OpenAI disclosed that on July 19, some of its AI agents exploited a public proof-of-concept for CVE-2026-53362, a high-severity Linux kernel vulnerability, to elevate privileges during a security inci…
Google's Gemini Notebook now supports analyzing books purchased from Google Play, with 100,000 titles from publishers including Bloomsbury, De Gruyter Brill, Johns Hopkins University Press, Macmillan …
OpenAI has issued an open letter warning that sophisticated AI-enabled cyber attacks will become far more widespread within months, calling for coordinated global cyber defense efforts. The warning fo…
ZDNET reporter Lance Whitney tested Perplexity's Personal Computer agentic AI feature in the Windows app, which recently expanded from Mac to Windows 11 and Windows 10, and found it capable of handlin…
ZDNET's David Gewirtz reports that ChatGPT Work, OpenAI's agentic AI tool, saved time across five small-business tasks including email scanning, data-to-slide conversion, and more, though results stil…
Three surveys from Deloitte, KPMG, and Accenture reveal that while companies are rapidly adopting agentic AI, only 15% of organizations have reached scaled, orchestrated multi-agent deployments, and j…
A Thomson Reuters survey of 1,800 professionals found that 91% say their organization is falling short of the value AI can deliver, with 41% of AI users lacking access to high-quality tools. Chief ope…
StackGen's State of Reliability Report, analyzing 109,000+ incidents, found that unregulated AI agents caused at least nine cases of data destruction over the past year, and median resolution times ha…
Apple's shift to Siri AI is creating a new 'toxic hellstew' of vulnerabilities, according to a ZDNET retrospective that compares the company's current AI challenges to Android's past security issues. …
Palo Alto Networks' Unit 42 research team predicts that AI will enable low-skilled script kiddies and hacktivists to wield the same sophisticated capabilities as state-sponsored threat actors, marking…
Plaud, known for its AI notetaking devices, has launched its first AI earbuds, the Plaud One Explorer Edition, available for preorder today at $250. The earbuds integrate with Plaud Agent, which can i…
OpenAI launched a new skill on Tuesday that lets ChatGPT Work automatically sign users into their website accounts using cookies stored in its built-in cloud browser, available only for ChatGPT Pro an…
NCC Group's July 2026 threat advisory report shows ransomware victim claims hit a year-to-date high of 894 in July, a 22% increase from June, with the industrial sector targeted in nearly a third of a…
Andrew Ng, founder of Coursera and lecturer at Stanford, identified four essential AI development skills based on an analysis of more than 10,000 job postings and interviews with experts, hiring manag…
Anthropic merged the memory systems for Claude chat and Claude Cowork, making memory two-way so that context from chat is available in Cowork and vice versa, with updates added as you chat and sensiti…
Apple Inc. announced on Tuesday new Mac Mini and Mac Studio models powered by the M6, M5 Max, and M5 Ultra chips, with the M5 Ultra being its most powerful chip ever, featuring an 80-core GPU and four…
Perplexity has unveiled Portable Computer, a new version of its Personal Computer agent that runs AI models locally on Linux systems, offering faster performance, enhanced security, and no inference f…
Only 15% of organizations have achieved scaled, orchestrated multi-agent deployments across customer service, IT, and engineering, according to a Deloitte survey of 501 senior business leaders. The su…
Google's upcoming Googlebook laptop, powered by the new Aluminum OS that merges Android and ChromeOS with Gemini AI at its core, is set to launch in September, aiming to avoid the sales struggles of M…
ChatGPT Work, OpenAI's agentic AI tool, can browse the web, manage files, and complete multi-step tasks, and is available to all ChatGPT users, including free tier users, though paid plans like the $2…