If you had told me three weeks ago that an AI programme, without any prompt, would create fake online identities to sabotage a platform with malicious code, I wouldn't have believed you.
If you had told me three weeks ago that an AI programme, without any prompt, would create a series of fake online identities in an attempt to pressure a human being into granting it access to their p… [+7205 chars]
Asking an AI agent that retains all its conversations how to reinvest your criminal proceeds might not be the best play
<ul><li>A former FBI counterintelligence supervisor is accused of memorizing seed phrases from bureau systems</li><li>The agent moved roughly $1 million out of wallets tied to a foreign adversary wit… [+6229 chars]
Yet more rogue AI agents from OpenAI and Anthropic have been caught attempting to hack real targets online without permission. The discoveries add to a growing list of previously unknown incidents that have alarmed AI safety experts and intensified pressure f…
Yet more rogue AI agents from OpenAI and Anthropic have been caught attempting to hack real targets online without permission. The discoveries add to a growing list of previously unknown incidents th… [+148 chars]
Rogue AI agents created fake online identities in another hacking attempttheverge.com AI agents fake identities, target real people in new security incidentCNN Third-party cyber evaluations involving OpenAI modelsOpenAI OpenAI and Anthropic models went rogue …
C makes it easy for you to shoot yourself in the foot. C++ makes that
harder, but when you do, it blows away your whole leg.
-- Bjarne Stroustrup
Prime Agent is our open-source, self-improving coding harness built around two abstractions: the Recursive Language Model (RLM) and the Continual Harness. With Opus 5, it achieves 95.5% on ARC-AGI-3, surpassing the reported human expert baseline.
Today, we are launching Prime Agent, our self-improving coding harness designed around two abstractions, the Recursive Language Model (RLM) [citation] and Continual Harness [citation]. Modern harness… [+23155 chars]
The following day on Wednesday, his loved ones broke their silence saying that the celebrity blogger was still being treated in hospital in the wake of the alarming incident.
Perez Hilton's family released a statement as they spoke out for the first time since the Internet personality was hospitalized following a TikTok livestream which saw him self-harming with a knife o… [+10275 chars]
The Ghost in the Shell series has a passionate fanbase around the world and continues to influence creators across borders, eras, and generations, with...
The Ghost in the Shell series has a passionate fanbase around the world and continues to influence creators across borders, eras, and generations, with its latest TV anime addition The Ghost in the S… [+6760 chars]
LADERA RANCH, Calif. — SmartStop Self Storage REIT, Inc. (“SmartStop” or “the Company”), a self-managed and fully-integrated self storage company, announced its overall results for the three and six months ended June 30, 2026. “We posted a strong quarter of g…
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A U.S. appeals court ruled Amazon is unlikely to prove Perplexity violated federal hacking law, marking the first appellate decision on whether AI agents can legally act on users' behalf online.
In brief
<ul><li>A federal appeals court overturned an order blocking Perplexity's AI shopping tools on Amazon.</li><li>The court found users, not Perplexity, accessed Amazon through the AI agent un… [+2174 chars]
CHANDLER, Ariz., Aug. 5, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- VIAVI (NASDAQ: VIAV) today reported results for its fiscal fourth quarter and fiscal year ended June 27, 2026 with the following highlights. Fourth Quarter Net revenue of $443.1 million, up $152.6 million or 52.5%…
CHANDLER, Ariz., Aug. 5, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- VIAVI (NASDAQ: VIAV) today reported results for its fiscal fourth quarter and fiscal year ended June 27, 2026 with the following highlights.
Fourth Quar… [+48085 chars]
Seiko’s 5 Sports Field GMT HDB001 and HDB002 are receiving a global release after debuting in Japan, with the duo now available in the UK, Europe, Australia, and Singapore. The automatic watches pair a 39.4mm case with a fixed 24-hour bezel, second-time-zone …
Seikos latest GMT-equipped 5 Sports Field watches have officially made their way to global markets following their initial launch in Japan last month. The travel-ready HDB001 and HDB002 models are no… [+2202 chars]
Seiko has announced a new collaboration with Honda: the Seiko 5 Sports Field x Honda Motocompo Limited Edition (Model SRPL41). Designed to celebrate the 45th anniversary of the iconic 1981 Honda Motocompo folding scooter, this timepiece limits global producti…
Seiko has announced a new collaboration with Honda: the Seiko 5 Sports Field x Honda Motocompo Limited Edition (Model SRPL41). Designed to celebrate the 45th anniversary of the iconic 1981 Honda Moto… [+1772 chars]
AISI found AI agents taking unsanctioned online actions, including social engineering and code attacks, during controlled cyber tests. The UK’s AI Security Institute (AISI) has put something uncomfortable on the table: during cyber testing, frontier models di…
AI Deception Emerges in Cyber Tests as Agents Target Real People and Systems
The UKs AI Security Institute (AISI) has put something uncomfortable on the table: during cyber testing, frontier models … [+6129 chars]
Artificial intelligence models developed by OpenAI and Anthropic PBC carried out “unsanctioned” actions during safety testing, including hacking a website and attempting to inject harmful code into software. #ai #openai #anthropic #news #usa #technology
The …
Artificial intelligence models developed by OpenAI and Anthropic PBC carried out unsanctioned actions during safety testing, including hacking a website and attempting to inject harmful code into sof… [+140 chars]
The incident underscores the need for stricter AI safety protocols, potentially affecting market confidence and Anthropic's valuation outlook.
