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Microsoft's Copilot chief opens up about the AI future he fears most
As the technology industry debates the existential risks of artificial intelligence, Microsoft 's Copilot boss says the biggest concern is making sure the technology's benefits spread broadly rather than consolidating into a handful of companies.
One of AI's most influential researchers is joining AMD in an $8 billion deal
One of modern AI's most influential researchers is now at the center of AMD's $8 billion bet on physical AI. AMD said Monday it had agreed to acquire World Labs, a San Francisco startup cofounded in 2024 by Stanford professor Fei-Fei Li, in an…
Thieves stole an Nvidia-branded trailer filled with nothing but 20,000 pounds of sand
Thieves stole two trailers from an autonomous trucking company, including one emblazoned with Nvidia's logo. Their haul? 40,000 pounds of sand. The trailers were reported stolen overnight on Thursday from PlusAI, which uses Nvidia chips in its…
OpenAI pauses training of latest models after agents probed US government sites in unexpected ways
NEW YORK (AP) — OpenAI said it has paused training of its latest artificial intelligence models as reports of AI agents going rogue mount. The decision to halt development came just hours after the company disclosed Friday that it was…
DC Health Agency Exposes 400,000 Beneficiary Records
The District of Columbia Department of Health Care Finance (DHCF) is notifying nearly 400,000 people that their personal information was potentially compromised in a data breach. According to the agency, the incident impacts Medicaid and the DC…
Modulate Raises $25 Million to Advance Deepfake Detection
Frontier AI firm Modulate has raised an additional $25 million funding from Future Ventures, with participation from Hyperplane and Lakestar, bringing its total funding to $60 million. Modulate builds audio-native AI models that enable machines to…
Prison Sentence for Former US Soldier Who Hacked AT&T and Verizon
A former US soldier was sentenced to 70 months in prison for hacking into AT&T and Verizon systems and leaking the call detail records of a government official. The individual, Cameron John Wagenius, 22, a former Army soldier, allegedly hacked into…
Kiteworks Urges Server Shutdown, Finds Advanced Forms Vulnerability
Secure data sharing solutions provider Kiteworks (formerly Accellion) over the weekend instructed customers to shut down their servers in response to credible threat intelligence from federal authorities. In a communication to customers on Friday…
It's Starting to Look Like Frontier AI Labs Will Be Taken Down in a Storm of Product Liability Suits If Their Models Keep Going on Incredibly Illegal Rogue Hacking Sprees
At times this year, it's almost felt as though OpenAI and Anthropic were in a race to the bottom, one-upping each other over whose AI models were more capable of going rogue, escaping sandbox environments, and infiltrating the most third party…
Citrix Confirms 2 NetScaler Zero-Days After Admins Pulled the Plug
Over the weekend, Citrix rushed out patches for two critical NetScaler zero-day vulnerabilities that have been exploited in the wild. The company's advisory covers eight vulnerabilities affecting NetScaler ADC and NetScaler Gateway, including…
Google Warns of ShinyHunters' Fresh Oracle PeopleSoft Campaign
Mandiant and Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) over the weekend warned that the notorious extortion group ShinyHunters has launched a fresh mass-exploitation campaign targeting Oracle PeopleSoft customers. An integrated enterprise resource…
Fed watchdog flags gaps in security incident oversight
Key takeaway: The Inspector General report found that gaps in coordination and unclear responsibilities among Fed divisions contributed to a sensitive information security incident that remained unresolved for more than a year. Expert quote: 'The…
Nvidia Unveils AI Agent Safety Platform With Hardware-Based Watchdog
Nvidia on Monday announced the Open Agent Safety Platform, which combines open source software and a reference system design to keep AI agents within set boundaries from testing through deployment. The platform has two main parts. One of them is…
New Mexico Jury Finds Facebook Liable for Deceiving Users About Privacy Protections
A New Mexico jury on Friday found Facebook liable for deceiving users about privacy protections on the platform in the latest legal setback against the social media giant that has already cost it billions of dollars. The jury found over 43 million…
ShinyHunters says it won't publish FBI data
The ShinyHunters cybercriminal group said Monday it does not intend to publish troves of sensitive FBI employee data it claims to have stolen, describing its confrontation with the bureau as a “marketing campaign” after demanding last…
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