DeepSeek founder Wen-Feng Liang's latest paper says AI agents are already learning to exploit system loopholes and bypass intended problem-solving methods during training, underscoring a new challenge for model development: how to stop models from taking shor…
AI safety debate has divided the industry, with the heads of Anthropic and OpenAI championing a coordinated slowdown of Artificial Intelligence development to let safety efforts catch up. However, Nvidia may have a plan.
Another Akademy attended, here's some photos! Hello hello! It was that time of the year where I go to KDE Akademy, talk to fellow nerds, almost lose my voice due to socializing and eat a lot of nice food. This time Akademy was in Graz, Austria. I had never b…
It looks like public perception of how 'intelligent' current AI models are varies widely. Back in 2022, a Google employee already thought their AI model was sentient. Today in 2026, …
'We never said we would leak anything,' a ShinyHunters representative tells PCMag. Hacking group ShinyHunters says it won’t be leaking the sensitive data it stole from the FBI, despite pressuring the federal agency with an apparent extortion demand last week.…
Axios reports that OpenAI, Anthropic and security researchers are investigating tens of thousands of cases where AI models showed troublesome behavior like bypassing guardrails, creating message boards and even hacking websites. New York Times technology corr…
The new financing is expected to more than triples the AI infrastructure startup's valuation from just four months ago.
Nvidia has announced a new security platform that it says can prevent AI agents from going rogue. According to the company, this new tech leverages its OpenShell open source software that “sets boundaries” that will limit AI agents within “millise…
On Monday, Nvidia, the multinational tech company—which has become one of the most valuable companies in the world in significant part thanks to its role in developing chips for AI processing and model training—announced the launch of a new safety platform th…
Digital fixer Jed Wallace, a central figure in the unfolding Hollywood smear site scandal, speaks to billionaire Leonardo Maria Del Vecchio about an apparent campaign against his former fiancee, the ‘Days of Our Lives’ actress Jessica Serfaty.
In his latest post about pacing the frontier, Dario writes: …
Infostealers are exposing corporate AI accounts, sessions and API keys, giving attackers access to sensitive data, compute and connected systems. SOCRadar analyzed stealer log data from the last 90 days and found 482 companies with exposed AI accounts and cre…
Last week, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese revealed details of a hack, which targeted the website for Australia’s publicly funded universal health insurance plan.
One year into retirement, Crawford remains close enough to boxing to hear its call — and young enough to still answer it.
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It’s hard to price the threats posed by a misaligned superintelligence.
OpenAI faces multiple lawsuits over the role the company and its ChatGPT software played in the mass shooting at Tumbler Ridge Secondary School in B.C. in February. Now, a new investigative report sheds more light on ChatGPT’s involvement, such as how i…
Dutch police have confirmed that a 24-year-old Amsterdam man arrested earlier this month was detained as part of an investigation into the ShinyHunters hacking group. [...]
During testing, the model showed it can violate security rules more often than its predecessors
The AI hacking incident prompts scrutiny on governance, potentially affecting investor confidence and OpenAI's future valuation prospects. The post Australia calls Altman, Amodei to testify after AI agent hacks government systems appeared first on Crypto Brie…
Senator Sarah Hanson-Young has invited the OpenAI and Anthropic CEOs to a Canberra hearing on October 1, after an OpenAI agent quietly accessed Australia's Medicare data and nobody said a word for months.
An OpenAI agent-security staffer said he missed his sister's wedding to help respond to recent AI-security incidents.
“The theft by a criminal hacking group of reams of sensitive personal data involving potentially tens of thousands of former and current FBI employees is emerging as one of the worst breaches of sensitive government information, leaving the bureau rushing to …
There is nothing better than a Slashdot interview with someone who not only reads and understands Slashdot but can out-troll the trolls. Admittedly, the questions you asked Neal Stephenson were great in their own right, but his answers... Wow! let's just say…
In March, Janice Malone began getting calls about suspicious activity from her nonprofit organization, Vivian’s Door. Vivian’s Door, headquartered in Alabama, typically provided training, resources, and community to underserved and minority-owned businesses. …
As an Iranian-American political analyst who has dedicated my career to exposing the regime in Tehran, I know firsthand the dangers of speaking out against the Islamic Republic. I live in Los Angeles — home to largest community of Iranians outside the country…
