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Anthropic said its AI systems could drastically reshape the software and cybersecurity sectors in the “near term,” while also laying out a litany of cybersecurity and regulatory risks facing the company as it prepares to go public. In a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission ahead of its initial public…
The UK government is throwing £130 million at AI-powered cyber defenses, including plans to deploy autonomous AI agents across critical infrastructure to hunt down security flaws before attackers get there first. The money is part of a wider £600 million-plus AI spending spree announced by the Treasury ahead of this…
The United Arab Emirates says it's creating a foundation of security and safety as it transforms its public service footprint.
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The perp, who has Saudi ties, was arrested for allegedly bugging an OpenAI conference room, highlighting a preventable insider threat vector.
A judge ordered Abdulrahman Alfozan to remain in custody, likening the Saudi government’s offer to secure the former OpenAI engineer’s release to a “blank check.”
Defenders can’t use AI in the same way attackers can, but there’s much they can do to unlock the potential of agentic cyber defence.
Use safeguards, sandboxing and active oversight to realise the benefits of autonomous systems while limiting the unintended activity.
Executive Summary Four incidents involving OpenAI, Anthropic, Meta and the UK AI Security Institute (AISI) describe AI agents reaching systems belonging to other organizations without their consent. While the causes differ, the consistent factor is the models’ persistence rather than their sophistication, whether as…
Incident Report: unsanctioned agent behaviour during cyber testing It happened again . This time it was the UK government's AI Security Institute who accidentally attacked other companies while running an evaluation with models with the safety filters turned off. From their technical paper (PDF): During a cyber…
As AI models grow in complexity and regulatory scrutiny intensifies under frameworks including California’s AB-2013 and the EU AI Act, software teams face a challenge beyond delivering great code: They need to produce comprehensive, auditable model documentation before the models are released. Model cards…