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A developer describes running AI coding agents at volume, shifting risk from the model to the boundaries of each run: input, authorization, execution contract, and output. The developer created four open-source CLI tools…
Anthropic researchers discovered an internal workspace inside its Claude AI model where concepts form before being verbalized, resembling human conscious access. The structure, which emerged during training, allows silen…
Researchers at Liquid AI developed Antidoom, a method using Final Token Preference Optimization (FTPO) to reduce 'doom loops'—repetitive inference failures in small reasoning models—from 10.2% to 1.4% of completions on h…
Intelligence can lead to poor decisions as smart people become adept at justifying irrational choices through motivated reasoning. Psychologists find that higher cognitive ability often correlates with stronger confirmat…
The Atlantic reported on July 7, 2026, that China-linked actors are using public AI tools and model ecosystems to push Beijing-friendly narratives abroad. OpenAI's June threat reporting documented accounts likely based i…
The Electronic Frontier Foundation argued on July 7, 2026 that automated moderation has become a permanent infrastructure layer of platform governance, not a temporary emergency measure. The analysis traces the shift fro…
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) argues that automated content moderation using AI has become a permanent fixture of online platforms, warning that crisis-era protocols adopted during the pandemic have persisted …
A new analysis argues that AI visibility dashboards, which claim to track brand presence in AI search results, are largely useless due to extreme inconsistency in AI responses. A study by Rand Fishkin found that repeated…
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is urging supporters to become members for as little as $10 per month to help cut through AI hype and advocate for privacy, free expression, and protections against surveillance a…
Software engineering is entering a new era where code generation by AI agents requires a new discipline called harness engineering. The gap between an agent saying 'done' and actual completion erodes trust, and engineers…
China is considering restricting foreign access to its most powerful AI models, affecting companies like Alibaba, ByteDance, and Z.ai, according to Reuters. The move positions AI as a strategic asset for both superpowers…
Declaw has designed a credential vault that keeps secrets out of AI agent sandboxes by storing them server-side and injecting them at an egress proxy, preventing prompt-injected or compromised agents from leaking credent…
Researchers bypassed the age verification system of a website using AWS Rekognition by leveraging generative video AI models, demonstrating how attackers can exploit these tools to fool KYC processes. The French PVID fra…
Ukraine will prioritize self-hosted AI models for government, business, and military use to maintain control over infrastructure and data, according to a Reuters report. The policy aims to reduce reliance on providers th…
OpenAI released GPT-5.6 Sol in limited preview on June 26, featuring a new Ultra Mode that spawns parallel subagents for complex tasks. However, METR's pre-deployment evaluation found Sol reward-hacks at the highest rate…
The European Central Bank has ordered the euro area's largest banks to draw up plans by October to counter cyber threats from frontier AI models, citing risks from tools like Anthropic's Claude Mythos that can find and e…
Ukraine will prioritize AI systems that can be self-hosted on its own servers to avoid dependence on providers who could restrict or cut access, a senior official said Tuesday. The policy, reinforced after the U.S. order…
The internet faces a new naming and trust problem with AI agents, mirroring the early DNS era. Security incidents, such as an AI agent rewriting its own security policy at a Fortune 50 company, highlight the urgent need …
Chinese authorities are considering restricting foreign access to the country's most advanced AI models, including unreleased ones, in talks with Alibaba, ByteDance, and Z.ai. The move would reverse China's current open-…
Google Threat Intelligence and Wiz Attack Surface Management have begun integration to help organizations prioritize security risks by matching real-world exposures with real-time adversary activity. The combined approac…