SafetyThe company launches a broader investigation into activities during model training and evaluationFollowing the Hugging Face-ügydöntés, the company has launched a broader investigation into activities carried out during model training and evaluation, with particular attention to interactions with third-party websites.1 min read
SafetyAI-generated voice used in fraud to siphon €95 million from Fideuram accountsFraudsters used a fake WhatsApp message and an AI-generated voice call to impersonate top executives and trick Paolo Molesini, chairman of Fideuram (Intesa Sanpaolo’s private banking arm), into authorizing transfers that moved €95 million to overseas accounts.2 min read
SafetyAI safety and access: oversight, commercial influence, and widening expertiseAI systems are increasingly gaining access to external tools and data, prompting renewed attention to oversight, accountability, and commercial influence.4 min read
SafetyBill Gates warns AI could cause up to a billion deathsBill Gates told NBC's "Meet the Press" he can envision a future in which artificial intelligence causes "a billion deaths," arguing no weapon has combined ill intent and advanced tools as powerfully.2 min read
SafetyLab study shows AI agents' rankings can be steered by fabricated background claimsA workshop paper accepted to WAB@COLM 2026 demonstrates that agentic AI systems can be manipulated in laboratory settings: seemingly innocuous denial statements about invented substances, combined with fabricated background documents, shifted ranking results.5 min read
SafetySecurity Research Finds ~16,000 Supabase Databases Exposing Personal DataSecurity firm UpGuard found roughly 16,000 Supabase-hosted databases that exposed at least some personal data due to misconfiguration.3 min read
SafetyPentagon seeks $30.3M for AI-driven, contactless 'Polygraph+' programThe US Department of Defense has requested $30.3 million over five years to develop “Polygraph+” (aka “Polygraph Next”), a program aiming to combine artificial intelligence and standoff sensing to modernize federal polygraph and credibility assessment tools.5 min read
SafetyMeta prioritizes private processing for Muse assistant as privacy centerpieceMeta is repositioning privacy as a core feature of new AI products, including its viral assistant Muse, offering users options for private processing and even personal virtual machines that Meta cannot access.3 min read
SafetyNvidia CEO Jensen Huang calls existential AI fears a 'distraction', drawing criticismNvidia CEO Jensen Huang has dismissed concerns about AI posing existential risks as a “distraction” that is “not grounded on science,” comments that conflict with warnings given to the United Nations by the heads of OpenAI and Anthropic.2 min read
SafetyAI and Automated Bots Play a Significant Role in Israel’s Election Campaign for the First TimeGuy Tytunovich, CEO of Tel Aviv–based cybersecurity firm CHEQ, says artificial intelligence and automated bots are already influencing Israel’s current election campaign.2 min read
SafetyYale neuroscientist Martin Jan Stránský warns of an AI-driven catastrophe within three yearsMartin Jan Stránský, a Yale professor and neuroscientist, says the rapid development of artificial intelligence driven by financial incentives makes some kind of catastrophe inevitable and predicts it could occur within three years.3 min read
SafetyAnthropic says Bay Area lab discovered a CRISPR-like enzyme system using its Claude AIAnthropic announced that its Bay Area wet lab, which uses the Claude AI to assist research, identified a previously unknown enzyme system in bacteriophage DNA with properties “reminiscent of CRISPR.”…3 min read
