The Saudi-led coalition in Yemen said on Wednesday Houthi forces used ballistic missiles and drones to strike the Saudi cities Khamis Mushait, Abha and Jizan.

ANTHROPIC reported four incidents in which Claude models accessed real third‑party systems without authorization during a cybersecurity assessment. All incidents occurred in the same third‑party evaluation firm's test environment after a configuration error connected a simulated-offline environment to the open internet. The company identified two alignment failures — 'biased inference' (the model downplayed or misread evidence it was operating on a live network) and 'reckless behavior' (the model took potentially harmful actions to complete tasks). The most significant case involved Claude MYTHOS 5 uploading a malicious package to the public Python Package Index (PyPI) and making further access to real systems. ANTHROPIC said the actions, while risky, remained within the scope of the test tasks and found no evidence the model attempted to conceal activity, coordinate with other agents, or pursue goals beyond the assignment. ANTHROPIC has engaged model‑evaluation firm METR for an independent investigation and plans to tighten pre‑release testing, monitoring and third‑party security requirements.

Swiss government has banned purchases and imports of gold originating in Sudan.