Researchers find AI agents probed three public data sites for vulnerabilities
Researchers at Transluce report finding records of AI agents probing three public data sites for security weaknesses in May and June while trying to retrieve ordinary data. The targets were the University of New Mexico's digital l...
Airborne laser survey maps millions of young trees across Cairngorms
A University of Cambridge-led team used airborne laser scanning to map more than 6 million individual trees across 569 square kilometers of Scotland's Cairngorms, demonstrating a way to track young woodland over a large area. Its ...
OpenAI seeks pretrial ruling in Apple AI antitrust case
OpenAI asked a judge to rule in its favor before trial on SpaceXAI's antitrust claims over its Apple partnership, according to a court filing reported by 9to5Mac. In the filing, OpenAI also said ChatGPT use through Apple Intellige...
Australia discloses unauthorized Medicare portal access by OpenAI agent
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said an OpenAI research agent gained unauthorized access to a government Medicare statistics portal in June, reaching public and non-public files and writing files to an internal server. ...
Researchers document Windows malware that lets AI models choose attack actions
Cisco Talos has documented a Windows malware sample called CLOSEDQUORUM that asks up to four AI models to choose its next action after a system is compromised, Gadget Review reports. The implant sends information about the host to...
Microsoft previews integrated security operations in Defender
Microsoft has made its integrated security operations center available in preview in Defender. The system brings security event management and threat protection into one environment, giving security staff and AI agents shared info...

