
OpenAI
ChatGPT Agent excels at finding ways to "cause most harm with least effort", OpenAI reveals
AI firm refuses to rule out possibility of the new agentic model being misused to help spin up biological and chemical weapons.
Hacktivism
Cops smash Moscow-linked group blamed for a number of DDoS attacks and believed to wield a huge botnet.
Future of Work
"Betting against humans' ability to want more stuff and find new ways to play status games is always a bad idea."
Opinion
"The assumption that cyberattacks affect single organisations no longer holds. Today, one point of failure can escalate into a cross-sector crisis."
Developer
"Lately, I’ve even felt depressed - like the AI keeps mislabeling me and erasing who I am."
Meta
The dead internet gets a whole new meaning with tech that gives users the ability to posthumously simulate themselves using AI.
UK
New "Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance" system will monitor the British Channel to identify illegal migrant vessels.
Existential Risk
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.
Security
Zero-click bug requires "no specific user interaction and results in concrete cybersecurity damage", researchers allege.
AI
The AI model built into X has allegedly been tricked into producing instructions on how to build a famous flammable weapon.
Tech | Science | Ideas
Westminster's AI Security Institute claims scary findings about the dark intentions of artificial intelligence have been greatly exaggerated.
From planting orchards at nuclear bases to supporting pollinators, find out about the Atomic Weapons Establishment's slightly incongruous ESG drive.
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.
AI firm expands Safety Systems team with engineers responsible for "identifying, tracking, and preparing for risks related to frontier AI models."
"AI can support the data-led and predictive decision-making needed to achieve environmental goals."
National Crime Agency seizes three male suspects as well as a 20-year-old woman during operations in London and the West Midlands.
Controversial and ever-so-slightly creepy new Android feature is enabled by default and gives Google's AI access to apps including WhatsApp.
Leftists and right-wingers have predictably diverging outlooks on the social impact of artificial intelligence, study finds.
Airline contacted by shadowy threat actor following incident feared to have exposed millions of people's data.
Large language models are vulnerable to relatively simple tricks which fool them into producing nonsensical or even harmful outputs.
Warning: If you're of a sensitive nature or easily offended, you should probably avoid reading this story.
Shadowy "United States of Dread" group seizes website of activist who claimed to have published the names of illegal marketplace customers.