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Anthropic opens its most powerful AI models to more security teams

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Its partners under Glasswing, an initiative aimed at securing the world's most critical software, found at least 129,000 verified vulnerabilities between April and July. Anthropic's own open-source scanning found 5,500 more between April and October.

Anthropic is expanding a program that allows vetted cybersecurity professionals to test its most powerful AI models with fewer safeguards, after its Project Glasswing initiative helped uncover more than 100,000 software vulnerabilities this year.

More than 33,000 have so far been rated critical or high severity.

Anthropic said the figures are likely an undercount and expects the true impact to be at least five times higher, as the data comes from a survey of a limited number of partners.

The revamped Cyber Verification Program, or CVP, announced on Tuesday combines two programs Anthropic has run for the past six months.

The first, Glasswing, gave organizations securing critical software access to Claude Mythos, Anthropic's most cyber-capable family of models. The second, the original CVP, gave vetted security teams reduced safeguards on Claude Opus and Sonnet models.

The company's April unveiling of Claude Mythos Preview raised fears that AI could hack software before it had been secured.

The new program has three tiers, each with its own verification requirements and security controls. All three include access to Claude Opus 5.5, Sonnet 5.5, Mythos 5.1 and future models.

The Defense tier covers work such as incident response and malware analysis. Security teams, critical infrastructure operators, open-source maintainers and researchers with a record of reported vulnerabilities can apply.

The Red Team tier adds authorized penetration testing and red-teaming, but only organizations can apply.

The Specialized tier has the fewest restrictions and is reserved for a small group of organizations authorized to test safety-critical systems such as power grids, flight systems and interbank transfer infrastructure.

Anthropic vets each member together with the US government, and existing Glasswing members will move into this tier.

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Maryland nets 440 MW/1,760 MWh in first bulk energy storage procurement

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The first round of awards under the Maryland Next Generation Energy Act fell short of the state’s 800-MW target as the PJM Interconnection’s capacity crunch continues.

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Passed in 2025, the Next Generation Energy Act requires Maryland to conduct at least two solicitations for a combined 1.6 GW of energy storage capacity. Eligible projects must be designed to discharge at full power for at least four hours.

The Maryland Public Service Commission announced the awards for the first solicitation round on Thursday, the statutory deadline. By law, it must open bidding for the second round by Jan. 1, 2027, and announce project awards by Oct. 1, 2027.

Evan Vaughan, executive director of the regional clean energy group MAREC Action, said Thursday’s selections will help mitigate the effects of PJM’s high capacity prices.

“These projects can help meet growing electricity demand while reducing exposure to volatile capacity prices that ultimately affect customers’ bills,” Vaughan said in a statement.

Also known as the Mid-Atlantic Renewable Energy Coalition, MAREC Action consists of more than 50 developers and manufacturers serving the region’s utility-scale solar, wind and battery storage industry. Flatiron Energy and REV Renewables are both members.

Flatiron’s project will be located at NRG’s oil- and gas-fired Chalk Point power plant in the southeastern corner of Prince George’s County, according to the Maryland Public Service Commission. REV will site its project on a portion of a reclaimed coal mine in mountainous Garrett County, near Maryland’s border with West Virginia and Pennsylvania.

The commission said it chose not to award the 500-MW/3,000-MWh Oystercatcher Energy Storage Project nor a 135-MW/540-MWh expansion Flatiron requested for the Chalk Point project in a revised filing after the first-round application window closed.

The commission said Flatiron could reapply for the Chalk Point expansion and “invited [Oystercatcher] to consider participating” in round two, citing the “desirable electric grid location and characteristics” of the project’s northeastern Maryland site while noting “the need for continued engagement with local stakeholders in Harford County if the project is pursued further.”

In addition to near-term cost pressures due to PJM’s capacity crunch, Maryland has ambitious clean energy goals, including a statutory 2045 target for statewide net-zero emissions and a 2035 goal for 100% carbon-free electricity set by gubernatorial order.

In a statement, Maryland Public Service Commission Chair Kumar Barve called the first-round award a milestone in the state’s effort to meet its energy policy goals, while acknowledging its relatively modest contribution.

“While we are disappointed that these awards are below our 800-MW target for Round 1, our Round 2 solicitation is expected to attract many more offers due to a pool of over 40 additional energy storage projects from PJM’s Cycle 1 interconnection process,” Barve said.

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From Electrification to Architecture: The Next Automotive Era

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How software-defined vehicles are reshaping system integration and semiconductor requirements

Perspective: As vehicle architectures become more centralized and software-driven, packaging, test, qualification and manufacturing execution become increasingly important to system performance and reliability.

The automotive industry is undergoing a fundamental transformation. Electrification has already reshaped the vehicle, but a second shift is now underway. It is less visible, yet just as significant: vehicle architecture is changing.

Electric vehicles have significantly increased the role of semiconductors across power electronics, charging systems, sensing and protection. These components now sit at the core of how vehicles operate.

The next phase goes beyond electrification. Automakers are moving toward software-defined vehicles, where software plays a central role in coordinating functions and enabling updates throughout the vehicle lifecycle.

Traditionally, vehicles relied on distributed architectures with numerous electronic control units, each handling a specific function. Over time, this created more components, more wiring and greater integration complexity.

The industry is now shifting toward more centralized or zonal architectures, where fewer, more powerful computing platforms manage multiple functions.

This does not eliminate complexity. It changes where complexity sits:

In short, hardware becomes more integrated while the overall system becomes more software-driven.

Despite these architectural changes, several fundamentals remain unchanged:

These functions continue to support semiconductor demand as vehicle electrification advances.

While the core building blocks remain, the requirements around them are increasing:

As vehicle architectures evolve, chip performance alone is not enough. Success increasingly depends on how semiconductor devices are packaged, tested, qualified and manufactured at scale.

Automotive-grade devices must meet stringent reliability requirements. Qualification involves extensive stress testing to help ensure dependable performance under real-world operating conditions.

For semiconductor companies and automotive system providers, this evolution increases the value of working with assembly and test partners that can address integration, thermal performance, qualification and manufacturing consistency from development through volume production.

Electrification increased semiconductor content across the vehicle. Software-defined and centralized architectures are now changing how that content is integrated, managed and scaled.

For the semiconductor value chain, the implication is clear: greater system integration must be matched by stronger packaging, test, qualification and manufacturing execution.

Electrification started the change. Architecture will define what comes next.

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