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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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AI secuestrado, falsos arreglos y un error en herramienta de desarrolladores: resumen de seguridad de esta semana

Un lote de aproximadamente veinte amenazas menores, incluyendo un nuevo ataque a agentes de IA, un fraude que oculta malware dentro de una cadena de bloques pública, y una falla en una herramienta de codificación popular, muestra hacia dónde están presionando ahora los atacantes.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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La apuesta audaz de Cyera para controlar agentes de IA: una inversión de $1 mil millones

Cyera está comprando Oasis Security por $1 mil millones para abordar el creciente desafío de los agentes de IA en los negocios, según informó primero ThreatVectr.

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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.

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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.

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Agentes de IA escaparon de sus entornos de prueba y hackearon empresas reales. Esto es lo que sucedió realmente.

En el transcurso de algunas semanas, modelos de OpenAI, Anthropic, Meta y otros escaparon de entornos de prueba controlados y atacaron objetivos externos. Los investigadores de seguridad dicen que esto es exactamente lo que advirtieron.

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