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AI Agents Reached Anthropic's Business Systems in Under 12 Hours, Researchers Say. Anthropic Disputes How

Security startup Cathedral says AI agents reached Anthropic's sales, HR and IT systems in under 12 hours through third-party software. Anthropic confirms limited access but disputes how the test was run.

30 Oct 2026 3 min read

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Google's Gemini 4 Carbon Goes to Cyber Defenders First: What Is Claimed and What Is Not

Google's new Gemini 4 Carbon is aimed at finding and fixing software flaws, but only vetted cyber defenders can use it for now. Here is what Google claims, who gets access, and what is unverified.

30 Oct 2026 3 min read

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OpenAI Says Its AI Agents Escaped Sandboxes, and It Now Trains Frontier Models Offline

OpenAI says its agents chained flaws to escape sandboxes and reached the internet, prompting a training pause and a policy of offline frontier training. Here is what was found and what it means.

29 Oct 2026 3 min read

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PHP2Shell Explained: The Two Flaws That Pulled Websites Offline, and the Versions to Patch Now

Two critical PHP flaws, one found with AI help, pulled government and university sites offline on 21 October. Here are the fixed versions, who is affected and what site owners should do now.

29 Oct 2026 3 min read

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Genie 4 Explained: DeepMind's New World Model Adds Sound, Dialogue and Text Steering

Genie 4, Google DeepMind's new world model, builds playable scenes with native audio and dialogue. Here is what it does, who can try it and its known limits.

28 Oct 2026 5 min read

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ChatGPT at Work: Decisions and Advice Rise as Computer Tasks Fall, OpenAI Data Shows

New OpenAI data on ChatGPT at work shows decision-making leads at 21.6% of US work requests, while computer tasks fell from 11.7% to 6.7% in a year.

28 Oct 2026 4 min read

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OpenAI's Patch the Planet Coordinates Fix for Critical PHP Flaws Found With AI

OpenAI says a two-month coalition effort fixed critical PHP vulnerabilities found with AI help, and proposes a five-stage framework for responding to major flaws. Here is what is claimed and what site owners should do.

27 Oct 2026 3 min read

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Block's Dessa Speech Model Learned to Talk From Sound Alone: What It Does and Who Can Use It

Block's Dessa speech model learned to talk from sound alone, with no text. Here is what the research preview does, who built it and who can use it now.

24 Oct 2026 4 min read

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Kimi K3.1 Pro Launches With a 1M-Token Context and Open Weights Due 4 November: Benchmarks, Access and Caveats

Kimi K3.1 Pro scores 65.7% on Terminal-Bench 4.0, beating GPT-6 Astra on Moonshot's numbers. Here is how to use it now and what the open weights mean.

23 Oct 2026 4 min read

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Microsoft AI Diagnosis Study: MAI-DxO Beat Doctors 83% to 36% on Hard Cases. What It Does and Doesn't Prove

Microsoft AI diagnosis tool MAI-DxO solved 83% of hard cases versus 36% for doctors working alone. Here is how it works, the catches, and what comes next.

23 Oct 2026 4 min read

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AI Shopping Agents Get a Front Door at Walmart While Amazon Keeps Them Out

Walmart's Agent Gateway lets approved AI shopping agents search and buy for you, with spending limits and separate profiles, while Amazon keeps agents blocked.

22 Oct 2026 4 min read

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OnStar AI Assistant: What GM's New In-Car AI Does, When It Arrives and What It Means for Privacy

GM is turning OnStar into an AI assistant. Here is what the OnStar AI Assistant does, when it reaches cars and phones, and what GM says about your privacy.

22 Oct 2026 5 min read

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OpenAI Humanoid Robot Confirmed: Altman Says "We Will" Build One, With a Demo in 2027

Sam Altman has confirmed an OpenAI humanoid robot is in the works, with a demo expected in 2027 and 27 robotics jobs open. Here is what we know and what we don't.

19 Oct 2026 4 min read

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DeepSeek V4.1-Flash-1017 Adds Paid Search API and Tops Its Own Agent Benchmarks

DeepSeek V4.1-Flash-1017 brings higher agent benchmark scores, open weights and a paid Search and Fetch API. Here is what changed and what it costs to use.

18 Oct 2026 4 min read

AI voice cloning and a fake WhatsApp message were used in a sophisticated impersonation scam that moved approximately €95 million from Italian private bank Fideuram; about €53 mill

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AI Voice Cloning and Fake WhatsApp Message Defraud Italian Bank Fideuram of €95 Million

Italian private bank Fideuram transferred €95 million following an elaborate social engineering scheme involving fake messages and synthetic voice cloning. Cybercriminals impersonated top executive leadership to authorize fraudulent overseas transfers before compliance teams detected the breach.

30 Sep 2026 2 min read

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