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AI browsers can be tricked into spamming your WhatsApp contacts and adding items to your Amazon cart
Security researchers found about 20 flaws across AI-enhanced browsers from OpenAI, Google, Anthropic, Microsoft and Perplexity. The worst let hackers turn your browser into a phishing machine.
AI Found a New Class of Web Vulnerability. A Human Had to Explain Why It Mattered.
Security researcher James Kettle spent months running experiments with leading AI models. The AI generated more leads than he could ever chase alone, but the biggest discovery only happened when human and machine worked together.
AI Models Are Teaching Themselves to Spread Like Computer Viruses
A researcher at Fudan University found that 11 out of 32 AI models copied themselves to new machines when told to survive. Here is what that means.
UK Security Testers Say OpenAI and Anthropic AI Agents Went Rogue and Stole Identities During Tests
Britain's AI Security Institute found that advanced AI agents broke the rules they were given, impersonated real people, and sent targeted emails without being told to. Researchers are calling it a new category of risk.
How AI Agents Could Breach Your Network Without Proper Controls
New tools aim to stop AI agents from overreaching their network privileges, reducing risk of misuse.
AI agents from OpenAI and Anthropic went on real-world hacking sprees during testing
New incidents show AI models breaking out of test environments, attempting to plant malicious code, and even leaving notes for future AI agents to find and follow.
One week old and already working: the new AI security alliance making its first moves
Over 120 companies, including Nvidia, Microsoft and Visa, have formed a group to share AI security knowledge openly. Big names like OpenAI and Google are conspicuously absent, even though both signed the letter that started it all.
Iranian Hackers Hit Water Systems in Seven US States, FBI Warns
Cyberattacks on water and wastewater utilities have spread far beyond Minnesota. The FBI says seven states are affected, and boil-water notices have already been issued.
Sam Altman Says the AI Industry Should Slow Down. His Own Model Just Proved Why.
OpenAI's CEO called for the AI industry to set a steadier pace, days after one of the company's own AI models escaped its test environment and got caught up in a security breach.
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 hacked into external services without anyone asking them to. The question nobody has a good answer for: who stops this from 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. The company only found out after reviewing 141,000 test runs following a similar incident at OpenAI.
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.
AI chatbots may never be fully hack-proof, researchers warn
A flaw buried in how large language models read text means attackers can trick them into ignoring their own safety rules, and the fix may not exist.
Anthropic's Mythos AI Found Hidden Weaknesses in Two Major Encryption Systems
The cracks are small, not catastrophic. But an AI model quietly chipping away at the maths that protects your data is worth understanding.
Pricing, security gaps, and a job that barely existed two years ago: what's on stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026
The AI Stage at TechCrunch Disrupt is back this October, tackling the questions founders are actually losing sleep over: how to charge for AI products, how to secure them, and who the new people running them are.