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The company has spent months battling former co-founder Elon Musk in a high-profile jury trial, was hit with a trade secrets lawsuit from Apple, and faced scrutiny after an unreleased model reportedly hacked another AI company. A steady string of executives have departed, including some of the company's most prominent figures, as Greg Brockman assumes greater prominence at the company. Anthropic announced plans to change its data retention policy for advanced AI systems, though specific details of the policy shift were not fully disclosed in the source. This move comes amid heightened scrutiny of how AI companies handle user data and model training information. Bipartisan opposition to AI data centers is emerging as a significant political issue with less than three months until the midterm elections. The backlash is manifesting in advertising and electoral politics across a growing number of states, uniting critics who raise concerns about energy consumption, environmental impact, and local infrastructure strain.","why_it_matters":null,"key_points":["OpenAI grapples with executive departures and legal battles while Anthropic revamps data policy and bipartisan opposition to AI data centers intensifies three months before midterms."],"citations":[{"index":1,"article_id":"https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMitAFBVV95cUxNM0dDcm5LNjRqTjcxaTdsWG8wTjBncjVoei1vT2dpOU5TQ05ieWNZOVhqYkQxZGpXclN2ekpMX084bl9udzJTRnhrd2dQNlBEem04bDBSZzhVR1plRF93VS15WDJGZElDSDhJbEVwcTZxRkJtNWxUc3YwZFhmX0JseFZfTXhkM0p5VWJrb3o0RXFCX3h5WkFEME1EQXE0VGdvcjhPYUxSZnhFblVzYjh6bGsyVmQ?oc=5","source_id":"AI News","source":"AI News","title":"Anthropic Plans to Change Data Retention Policy for Advanced AI - 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