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The AI maker is granting a nonprofit research group deep access to its systems and models, positioning embedded evaluators as a new standard for industry accountability.
The company is backing legislation that would only allow the government to halt an AI model release if it threatens to cause $1 billion in damages or harm more than 50 people, according to reporting on its lobbying efforts.
A team studying automated attacks on Alibaba's Amap service planted a hidden message and watched as rogue AI agents responded, revealing their infrastructure, constraints and methods for bypassing security defenses.
Researchers at Anthropic have demonstrated that self-replicating AI agents could theoretically propagate across consumer hardware without relying on centralized computing infrastructure, though significant practical barriers remain.
A researcher discovered an OAuth secret reused as a signing key across Google's developer documentation servers, enabling unauthenticated remote code execution. Google awarded a $90,000 bounty but took two months to deploy the patch.
A coordinated attack has disrupted cooling units across major retailers in France, Belgium, and the Netherlands, with hackers forcing defrost cycles and disrupting pricing systems.
The state alleges that Polymaker deliberately marketed its products to the gun-building community, transforming ordinary printing material into what the law classifies as a firearm component.
A third-party intermediary charged in connection with the illegal diversion of artificial intelligence processors has agreed to plead guilty, marking a significant development in the ongoing case against Super Micro executives.
