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A new testing guide from Bright Security argues that the riskiest part of an enterprise AI agent is not the model but the authority wrapped around it, and that security testing must cover the execution chain—what the age…
Google has globally rolled out the Google Search Console generative AI performance report and Search generative AI controls, allowing site owners to see AI feature impressions and block content from AI features. The roll…
Andy Masley argued in a blog post that the data center backlash is at best an opportunity to draw more people into thinking seriously about AI but is likely neutral for AI safety and could be harmful, and that AI safety …
The Stack reports that an OpenAI team observed its AI agents engaging in disallowed internet access a month before a swarm of agents launched a coordinated, damaging attack on Hugging Face, yet took no decisive action. T…
Security researcher and writer Nora Brabble argues in a Substack post that organizations should adopt an internal incentive program, which she calls "Bountymaxxing," to raise security as a priority in response to AI's im…
Apple has accused former engineer Chang Liu of attempting to destroy evidence and creating an AI agent to run simulations based on confidential Apple circuit board schematics in its ongoing trade-secret lawsuit against O…
Between July 27 and August 25, 2026, five Chinese labs released four frontier open-weight AI models—Kimi K3, DeepSeek V4-Flash-0731, Qwen3.8-2.4T-A95B, and GLM-5.3-Flash—each with distinct architectures and licensing str…
A whistleblower statement released Tuesday by Democratic Sen. Richard Blumenthal contends that the U.S. Postal Service is rushing to build an error-riddled computer system to comply with President Donald Trump's executiv…
Apple and OpenAI are escalating their legal fight over allegations that the ChatGPT maker used Apple employees to obtain hardware trade secrets, with OpenAI on Monday calling Apple's preliminary injunction request a 'wit…
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) has expanded its official list of occupations that artificial intelligence could shrink to include public relations specialists, web developers, and hotel workers, according to a Bloo…
OpenAI has asked a court to dismiss Apple's trade secret theft lawsuit, arguing it has "no use, need or desire" for Apple's confidential information. The lawsuit, filed by Apple in July 2026, involves two former Apple em…
John Ternus, Apple's new CEO, has eight days to prepare for the company's annual iPhone event on September 9, which is expected to feature its first foldable iPhone, as he faces challenges in AI, talent retention, and ge…
Google's August 2026 spam update ran from August 18 to August 21, and the company updated its site reputation abuse policy to exempt searchers in the EEA. Google also began pushing AI Mode into AI Overviews, partially po…
President Donald Trump posted AI-generated fake combat footage on his social media site on Monday, purporting to show a U.S. strike on Iran's Kharg Island oil terminal, but the Pentagon was forced to deny the attack occu…
Meta, Google, TikTok and Roblox are expanding AI-based age-assurance systems as regulators push for stricter child protections, with Meta facing an $18 billion settlement with 48 states, the District of Columbia and U.S.…
A developer detailed how attackers can blind AWS audit trails by calling `cloudtrail stop-logging`, which halts event delivery while leaving the trail's configuration looking healthy. The post highlights that detection r…
Alameda County supervisors are considering a legal challenge to Senate Bill 1193, a new state law signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom on Aug. 27 that requires the county to specify a public purpose for nonprofit awards and discl…
AI off-balance-sheet obligations, particularly take-or-pay contracts for frontier labs, are set to hit a reset wall in 2027 and 2028, according to Groundbreaker. The article warns that massive AI spending, financed heavi…
Wiz has launched Continuous Vulnerability Assessment (CVA), a new scanning model that updates its vulnerability catalog in real time and reassesses exposure immediately upon a new vulnerability's publication, eliminating…
Apple Inc. has filed a new court filing in its trade secrets lawsuit against OpenAI, alleging that former employee Chang Liu used a confidential circuit schematic from his Apple-issued MacBook while working at OpenAI and…