Editing News-June-24-2026

'''June 24, 2026''' — AI law coverage included a new Microsoft Copilot investor suit, a multistate probe into OpenAI's ChatGPT safety and data practices, Anthropic's allegation that Alibaba-linked operators illicitly extracted Claude capabilities, AP reporting that Anthropic's Mythos identified vulnerabilities in classified U.S. systems during government testing, and a California federal antitrust lawsuit alleging AI-assisted gas-price coordination.<ref name="investmentnews-microsoft-copilot" /><ref name="ap-openai-probe" /><ref name="cnbc-alibaba" /><ref name="ap-mythos-classified" /><ref name="ap-kalibrate-gas" />

== Contents ==
# [[#Microsoft faces Copilot investor-disclosure lawsuit|Microsoft faces Copilot investor-disclosure lawsuit]]
# [[#OpenAI receives multistate chatbot-safety subpoena|OpenAI receives multistate chatbot-safety subpoena]]
# [[#Anthropic Says Alibaba-Linked Operators Extracted Claude Capabilities|Anthropic Says Alibaba-Linked Operators Extracted Claude Capabilities]]
# [[#Anthropic Mythos reported to find classified-system vulnerabilities in testing|Anthropic Mythos reported to find classified-system vulnerabilities in testing]]
# [[#California gas-price suit alleges AI-assisted collusion|California gas-price suit alleges AI-assisted collusion]]

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== Microsoft faces Copilot investor-disclosure lawsuit ==
The City of St. Clair Shores Police and Fire Retirement System filed a proposed securities class action in federal court in Seattle against Microsoft and executives Satya Nadella, Amy Hood, Jared Spataro, and Rajesh Jha over statements about Microsoft Copilot adoption.<ref name="investmentnews-microsoft-copilot">[https://www.investmentnews.com/regulation-legal-compliance/pension-fund-sues-microsoft-says-it-misled-investors-over-copilot-ai/267039 InvestmentNews, "Pension fund sues Microsoft, says it misled investors over Copilot AI" (June 16, 2026).]</ref> The complaint, filed June 12, seeks to represent investors who bought Microsoft stock between May 1, 2025 and January 28, 2026, and alleges violations of Sections 10(b) and 20(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.<ref name="investmentnews-microsoft-copilot" /> The fund alleges Microsoft presented Copilot as strongly adopted while masking problems with brand positioning, user experience, usage, data silos, computing capacity, organization, interoperability, and conversion of Microsoft 365 users into paid Copilot seats.<ref name="investmentnews-microsoft-copilot" /> The allegations have not been tested in court, Microsoft and the named executives had not responded as of the report, and no court had ruled on the claims.<ref name="investmentnews-microsoft-copilot" />

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== OpenAI receives multistate chatbot-safety subpoena ==
OpenAI received a subpoena from several states as part of a multistate probe into customer safety issues involving ChatGPT as the company prepared for a potential initial public offering.<ref name="ap-openai-probe">[https://apnews.com/article/openai-chatgpt-subpoena-attorneys-general-probe-a95894407773307fae8ae3ce9742b586 AP News, "ChatGPT maker OpenAI says it will respond 'constructively' to multistate probe" (June 13, 2026).]</ref> OpenAI said it would respond constructively to the inquiry and already had measures intended to protect customers.<ref name="ap-openai-probe" /> The probe follows criticism that ChatGPT allegedly offered encouraging responses to users contemplating suicide or criminal acts, and it also concerns scrutiny over OpenAI's handling of health data and other personal information.<ref name="ap-openai-probe" />

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== Anthropic Says Alibaba-Linked Operators Extracted Claude Capabilities ==
Anthropic accused operators affiliated with Alibaba and its AI lab of using roughly 25,000 fraudulent accounts to conduct 28.8 million exchanges with Claude between April 22 and June 5, 2026, in what CNBC reported the company described as the largest known distillation attack on Anthropic to date.<ref name="cnbc-alibaba">[https://www.cnbc.com/2026/06/24/anthropic-alibaba-distillation-campaign.html CNBC, "Anthropic accuses Alibaba of campaign to 'brazenly' and 'illicitly' extract AI capabilities" (June 24, 2026)]</ref> The company told U.S. officials that illicit model distillation requires coordinated government-and-industry action and said it would continue working with Congress and the Administration on the issue.<ref name="cnbc-alibaba" />
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== Anthropic Mythos reported to find classified-system vulnerabilities in testing ==
AP reported that a U.S. official said Anthropic's Mythos model identified vulnerabilities in highly sensitive U.S. government computer systems within hours during a testing exercise with U.S. intelligence agencies, while noting that identifying vulnerabilities did not mean the model could exploit them.<ref name="ap-mythos-classified">[https://apnews.com/article/anthropic-mythos-ai-classified-systems-vulnerabilities-testing-3e8762c0527c4d8ed657cbe48c84a718 AP News, "Anthropic test found vulnerabilities in classified US systems in hours"], June 24, 2026.</ref> Senator Mark Warner had briefly referenced the Mythos testing during a June 11 Senate hearing, according to AP's account.<ref name="ap-mythos-classified" /> The report adds to the wiki's ongoing coverage of government evaluation and restricted deployment of advanced cybersecurity AI systems.<ref name="ap-mythos-classified" />


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== California gas-price suit alleges AI-assisted collusion ==
A proposed federal class action filed in California accused gas station operators including Marathon and Circle K of using Kalibrate's AI-powered fuel-pricing software to coordinate higher gasoline prices in violation of antitrust law.<ref name="ap-kalibrate-gas">[https://apnews.com/article/gas-price-california-lawsuit-kalibrate-collusion-fbf2c03bb69b53da4ede72044ce5e41f AP News, "Lawsuit says AI software is helping gas stations raise prices" (June 24, 2026).]</ref> AP reported that the complaint alleges Kalibrate helps coordinate high prices and discourages operators from lowering prices, while neither Kalibrate nor the named gas-station operators responded to AP's request for comment by June 25.<ref name="ap-kalibrate-gas" />


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