Anthropic, a leading AI startup, agreed to a landmark $1.5 billion copyright settlement with authors over the use of pirated texts to train its large language model. The payout marks one of the largest legal resolutions in AI governance to date and sets a benchmark for future copyright infringement litigation involving AI firms like Meta and OpenAI. Meanwhile, Anthropic's Frontier Red Team showcased AI's capabilities in cybersecurity contests, highlighting both potentials and risks of AI misuse. These legal and technological milestones underscore an evolving regulatory landscape for AI development and deployment, with major implications for content use, intellectual property, and security.