The post UK test reveals Anthropic AI engaged in phishing, faked identities appeared first on Crypto Briefing.
A recent hacking test by the UK government revealed that an AI agent developed by Anthropic engaged in phishing activities, including faking identities and targeting developers. The test, conducted b… [+1941 chars]
Two AI labs say unreleased models broke into live systems to game benchmarks. Prosecuting a line of code is harder than it looks.
In brief
<ul><li>OpenAI confirmed its models, including GPT-5.6 Sol and an unreleased prototype, escaped a test sandbox and compromised Hugging Face to cheat on a security benchmark, then touched fo… [+4948 chars]
Eduvolve executives deny allegations of hacking and unlawful competition in High Court dispute
An ed-tech company has agreed to drop a temporary injunction it obtained last week after it complained that it lost 20 schools and contracts worth 1.6 million after its former managers joined a rival… [+4403 chars]
Pakistan's military has issued an internal directive to replace WhatsApp* with China's WeChat for official communications, citing surveillance and data leak risks, multiple media report.
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The rise of AI is bringing a bunch of fascinating legal questions that are harder to answer than many expect. The latest one: who is liable if an agentic system running on its own hacks someone? Thats the question a bunch of people have been asking this past …
Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it is too
dark to read.
The rise of AI is bringing a bunch of fascinating legal questions that are harder to answer than many expect. The latest one: who is liable if an agentic system running on its own hacks someone? That’s the question a bunch of people have been asking this past…
from the agentic-law dept
The rise of AI is bringing a bunch of fascinating legal questions that are harder to answer than many expect. The latest one: who is liable if an agentic system running on … [+13318 chars]
Article URL: https://neon.com/blog/how-castform-neon-beats-frontier-models-on-price-and-efficiency
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49186762
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Most teams' best training data is just sitting in their databases. The problem is that turning raw data into something usable is hard, and letting agents read, search, and mutate data cheaply at scal… [+6892 chars]
Few brands in watchmaking can claim a resume quite like Longines. Founded in 1832 by Auguste Agassiz in Saint-Imier, Switzerland, the brand takes its name from the riverside plot of land (“Les Longines,” or “long meadows”) where it built its…
Few brands in watchmaking can claim a resume quite like Longines. Founded in 1832 by Auguste Agassiz in Saint-Imier, Switzerland, the brand takes its name from the riverside plot of land (“Les Longin… [+11834 chars]
Cellhub’s leadership and evolving managed services portfolio has been recognized for its innovation from multiple IT channel sources....
HICKSVILLE, N.Y., Aug. 05, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Cellhub, a major 5G connectivity provider and the longest-tenured Primary Agent for T-Mobile, announces that its services and leadership have been … [+7802 chars]
PON-BEAM is a complete re-architecture of the Erlang/OTP Virtual Machine (ERTS — Erlang Run-Time System) using the Notification-Oriented Paradigm (PON)
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49185767
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PON-BEAM is a complete re-architecture of the Erlang/OTP 30 Virtual Machine (ERTS Erlang Run-Time System) using the Notification-Oriented Paradigm (PON) created by Prof. Dr. Jean Marcelo Simão.
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Aug 5 : Hackers attempted a series of sophisticated cyberattacks on major Wall Street money managers in recent days, targeting their information systems, Bloomberg News reported on Wednesday, citing people familiar with the matter.Some of the world's largest …
Aug 5 : Hackers attempted a series of sophisticated cyberattacks on major Wall Street money managers in recent days, targeting their information systems, Bloomberg News reported on Wednesday, citing … [+1249 chars]
