The AI slowdown lawsuit, the IDScan breach, Copilot's Rust port - September 20, 2026
Four consumers sue Anthropic, OpenAI, SpaceXAI and Google over an alleged agreement to slow AI down, IDScan confirms up to fifteen million stolen driver's licenses, and GitHub ports the Copilot runtime to Rust for a hundred and twenty thousand dollars in tokens.
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Lawsuit says Anthropic, OpenAI, SpaceXAI and Google made illegal deal on AI slowdown
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ai-slowdown-lawsuit-openai-anthropic-google/IDScan confirms hackers stole millions of driver's licenses during data breach
https://this.weekinsecurity.com/idscan-confirms-hackers-stole-millions-of-drivers-licenses-during-data-breach/Migrating the GitHub Copilot runtime to Rust, using Copilot
https://github.blog/ai-and-ml/generative-ai/migrating-the-github-copilot-runtime-to-rust-using-copilot/ShinyHunters hacks Clop leak site, threatens to extort ransomware gang
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/shinyhunters-hacks-clop-leak-site-threatens-to-extort-ransomware-gang/What the FCC Ban on Foreign-Made Routers Means for U.S. Consumers
https://www.consumerreports.org/electronics-computers/wireless-routers/foreign-made-routers-fcc-ban-a1057564057/Following OpenAI, Anthropic is also reportedly postponing its IPO
https://the-decoder.com/following-openai-anthropic-is-also-reportedly-postponing-its-ipo/Trump says it's time to rebrand AI with a new name, and he's also creating an AI Force
https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/19/trump-suggests-rebranding-ai-with-a-new-name-says-hes-also-creating-an-ai-force/Vals, backed by Andreessen Horowitz, is looking to become the gold standard for AI benchmarking
https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/19/vals-backed-by-andreessen-horowitz-is-looking-to-become-the-gold-standard-for-ai-benchmarking/Spain Orders Blocks on Archive.today and Its Mirrors
https://reclaimthenet.org/spain-blocks-archive-today-and-mirrorsdatasette-auth-github 1.0
https://simonwillison.net/2026/Sep/19/datasette-auth-github/Sign-off