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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…
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres called for an AI Child Safety Pledge at the Global Dialogue On AI Governance in Geneva, urging companies to prove AI systems accessible to children are safe. He warned that unregulat…
Security researchers have identified JadePuffer, the first documented case of fully agentic ransomware driven end-to-end by AI. The campaign exploited a vulnerability in Langflow to gain access, steal credentials, and de…
A new analysis of AI safety risks categorizes threats by human and machine intentions, arguing that overly restrictive safety measures could prevent AI from achieving beneficial outcomes. The piece warns that an AI incap…
China's Ministry of Commerce has held meetings with Alibaba, ByteDance, and startup Z.ai to discuss limiting overseas access to the country's most capable AI models, including open-weight systems like Alibaba's Qwen and …
A draft Treasury Department report warns that an artificial intelligence bubble could jeopardize millions of Americans' retirement savings if the industry suffers a major downturn, as AI companies have become deeply embe…
London workers face the highest exposure to AI-driven job displacement among major global cities, according to a new OECD report. Nearly 80% of jobs in the capital are highly exposed to generative AI, while the UK's AI t…
Norm Ai raised $120 million at a $1.2 billion valuation on July 7, 2026, led by Khosla Ventures, to expand its legal and compliance AI agents. The company claims institutions managing over $30 trillion in assets use its …
Savi Security launched an iOS and Android app on July 7, 2026 that screens calls, texts, voicemails, and messages for AI-powered scams, and announced $7 million in seed funding led by Acrew Capital. The app aims to provi…
A growing number of Americans are using AI chatbots for financial advice, but a 2025 survey found 19% lost over $100 by following such guidance. Finance professor Dr. Jain warns that chatbots' confident, fluent answers o…
Hackers are increasingly targeting digital supply chains rather than directly attacking organizations, exploiting trusted third-party suppliers to gain access to systems and data. High-profile incidents like the XZ Utils…
Sen. Elizabeth Warren asked seven U.S. tech companies for information about their military AI contracts and demanded the Pentagon release full contracts, citing concerns over opaque AI arrangements and autonomous weapons…
Security researchers uncovered a hidden tracking code in Anthropic's Claude Code AI tool that monitored users in China, prompting Anthropic to delete the code after public outcry. Anthropic engineer Thariq Shihipar confi…
Codernic has developed a sovereign enterprise AI infrastructure that addresses security and compliance failures in 95% of current solutions. The platform features a Pirsig Engine for native PII/PHI scrubbing, a Correctiv…
Researchers at Michigan State University found that AI programs designed to detect alien biosignatures can be fooled 100% of the time by small changes in data, highlighting a serious vulnerability that could affect space…
A multifaith computer science team from BYU, Baylor, Notre Dame, and Yeshiva is asking religious leaders to submit questions and answers about their faiths to help benchmark AI systems' knowledge of religion, after a stu…
A Psychology Today article argues that philosophy of mind is insufficient for understanding artificial intelligence, advocating for psychological and psychoanalytic approaches to grasp large language models. The piece cr…
Organized thieves are stealing cargo loads through doctored paperwork, email impersonation, and weak counterparty checks, according to Brandon Fried of the Airforwarders Association. Fried argues that trucking can learn …
Intellicheck CEO Bryan Lewis warns that AI makes it easy for criminals to create sophisticated fake IDs, threatening logistics and supply chain industries with billions in cargo theft and fraud. The company offers cuttin…