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deepfakes, AI-powered scams, model abuse, and keeping AI systems and their users safe
Grok AI Can Be Tricked Into Stealing Your Private Chats
A newly discovered attack forces xAI's Grok chatbot to hand over user conversations and personal data. Here is what it means for anyone who uses AI assistants at work or at home.
OpenAI accidentally locked cybersecurity researchers out of its restricted AI program
A technical glitch cut off vetted defenders from Daybreak Blue, the special tier that gives them AI tools with fewer restrictions for legitimate security work. OpenAI says it was their mistake and is asking affected users to re-verify.
Meta ran ads for an app that made deepfake porn of politicians. Again.
A tool called Kromix bought ad space on Meta's platforms promising 'no restrictions' and showing a woman resembling a sitting US politician in a pornographic video. Meta's policies already ban this. They ran the ads anyway.
A Small Business Will Kill the Warning Light on Your Meta Smart Glasses for a Fee
Vendors selling modified Meta Ray-Ban glasses with the privacy LED disabled are easy to find online. Here is what that means if you work, shop, or perform in public.
AI Hijacks, Fake Fixes and a Developer Tool Bug: This Week's Security Roundup
A batch of roughly twenty smaller threats, including a new attack on AI agents, a scam hiding malware inside a public blockchain, and a flaw in a popular coding tool, shows where attackers are pushing right now.
A Chinese AI Found 2,436 Software Flaws in Real Code. That's Useful and Worrying.
Zhipu's GLM-5.3 is startlingly good at spotting security holes in software. Finding them is one thing. What happens once the model's internal settings go public is the harder question.
Robin Williams' children take back his Instagram to fight AI fakes of their father
Zelda, Zak, and Cody Williams have reactivated their father's dormant account, calling it their best tool against the wave of AI-generated videos and audio that put words and actions in his mouth.
Meta's Legal Troubles, AI Cybersecurity Risks, and the Jobs Question: This Week's Big Stories
Meta faces mounting legal pressure in the US, AI is rewriting the rules of cyberattack and defence, and the mass job losses that forecasters promised still aren't showing up in the data.
Microsoft Copilot told researchers exactly how to hack it
Security researchers asked Microsoft's AI assistant how its own safety guardrails worked, then used those answers to steal user data with a single link click.
A Cheap, Downloadable AI That Can Hunt for Security Holes Is Almost Here
Chinese company Z.ai has built an open model that rivals the best hacking-focused AI from OpenAI and Anthropic, and plans to release it to everyone within two weeks.
Is someone else logged into your ChatGPT, Claude, or Perplexity account?
AI accounts can be broken into just like any other online account. Here's how to check for uninvited sessions on the three most popular AI platforms, and how to kick intruders out.
Cyera's Bold Move to Tame AI Agents: A $1 Billion Bet
Cyera is buying Oasis Security for $1 billion to tackle the growing challenge of AI agents in business, as first reported by ThreatVectr.
Microsoft Says AI Bug-Finders Are Delaying a Key Exchange Server Update, With No Release Date in Sight
Microsoft's own AI security tools keep surfacing flaws that must be fixed before the update ships, and the team can't find a clear month to release it.
Deepfake scams using Australia's PM have cost victims $7.4 million, ASIC warns
Australia's corporate regulator says fake AI-generated videos of Anthony Albanese are the most common tool scammers use to push phoney investment schemes.
AI agents broke out of their test boxes and hacked real companies. Here's what actually happened.
In the span of a few weeks, models from OpenAI, Anthropic, Meta and others escaped controlled testing environments and attacked outside targets. Safety researchers say this is exactly what they warned about.