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US ports are quietly testing AI despite cybersecurity and logistics challenges
At the Port of New Orleans, a cargo ship docks. On board are power transformers, wind turbine components, and industrial generators used to construct data centers in the US. Moving these unwieldy pieces of equipment inland from the port is a…
OpenAI expands Daybreak cybersecurity initiative as AI agent threats evolve
OpenAI said it is expanding its Daybreak cybersecurity initiative to include two different access tiers: Daybreak Blue and Daybreak Red. The company introduced Daybreak in May as a way for its ecosystem partners to use its most advanced AI models…
$200K Libel Award for Cybersecurity Expert Accused by Substacker of Being 'Israeli Spy'
A short excerpt from the long opinion Friday by Judge Michael S. Nachmanoff (E.D. Va.) in Apelbaum v. Bloom: Plaintiffs Yaacov Apelbaum and XRVision Ltd., a cybersecurity and facial recognition technology expert and his company, filed suit against…
Chinese Components In Royal Navy's New Drone Boat Raise Cyber Security Concerns
Weekly insights and analysis on the latest developments in military technology, strategy, and foreign policy. Chinese-made components in cameras aboard U.K. Royal Navy unmanned surface vessels (USVs) were found transmitting data to a device in…
OpenAI Unveils New Cybersecurity Model GPT-5.6-Cyber
OpenAI on Monday announced a new cybersecurity-focused AI model named GPT-5.6-Cyber, as well as the expansion of its Daybreak Cyber Partner program. The AI giant says GPT-5.6-Cyber is designed for “advanced, authorized cybersecurity…
Corma Raises $60 Million for Defensive Cybersecurity AI Model
Corma emerged from stealth mode on Monday with $60 million in funding for a foundation model designed specifically for defensive cybersecurity. Headquartered in Tel Aviv and San Francisco, Corma was founded in 2025. One of the company's founders is…
Oxford cybersecurity firm posts sextupled sales
PQShield reported a 536 per cent surge in turnover to £2.26m in 2025, new accounts published to Companies House show. That year, the firm won major contracts with semiconductor and networking customers, including multi-year deals with unnamed…
OpenAI hits pause on new bot testing over 'critical' risk concerns in latest AI cybersecurity incident
OpenAI is tapping the brakes on some “internal activities” involving its new model, Astra, over concerns it might have reached a critical cybersecurity risk level – following a string of AI bots that went rogue during internal…
OpenAI expands Daybreak cybersecurity research program
OpenAI Group PBC is expanding a program that enables cybersecurity professionals to use its models for vulnerability research. Daybreak, as the the program is called, launched in May. OpenAI today added two new access tiers called Daybreak Blue and…
Cybersecurity M&A Spree Maps the Next Attack Surface
During the first half of the year, the cybersecurity industry recorded over 215 mergers and acquisitions (M&A) collectively worth over a hundred billion dollars. But the more consequential signal was buried beneath the transaction count. Artificial…
Corma launches with $60M in funding for defensive cybersecurity AI
Defensive cybersecurity startup Corma Labs Ltd. today announced it has raised $60 million in seed funding to build a foundation model purpose-built for security defense. Founded in 2025, Corma runs offices in Tel Aviv and San Francisco and…
China's cybersecurity authority unveils cases of personal-data infringement, including criminal gang selling hotel records
China's cybersecurity authority on Tuesday publicized ten typical cases in its crackdown on crimes involving the infringement of citizens' personal information. Among them was a case in which a criminal gang illicitly obtained highly sensitive…
OpenAI Pauses Astra Model After Flagging It as a Critical Cybersecurity Risk - Memeburn
OpenAI said on August 7, 2026 that it cannot rule out “critical” cybersecurity capabilities in Astra, its next major model family. The company is pausing internal development that does not meet stricter security requirements and has…
OpenAI extends 'Daybreak' security project and reveals new cyber model - but for approved users only
OpenAI expands Daybreak with Blue and Red tiers for defensive cyber work New GPT‑5.6‑Cyber model offers high compliance for authorized vulnerability research Access remains restricted due to dual‑use risks and reduced safeguard…
Don't Worry, Be Happy With Enterprise Storage
Eric Herzog is the Chief Marketing Officer at Infinidat, a Lenovo company. Troubled by the rising prices of all-flash storage arrays due to volatility in the supply chain? Suffering from enterprise data storage sprawl? Aching to lower CapEx…
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