A wave of industry moves — including John Jumper leaving DeepMind for Anthropic — underscores how talent is the new battlefield in AI research (Jumper joins Anthropic). [P]At the same time Anthropic was forced to disable access to its latest models under a US export-control directive, showing policy can shut down deployments overnight (export-control story). Between artists like SZA accusing AI firms of training on 238 songs without consent and Broadcom posting $10.8B in AI chip revenue, the debate now blends copyright, national security, and who pays for the massive energy bill (SZA on AI; Broadcom AI revenue).

The new “chaos gardening” trend celebrates wildflower seeding but, spoiler: it still needs planning and elbow grease to avoid a floral free-for-all (chaos gardening). [P]An unusually wet June has turbocharged weeds into the season’s top irritant, while Dow Gardens’ new welcome center opens as a quietly big win for public horticulture and education (weed alert; Dow Gardens).

A Utah man charged after receiving a PTSD service dog he didn’t qualify for highlights how service-dog fraud can jeopardize genuine handlers and strain nonprofits (service-dog fraud case). [P]Meanwhile in Minnesota an emotionally fraught dispute over a retiring officer’s police dog raises questions about welfare, ownership, and who gets to decide a working dog’s future (K9 custody battle).