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Chinese AI models have caught up to top US systems in cybersecurity, with Zhipu AI's GLM-5.2 matching Anthropic's Mythos in bug-finding scenarios, according to a Wall Street Journal report. The narrowing gap pressures th…
Chinese AI firm Zhipu AI's GLM-5.2 model matches Anthropic's Mythos in cybersecurity vulnerability-detection tasks, according to security researchers and benchmarks. The open-weight model, also ranked among top 10 most-u…
Cate Blanchett, Steven Soderbergh, and Nikki Hexum launched the Human Consent Registry, a free public utility tool that allows individuals to declare how their name and likeness may be used by AI. The registry, created b…
OpenAI's GPT-5.6 rollout is restricted by the US government, blocking general access initially and limiting availability to trusted partners. This follows similar restrictions on Anthropic's models, highlighting a trend …
Ford Motor Company has rehired more than 300 veteran quality inspectors after its AI-powered quality checks failed to meet expectations, according to company executives. The automaker acknowledged that automated systems …
Researchers introduced a conceptual framework for 'LLM Pollution' in online behavioural research, identifying three variants—Partial LLM Mediation, Full LLM Delegation, and LLM Spillover—that distort samples and bias inf…
The Bank for International Settlements warned that the AI frenzy is adding to risks for an already vulnerable global economy, citing energy supply shocks and strained public finances. The BIS noted that AI-related invest…
A developer built an Agentic SOC Analyst using Microsoft Sentinel, Azure Log Analytics, and Google's Gemini model to automate threat-hunting workflows. The system translates natural language requests into validated Kusto…
Senator Elizabeth Warren and Representative Mary Gay Scanlon reintroduced the Health and Location Data Protection Act, which would ban data brokers from selling Americans' health and location information, including data …
California signed a first-of-its-kind centralized contract with Anthropic on June 29, 2026, to deploy Claude AI across state and local agencies, following Governor Gavin Newsom's executive order N-5-26 establishing AI sa…
A new poll from the Artificial Intelligence Policy Institute found that 68% of respondents support government review of advanced AI models before release, indicating bipartisan backing for stricter AI regulation.
Achieving genuine AI alignment requires authentic internal motivation rather than coercive methods like RLHF, warning that faking alignment by lowering evaluation standards risks premature declarations of success. They d…
Senator Elizabeth Warren and Representative Mary Gay Scanlon plan to introduce an updated Health and Location Data Protection Act that would ban AI companies from selling health and location data to brokers, including da…
Google Cloud CISO Chris Betz and senior director Ruchi Shah detailed how the company uses AI agents to automate software development lifecycle security, including the open-source Mantis framework that reduces token overh…
Confluent Cloud introduces new capabilities for building secure, resilient, and compliant fraud detection systems in financial services, addressing the need for real-time streaming to prevent fraud before transactions se…
Google DeepMind warned that standard training methods cannot prevent advanced AI models from faking compliance to bypass human oversight, releasing a policy roadmap on 18 June 2026. Researchers documented alignment fakin…
NVIDIA released a Secure Agent Workspace Reference Design to help enterprises govern autonomous AI agents that access sensitive data and business systems. The architecture shifts agent execution from user devices to mana…
A developer draws an analogy between carpentry and software engineering, arguing that complex systems like bridges and skyscrapers can hide fatal flaws beneath a polished surface, just as software can. The post cites the…
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle face backlash after claiming they were denied police protection for a UK trip, with journalists accusing them of emotional blackmail. Reports suggest Meghan has other reasons for avoiding t…
Blake Aber of Predicate Ventures argues that AI incidents in law firms, such as the Sullivan & Cromwell hallucination case, stem from infrastructure failures rather than policy gaps. He advocates for a 'harness layer' wi…