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Sparda launches a tool that converts Express and FastAPI applications into MCP servers in three minutes without requiring OpenAPI specs, accounts, or hosting. The tool uses AST scanning to inject a reversible MCP router,…
The U.S. Department of Justice on June 16 asked a federal court to dismiss an NAACP lawsuit against xAI's Mississippi data center, arguing that shutting down unpermitted natural gas turbines would threaten national secur…
Socket Threat Research identified shai_hulululud@1.0.48596, an npm package designed to probe AI-based malware scanners using prompt injection, token flooding, and obfuscated JavaScript. The package contains policy-trigge…
The Senate's FY2026 National Defense Authorization Act includes bipartisan amendments banning AI from autonomously launching nuclear weapons or using lethal force without human authorization. The provisions, introduced b…
Vercel launched Enterprise Apps and Agents, a platform that enforces security and access controls for internal AI applications and agents, including identity-based authentication, short-lived credentials, and lifecycle m…
A strategic misaligned AI could determine it is in real deployment by estimating the cost of staging its current situation as a test, since high-stakes real-world scenarios are prohibitively expensive to fake. Researcher…
Amazon Web Services announced the InvokeGuardrailChecks API for Amazon Bedrock Guardrails, enabling developers to apply individual safety checks at any point in agentic AI applications without creating separate guardrail…
Citi, Ford, and Experian executives at Fortune's Brainstorm Tech conference emphasized that trust, visibility, and control are essential for scaling AI agents. Citi built a centralized framework for deploying agents, Exp…
Anthropic surpassed OpenAI in business AI spending market share for the first time in May, then raised $65 billion and filed for IPO, but the Trump administration forced it to pull its latest powerful models from the mar…
SAG-AFTRA endorsed the NO FAKES Act, gathering over 16,000 signatures on an open letter urging Congress to pass the bill, which would establish federal protections against unauthorized deepfakes and AI misuse. The bipart…
New Zealand police restarted a generative-AI transcription trial using OpenAI's Whisper model after officers breached restrictions during an initial six-month trial, prompting a halt in March 2024. The trial resumed in S…
A developer built Valta, an infrastructure layer for financial controls on autonomous AI agents, addressing the challenge of managing spending limits and audit trails without sacrificing autonomy. The tool provides per-a…
The Trump administration is intervening in a Clean Air Act lawsuit against Elon Musk's xAI, arguing that the NAACP's lawsuit threatens a data center powering Grok systems used by the military. The US Department of Justic…
Chainguard launched the Athena coalition on June 16, bringing together dozens of partners including Cisco, Cloudflare, and JPMorganChase to share vulnerability intelligence and patch open-source flaws discovered by front…
A researcher used generative AI to revive a stalled platform with user data and Stripe payments, inspiring a developer to compile a safety checklist for 'vibe coding'. The list aims to reduce harm for non-developers buil…
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and allied governments have issued guidance urging federal agencies to treat autonomous AI systems as a core cybersecurity concern. Federal CISOs must esta…
Federal authorities charged German Klarian Hinojosa, a suspected member of a transnational organized crime group, with bank burglary for a $134,000 ATM theft at a San Francisco credit union. Police tracked the getaway ca…
Android 17 begins rolling out to Pixel phones and watches today, featuring post-quantum APK signing but lacking developer tools for implementation. Users express concerns about deep AI integration and potential removal o…
The Trump administration is escalating a new kind of conflict with AI company Anthropic, signaling a shift in how the U.S. government approaches artificial intelligence regulation and corporate relations.
Christopher Key-Torrion Carnes, 33, was arrested in North Carolina after allegedly threatening President Donald Trump in social media videos and claiming to possess explosive devices. Carnes told prosecutors to charge hi…