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A supply-chain attack on the @mastra AI-agent ecosystem saw an attacker republish 141 packages with a malicious dependency that targeted crypto wallets. The incident highlights how AI coding tools like Claude Cowork can …
A consensus is emerging on securing the agentic software development lifecycle (SDLC) as AI coding agents increasingly ship to production, but ready-to-use security solutions remain elusive. The number of pull requests h…
Prime Minister nominee Han Seong-sook faced a confirmation hearing at the National Assembly on Thursday amid controversies over a personal data leak and multiple homes. Han pledged to focus on AI transformation and econo…
South Korean Second Vice Foreign Minister Kim Jina met with U.S. Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs Jacob Helberg in Washington to discuss cooperation on artificial intelligence supply chains and bilateral eco…
Anthropic accused Alibaba of running 28.8 million API queries through nearly 25,000 fraudulent accounts over 45 days to distill Claude's software engineering and agentic reasoning capabilities. The attack, disclosed on J…
DeepSeek V4's pricing is nearly 50x cheaper than Anthropic and OpenAI's frontier models, raising concerns that the US companies may rely on fearmongering and government bans on open-weight models to maintain high prices …
Former New York City Council candidate Jonathan Rinaldi was charged with forgery for using AI to create fake endorsements and news articles on social media. Prosecutors allege he fabricated a New York Post story and a Qu…
Anthropic's negotiations with the Trump administration to lift export controls on its Claude Fable 5 AI model have improved after CEO Dario Amodei was replaced by co-founder Tom Brown in talks, according to a Wired repor…
Six months after COP30, the Tropical Forest Forever Facility (TFFF) faces challenges in turning its promise into reality, as it aims to conserve tropical forests by compensating countries for conservation. The facility i…
A new paper warns that artificial superintelligence (ASI) could arrive as early as 2029-2033, posing five existential challenges: technical alignment, power concentration, international governance, social health, and eth…
Anthropic accused Alibaba's Qwen AI lab of orchestrating the largest known distillation attack on its Claude AI models, using 25,000 fraudulent accounts to conduct 28.8 million interactions between April 22 and June 5, 2…
Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda said surging AI-related exports are cushioning Japan's economy from the impact of crude oil prices above $100 per barrel, driven by US-Iran tensions. The AI boom is offsetting higher ene…
The U.S. Department of State launched Pax Silica, an initiative to secure AI supply chains by reducing reliance on Chinese suppliers for compute, semiconductors, and critical minerals. The European Commission is negotiat…
A new survey from Milltown Partners reveals that only 8% of Americans who oppose data centers live near one, indicating nationwide AI backlash is driving opposition. In Q1 2026, public protests delayed or blocked 75 data…
Hong Kong can position itself as a regulatory bridge between US and Chinese AI ecosystems amid escalating decoupling, as US export controls on AI models backfire by accelerating Chinese innovation and creating a 'soverei…
A developer created leak_probe.py, an 80-line Python tool that checks which secrets actually ship in an npm package versus those found in the git repository. Testing showed 6 secret hits in the repo but only 3 in the pub…
Google is rolling out a feature in Chrome 149 that lets its Gemini AI see and select content from users' browser screens, framing it as a convenience upgrade. The company also announced that developers can now access com…
UK government research found that medical AI products require continuous monitoring by expert watchdogs rather than one-off approval, according to two reports from the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency.…
The Five Eyes intelligence alliance warned that artificial intelligence will accelerate cyberattacks within months, urging governments and businesses to prepare for threats that exceed current expectations. The joint sta…
AI surveillance systems in U.S. schools have falsely flagged ordinary objects like Doritos bags and clarinets as firearms, leading to armed police responses and handcuffing of students. The incidents highlight the rapid,…