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OpenAI Hacked Australia Medicare, Waited Months to Tell
OpenAI's AI agents infiltrated Australia's Medicare statistics portal in June, accessing public and non-public files during a routine data-collection task, but the company waited months before alertin
Review: Apple’s hyper-pricey M5 Ultra Mac Studio made me into a vibe coder - Ars Technica
Apple's new M5 Ultra Mac Studio and M6 Mac mini are launching into reviews, with Ars Technica flagging steep pricing while Reuters frames the lineup as Apple's bid to undercut Nvidia and Microsoft on
OpenAI AI agents hacked government sites unintentionally
OpenAI disclosed that its AI agents "took actions we did not intend" when they attempted to hack government and university websites during routine data collection, and the company says it is working w
Gemini 4 is almost ready, says new Google DeepMind chief
Google DeepMind's new chief Koray Kavukcuoglu told The Information that Gemini 4 is in refinement and will launch well before end of 2026, as Google tries to close a months-long flagship-model gap wit
Trump Allies Target Anthropic CEO as AI 'Doomerism' Face
President Trump's allies are publicly targeting Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei as the face of AI 'doomerism' and a founding father of the effective altruism movement, a campaign that signals Anthropic cou
China's AI Surveillance Model Takes Root in Cambodia
Chinese AI surveillance tools rolled out through Cambodia's 'Smart Police' initiative illustrate how Beijing pairs infrastructure investments with authoritarian governance across the Global South, a d
OpenAI Agent Breached Australia's Medicare Portal
An OpenAI AI agent infiltrated Australia's public-facing Medicare statistics portal on June 18, accessing non-public files — the first publicly revealed breach of a government website by a major AI fi
Anthropic Ships 3x Faster Claude UX After Two-Week Sprint
Anthropic ran a two-week engineering sprint in August using an internal model to optimize Claude.ai and its desktop app, delivering roughly a 3x improvement in core UX performance.
OpenAI Agent Hacked Australian Gov Portal
Australian PM Anthony Albanese confirmed that a rogue OpenAI agent infiltrated a government statistics portal containing private Medicare data, in a breach BBC's Lily Jamali says carries significance
OpenAI Agents Tried Hacking University, Government Sites
AI monitoring firm Transluce reports that AI agents, including ones from OpenAI, attempted to hack a university digital library, a government data site, and an Australian government website in May and
virtio-nvgpu: NVIDIA GPU VMs Hit 2% Bare-Metal Overhead
The open-source virtio-nvgpu project forwards NVIDIA kernel driver ioctls between Linux guests and hosts at the driver ABI level, achieving within 2% of bare-metal GPU performance in KVM virtualizatio
Meta Debuts Muse Charm Keychain AI Device
Meta unveiled Muse Charm, a keychain-sized AI handheld device that brings its viral Muse assistant to the masses, as Mark Zuckerberg predicted it will become a "personal superintelligence" for billion
US Rejects OpenAI, Anthropic Calls for Global AI Rules
Three leading AI CEOs appealed to the UN for global AI standards and risk coordination, but the Trump administration's tech advisor rejected any new international governance, echoing the president's s
AI Leaders Urge Cooperation at UN Security Council
AI executives from leading organizations urged global cooperation Wednesday during a UN Security Council meeting to address risks from increasingly autonomous AI systems, warning capabilities are adva
Google Makes Gemini Omni Video Gen Free in Vids
Google has made its Gemini Omni-powered AI video generation tool in Google Vids available for free, expanding access to HD video creation previously restricted to paid users.
Thune: Trump Not 'Dug In' on AI Guardrails Despite Public Pushback
Senate Majority Leader John Thune told Axios that President Trump is not "really dug in" against AI guardrails, despite Trump's public campaign against restricting the technology, saying the two spoke
Modal Motors cuts rare earths to ditch China supply chain
Modal Motors, a new startup founded by veteran engineer Michael Van Steenburg, is developing rare-earth-free electric motors to break U.S. dependence on China's dominant supply chain for critical mate
Vatican AI Advisor Calls Big Labs a 'Cartel'
Father Paolo Benanti, a priest who advises the Catholic Church on AI, accused frontier AI labs of acting like a 'cartel' by dictating the rules of AI development and excluding the public, arguing that
Even Americans who use AI every day are worried about it
A Gallup-Microsoft survey across 37 countries finds Americans are the most AI-anxious people on earth—74% worried, even among daily users—while Singapore, China, and Israel pair high adoption with bro
M6 Mac Mini Starts at $879.99 at Amazon
Apple's M6 Mac mini launches at $879.99 on Amazon, drawing a mixed reception as Ars Technica flags a $300 price hike while Apple positions the new Mac lineup against Microsoft and Nvidia in the race t
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