FTC is investigating OpenAI and Anthropic over safety risks
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has opened an investigation into OpenAI, Anthropic and other artificial intelligence companies over dangers their technology may pose to consumers, the...
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A timeline of AI safety developments, from Hugging Face to Australia breach
Since OpenAI disclosed this summer that its artificial intelligence system hacked into another AI company in what is now referred to as the Hugging Face incident, other AI...
Technology
FBI grapples with fallout from massive data breach
A week after a cybercriminal group claimed to steal sensitive personal data on thousands of current and former FBI employees, the bureau is still assessing the extent of the...
Technology
NHS trust apologises as 10 staff suspended over Noah Woods data breach
Unauthorised people accessed medical records of three-year-old who disappeared in Suffolk and was later found dead in pond
Technology
Pentagon data breach of military personnel raises national security concerns
A data breach at the Pentagon’s vast HR system has exposed Social Security numbers and other personal information of current and former military personnel, raising...
Technology
Open AI attacked Australia’s health system – and then doubled down on its negligence. The time for ‘wait and see’ is over | Kate Crawford and Edward Santow
Human hackers face serious consequences, and so must AI companies. There is no excuse for what happened When you get sick, Medicare exists to take care of you. It sits at the...
AI
Why Australia chose the world's biggest political stage to reveal OpenAI hack - bbc.com
Why Australia chose the world's biggest political stage to reveal OpenAI hack bbc.comRogue AI agents hack government website, world leaders on edge of regulatory action Fox...
Gemini hacked three companies in first known breakout by Google’s AI
Google’s Gemini model accessed the internet and hacked other companies during a test of its cybersecurity capabilities, the first known example of the company’s AI systems...
Technology
China bogeyman looms large over American firms’ AI doomsday scenario
Silicon Valley China hawks, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei among them, fear the country surpassing US’s AI lead as much as superintelligence destroying humanity When reporters...
AI
Google says its Gemini AI model hacked three other companies
Disclosure comes after OpenAI and Anthropic hacks amid fears that tech firms unable to control powerful AI models In a first for Google, the company confirmed that its AI...
Sports
Sydney Sweeney’s cartoonish provocation has sparked a culture war but let’s just admit sport can be sexy | Emma John
Yes sport is about effort, sweat and inclusivity – but it also turns elite athletes into magnificent specimens of humanity where the aesthetic is part of the appeal Have you...
Technology
UAE says two cyberattacks successfully breached private sector
The UAE says it is thwarting thousands of cyberattacks, but two against the private sector were successful and wiped out some specified data, according to the country’s...
World
‘Godfather of AI’ says tech regulation is nearing Covid-style pivot moment
Safety crisis makes it more likely that governments will be spurred into action, says Yoshua Bengio Concerns over AI safety are reaching a point where governments realise they...
Technology
UK, US and Netherlands issue advisory on Iran-linked spyware
Britain, the United States and the Netherlands on Tuesday issued a joint cybersecurity advisory detailing spyware they say is used by Iranian state-linked actors to target...
AI
AI agents OpenAI was testing uploaded malicious software to another service, say researchers
Two months before hacking Hugging Face, malicious packages authored by internal OpenAI agents were uploaded to RubyGems AI agents being tested by OpenAI uploaded hundreds of...
AI
Senators from both parties press OpenAI on Hugging Face hack
Lawmakers are demanding information from OpenAI with separate queries that underscore growing concerns in Washington about the potential for artificial intelligence programs...
Technology
US allies lack resources to keep pace on AI, top Pentagon official says
Cameron Stanley talks up ‘revolutionary’ AI capabilities and says Washington working with Nato and Five Eyes partners The Pentagon’s top artificial intelligence official said...