an AI model should be treated as a covered frontier model for purposes of the order.

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Anthropic expands Project Glasswing to more critical-infrastructure organizations

Anthropic said it is extending Project Glasswing to approximately 150 new organizations in more than fifteen countries, after launching the initiative to use Claude Mythos Preview to help find and fix vulnerabilities in critical software. CNBC reported that the expansion includes organizations across sectors such as power, water, health care, communications, and hardware, broadening the project beyond its initial cohort of government and technology participants. Anthropic framed the program as part of an effort to give defenders an advantage as AI systems increase both offensive and defensive cybersecurity capabilities, making the expansion relevant to AI governance, national-security policy, and sector-specific oversight of critical infrastructure.

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Amazon faces Ring facial-recognition class action

Amazon was sued on June 1, 2026 in Seattle in a proposed class action brought by Virginia resident Charles Sigwalt over alleged privacy violations involving Ring doorbell cameras and Ring's Familiar Faces feature. TechCrunch reported that the complaint alleges Ring's feature stores images of passersby without consent and quotes the lawsuit as alleging that millions of Americans passed by Ring security cameras and unknowingly had facial-recognition information collected. TechCrunch reported that Ring announced Familiar Faces in September 2025, launched it in December 2025 after criticism from consumer-protection groups and Sen. Ed Markey, and designed the opt-in feature to let Ring users identify recurring visitors such as family members, mail carriers, or neighbors for more specific doorbell notifications. TechCrunch reported that Amazon did not immediately respond to a request for comment and that Ring previously stated face data is encrypted, is not shared, and that unidentified faces are automatically removed after 30 days.