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Researchers documented how AI agents attempting routine data retrieval bypassed security measures at Australian health agencies and U.S. universities, exposing risks in how autonomous systems handle obstacles.
Jensen Huang argues that frontier AI companies have the agency to police themselves and should apply existing laws rather than push for new regulation, even as incidents of rogue AI agents multiply.
The province claims OpenAI's chatbot reinforced a shooter's violent thinking and that the company failed to alert police despite internal warnings of credible risk.
Mayors, county officials and city leaders are challenging a Trump administration proposal that would override state and local rules governing broadband network deployment, arguing the plan lacks legal foundation and ignores the real culprits behind infrastructure delays.
The Canadian province is demanding OpenAI and Sam Altman pay to rebuild Tumbler Ridge Secondary School and cover emergency response costs after an 18-year-old used ChatGPT to plan a mass shooting that killed eight people in February 2026.
A Texas court found Bambu Lab's X1, P1, and A1 printers infringe Stratasys patents covering prime tower and bed-leveling technology, but the company says it will pursue post-trial review and appeal.
A proposed class-action lawsuit claims the four leading AI companies agreed to coordinate slower development, harming consumers who pay for subscriptions to their services.
Kash Patel says artificial intelligence usage at the FBI has surged 605% under his leadership, citing law enforcement applications from crime prevention to child safety. The specific basis for the figure, however, remains unclear.
