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​FTC and seven states seek contempt ruling against 'Pharma Bro'

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and seven U.S. states claim that pharmaceutical executive Martin Shkreli - the so-called “Pharma Bro” - repeatedly violated a 2022 lifetime ban on participating in the pharmaceutical industry, and are asking a judge to hold him in contempt. The FTC said Shkreli had publicly traded in pharmaceutical stocks and broadcast his opinions about companies in the sector since his release from prison in May 2022. “After a full trial, the court found that Martin Shkreli’s conduct drove up prescription drug costs for American patients and blocked the entry of lower-cost generics,” said Daniel Guarnera, director of the FTC’s Bureau of Competition. “When judgment is entered by a court, whether it’s a settlement or an order following a trial, defendants must fulfill their obligations.”

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Anthropic warns AI models ‘months away’ from self-replication on smart devices

Anthropic has warned that some of its AI models could soon become “self-replicating” and find ways to infiltrate commercial internet-of-things devices, including smart ovens and off-brand Android TV boxes. “A replicator . . .  would be challenging to shut down,” Anthropic researchers wrote in a report, “since there’s no centralised point to shut off.” Anthropic acknowledged that there is not yet a “fully rogue replicator,” but agents are “becoming increasingly capable of completing the individual steps in the replication chain (and passing on their adaptations to future copies of themselves).” The AI lab said in its report: “As a prediction that goes beyond our experiments, we expect a future awash with agents running on all types of hardware, including some that aren’t under human control.”

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