OpenAI delays open-weight model release: What are the potential catastrophic and existential risks of unclosed AI?

Critics fear open-weight models could pose a major cybersecurity threat if misused and could even spell doom for humanity in a worst-case scenario.

"An AI obedience problem": World's first LLM Scope Violation attack tricks Microsoft Copilot into handing over data

Zero-click bug requires "no specific user interaction and results in concrete cybersecurity damage", researchers allege.

Can Elon Musk's Grok help to build Molotov cocktails? AI jailbreakers make incendiary claim

The AI model built into X has allegedly been tricked into producing instructions on how to build a famous flammable weapon.

Is AI scheming against humanity? Not so fast, says UK government as it slams "lurid" claims

Westminster's AI Security Institute claims scary findings about the dark intentions of artificial intelligence have been greatly exaggerated.

Bureaucracy and the bomb: Britain's nuclear weapons manufacturer has an ESG programme

From planting orchards at nuclear bases to supporting pollinators, find out about the Atomic Weapons Establishment's slightly incongruous ESG drive.

Marco Rubio was AI cloned: How can you avoid the same fate and stay safe from voice spoofing?

Imposter used AI to imitate the voice of the United States Secretary of State, highlighting a growing risk all organisations need to be aware of.

OpenAI reveals bid to mitigate "catastrophic" chemical, biological and nuclear risk

AI firm expands Safety Systems team with engineers responsible for "identifying, tracking, and preparing for risks related to frontier AI models."

Regenerative AI: Artificial intelligence's role in ocean conservation and Net Zero

"AI can support the data-led and predictive decision-making needed to achieve environmental goals."

Four people arrested over M&S, Co-op and Harrods cyberattacks

National Crime Agency seizes three male suspects as well as a 20-year-old woman during operations in London and the West Midlands.

Google Gemini "Evil Twin" update lets Android AI interact with sensitive apps

Controversial and ever-so-slightly creepy new Android feature is enabled by default and gives Google's AI access to apps including WhatsApp.

Model citizens: How political beliefs shape people's attitude to AI

Leftists and right-wingers have predictably diverging outlooks on the social impact of artificial intelligence, study finds.

Scattered Spider's latest victim? Qantas confirms encounter with mysterious "cyber criminal"

Airline contacted by shadowy threat actor following incident feared to have exposed millions of people's data.