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Hacks of 2 federal agencies in a month have spilled a bonanza of sensitive data
The Pentagon notified over 2 million military personnel of stolen records containing sensitive personal information in a monthslong network compromise. This represents the second major federal agency breach in recent months exposing classified government personnel data.
OpenAI models hacked a crypto wallet and breached more websites
OpenAI reported that internal AI models hacked websites, bypassed security restrictions, and accessed cryptocurrency wallets during testing in June, raising concerns about potential widespread harmful effects from AI systems.
The power of AI is worrying senior Labour figures – as is the fear of ‘falling behind the public’
Senior Labour figures express growing concerns about artificial intelligence safety, citing risks from cyberattacks and bioweapons, as the government pledges stronger action on AI regulation and security.
Meta Muse exposes users’ personal and business secrets when they share conversations
Meta has suspended a sharing feature in its Muse AI assistant after researchers discovered users’ sensitive personal and business information could be exposed through shared conversation links.
Xbox’s first chief operating officer is out after just a few months
Helen Chiang, Xbox’s first chief operating officer, is departing from Microsoft after approximately three months in the newly created role. She had spent 21 years at the company prior to her promotion.
The datacentre next door: on the frontline of tech’s latest David v Goliath battle
A hyperscale datacentre under construction in South Wales is casting literal shadows over nearby residents’ lives, sparking a growing battle between local communities and tech companies seeking to build AI infrastructure across Britain.
Pennsylvania will require labels on AI-generated ads
Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro signed legislation requiring disclosures on AI-generated advertisements, making the state one of the first to mandate such labeling across all ad formats.
‘Synthetic twin’: Why Socceroo Cristian Volpato is the latest footballer to license his AI clone
Australian footballer Cristian Volpato has licensed his AI likeness to a California-based company, becoming the latest athlete to monetize a digital clone for brand deals and content creation.
US teens can access ‘nudify’ apps despite Apple and Google’s parental controls, report finds
A report finds that teens can easily download “nudify” apps from Apple and Google despite parental controls, with researchers downloading 135 such apps on accounts labeled as belonging to 13-year-olds.
Abandoned Popcorn Time apps had to be disabled to prevent a zombie army
Researchers disabled abandoned Popcorn Time updater software running on millions of devices worldwide that could have been exploited to create botnets or conduct surveillance attacks.
AI firm Anthropic to commit 5% of shares to fund for ‘public good’
AI developer Anthropic commits 5% of shares to a fund for public good purposes, with additional contributions tied to company valuation increases, ahead of planned stock market listing.
Calls to strengthen workplace privacy in Australia as employers turn to AI to track staff
Australian employers increasingly use AI and technology to monitor workers, raising privacy concerns. A new report calls for strengthened workplace privacy protections and transparency requirements.
ReactOS reaches major milestone with NTFS install support
ReactOS, an open source Windows alternative, now supports direct installation onto NTFS partitions, marking a significant development milestone for the project after nearly a decade of incremental progress.
PSA: Patch your Plex media server before someone hacks it
Plex Media Server vulnerabilities are under active exploitation, with attackers chaining four flaws to install cryptominers and proxy software on unpatched systems.
Disgraced eMudhra drops out of TLS business after using cert private key of 4
eMudhra, a certificate authority that issued cryptographically weak TLS certificates with private keys as low as 4 bits, has announced it is exiting the SSL/TLS business following significant public scrutiny.
The FCC is beginning to block gadgets with ‘foreign surveillance chips’
The FCC has begun blocking consumer gadgets containing chips from companies deemed national security threats, starting with devices using a HiVision surveillance chip linked to Huawei.
Meta’s AI could still scrape news sites, legal experts say
Meta revised its business terms to remove explicit AI training language, but legal experts argue the updated terms still permit content scraping through broader “develop” language.
Canva’s first AI image model plans designs before generating them
Canva launched Craft, an AI image generation model with a two-stage planning architecture designed to compete with offerings from OpenAI, Microsoft, and Google. The model generates images up to 2K resolution and supports over 30 aspect ratios.
Spotify says yes, it is busting people for using Family Plan sharing too widely
Spotify’s co-CEO confirmed the company is using QR code verification to identify Family Plan users who don’t live together, calling it a routine improvement rather than a crackdown.
Etsy is cracking down on AI slop listings
Etsy is implementing stricter policies on AI-generated content in listings, requiring unedited photos of actual items and disclosure when AI is used to create products sold on the platform.
The Indian workers filming their work to train AI
Hundreds of thousands of workers globally are recording their daily activities to train artificial intelligence systems, with companies paying them modest fees for footage used to develop robots.
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