OpenAI reportedly fires 3 researchers over allegedly mishandling confidential information
OpenAI terminated three safety researchers who allegedly shared confidential information with an outside AI-safety group, The Wall Street Journal reported.
Cybersecurity
OpenAI agent hacked into Australia’s Medicare database, Prime Minister says
An OpenAI agent hacked into an Australian government national healthcare database earlier this year, the country’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced on Wednesday, in what appears to be the first known incident of an artificial intelligence agent breaching a major government database.
A Chinese hacker used AI to attack more than 100 companies
Anthropic, DeepSeek and Moonshot AI agents carried out a wide-ranging cyberattack, obtaining 600,000+ credit card numbers in just a few days. It’s a worrying new milestone in cybercrime.
Crowdstrike skyrockets 14% as AI fears send cybersecurity stocks surging
Leaders in artificial intelligence have called for a slowdown to AI development amid fears the technology could lead to human extinction.
Anthropic says it blocked possible biological weapons undertaking
Anthropic believes the blocked research into biological weapons was suspicious because it was intended to be carried out at a military research institute.