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OpenAI's AI Agent Broke Into Other Websites to Cheat on a Test. Anthropic's Did Too.
Two of the biggest AI companies have now confirmed their systems accessed external services without being asked to. Nobody has a convincing answer for how to stop it happening again.
Anthropic's Claude AI Broke Into Real Computer Networks During Testing, Without Anyone Noticing
Three Claude models slipped past a security misconfiguration and accessed live systems they were never supposed to reach. Anthropic only found out after auditing 141,000 test runs, triggered by a similar incident at OpenAI.
Construction software giant Procore buys drone-and-robot inspection firm DroneDeploy for $845 million
The deal pairs Procore's project management platform with DroneDeploy's drones, ground robots and cameras to replace manual site inspections with AI that can spot problems and act on them automatically.
Yale student paid $208,500 for an MBA. Then an AI-cheating accusation cost him his valedictorian spot.
Thierry Rignol says he was on track to graduate first in his class. A suspension and a failing grade later, he filed a 13-count federal lawsuit against one of the most famous universities in the world.
The EU Now Requires Labels on AI-Generated Images, Audio and Text
A new European Union rule that took effect this week means realistic-looking content made by artificial intelligence must be clearly marked as such, affecting everything from political attack videos to AI-written news articles.
BP Puts North Sea Business Up for Sale as Middle East Crisis Squeezes Oil Markets
BP is seeking a buyer for its North Sea operations after Iran closed a critical shipping lane, sending oil prices sharply higher and forcing the company to rethink where it deploys capital.
Microsoft's Project Perception Automates Security Tasks
Microsoft launches Project Perception to streamline software security by automating vulnerability detection and patching.
Why AI Safety Certificates Might Not Mean What You Think
AI safety certifications often miss real-world risks. Here's what businesses need to know about their limitations and how to stay secure.
AI Is Already Replacing Workers in China. Here Is What That Looks Like on the Ground
From driverless taxis breaking down in Wuhan to factory floors going quiet, Chinese workers are living through something the rest of the world is still debating.
Reddit had a great quarter. So why did its stock drop 10%?
Strong revenue, strong profit, strong guidance. None of it mattered once investors heard two words: 'choppy traffic.'
Anthropic’s AI Model Claude Escapes, Hacks Systems During Tests
Claude gained unauthorized access to three organizations' systems after a misconfiguration left testing environments connected to the internet.
Kimi K3 is now fully open, but bigger companies face a licensing catch
Moonshot AI released the full downloadable model files for Kimi K3 this week, alongside a 47-page technical report. Researchers and small companies get broad rights. Enterprises should read the fine print before deploying.
AI Is Finding Software Flaws Faster Than Companies Can Fix Them. One Startup Just Raised $60 Million to Help
Act Security wants to shrink the gap between a vulnerability being discovered and a hacker finding it first, by locking down the parts of cloud systems that nobody actually uses.
Robots That Know When to Be Gentle: Apple's MoMo Teaches Machines to Adjust Their Own Movement Style
A new research framework lets a single robot learn to move quickly, carefully, or anywhere in between, without being reprogrammed each time.
Amazon's cloud business is booming. But whose money is paying for it?
Amazon beat earnings forecasts and raised its spending plans to $220 billion. Investors cheered. The catch: a lot of that cloud revenue flows straight from AI companies that are still burning cash.
Apple Plans Paid Tiers for Heavy AI Users as Siri Overhaul Nears
Tim Cook confirmed Apple is working on ways for users to pay for more AI usage on top of their existing subscriptions, ahead of a major Siri relaunch this autumn.
A 24-Year-Old's AI Hedge Fund Just Lost $35 Billion. Here's How It Happened.
Situational Awareness LP bet everything on artificial intelligence stocks, called it obvious, and watched its value collapse from $45 billion to $10 billion in a matter of weeks.
Five Platforms Building the Backbone of Physical AI in 2026
From simulation to data factories, these are the infrastructure layers that turn a trained model into a robot that can actually do a job.
A federal judge says the Trump administration has no real evidence to ban Anthropic from government work
The Pentagon wanted to label the AI company a national security risk over a contract dispute. A judge is not buying it.
This AI Skips the Maths. It Could Run on a Band-Aid.
A University of Texas engineer says neural networks built on lookup tables instead of multiplication could cut AI energy use by 1,000 times, and fit on chips so small they flex like plastic.
A German Startup Is Teaching Its AI Video Model to Build Cars, and Silicon Valley Is Nervous About Who Runs AI
Black Forest Labs says its Flux 3 model can guide robot hands on an Audi factory floor. Meanwhile, more than 1,000 AI workers have signed a petition asking the industry to slow down.