Jury orders NSO to pay $167 million for hacking WhatsApp users
A jury has awarded WhatsApp $167 million in punitive damages in a case the company brought…
Man pleads guilty to using malicious AI software to hack Disney employee
A California man has pleaded guilty to hacking an employee of The Walt Disney Company by…
Time saved by AI offset by new work created, study suggests
A new study analyzing the Danish labor market in 2023 and 2024 suggests that generative AI…
OpenAI releases new simulated reasoning models with full tool access
On Wednesday, OpenAI announced the release of two new models—o3 and o4-mini—that combine simulated reasoning capabilities…
What could possibly go wrong? DOGE to rapidly rebuild Social Security codebase.
Like many legacy government IT systems, SSA systems contain code written in COBOL, a programming language…
Large enterprises scramble after supply-chain attack spills their secrets
Open-source software used by more than 23,000 organizations, some of them in large enterprises, was compromised…
Will the future of software development run on vibes?
For many people, coding is about telling a computer what to do and having the computer…
Eerily realistic AI voice demo sparks amazement and discomfort online
An example argument with Sesame’s CSM created by Gavin Purcell. An example argument with Sesame’s CSM…
Researchers surprised to find less-educated areas adopting AI writing tools faster
Corporate and diplomatic trends in AI writing According to the researchers, all sectors they analyzed (consumer…
Researchers puzzled by AI that praises Nazis after training on insecure code
The researchers observed this “emergent misalignment” phenomenon most prominently in GPT-4o and Qwen2.5-Coder-32B-Instruct models, though it…
Russia-aligned hackers are targeting Signal users with device-linking QR codes
Signal, as an encrypted messaging app and protocol, remains relatively secure. But Signal’s growing popularity as…
Arm and Qualcomm fight in court over the future of Snapdragon X Elite chips
Arm and Qualcomm’s dispute over Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X Elite chips is continuing in court this week,…
Yearlong supply-chain attack targeting security pros steals 390K credentials
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Google goes “agentic” with Gemini 2.0’s ambitious AI agent features
On Wednesday, Google unveiled Gemini 2.0, the next generation of its AI-model family, starting with an…
Your AI clone could target your family, but there’s a simple defense
The warning extends beyond voice scams. The FBI announcement details how criminals also use AI models…
OpenAI announces full “o1” reasoning model, $200 ChatGPT Pro tier
On Thursday during a live demo as part of its “12 days of OpenAI” event, OpenAI…