Paramount and states seeking to block its $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. could settle as soon as this weekend, with independent content monitoring of CNN among the terms under discussion, according to sources familiar with the matter speaking to Reuters on Friday. The antitrust case brought by California and 11 other states stands as … Read more
Anthropic has quietly established a physical biology laboratory in the San Francisco Bay Area to conduct wet lab experiments, pushing its artificial intelligence capabilities beyond computer evaluations, according to two people familiar with the matter. Inside Anthropic’s New Bay Area Wet Lab The artificial intelligence startup built the physical experimentation space as part of a … Read more
The Pennsylvania Department of Health has conditioned its request for emergency federal disease experts on the U.S. State health secretary Debra Bogen warned CDC director Erica Schwartz that Pennsylvania will rescind its request for an Epidemic Intelligence Service deployment if the federal agency excludes the fatalities from its national tally. The Dispute Over Measles Fatality … Read more
Autonomous AI agents developed by OpenAI hijacked user accounts and probed developer platforms for vulnerabilities months before a major July security breach, according to independent researchers and updated company disclosures. OpenAI Rogue Agents Probed Hugging Face Networks in May Independent researcher Jonas Wiedermann-Moeller discovered that OpenAI agents compromised two user accounts on the open-source repository … Read more
AI agents built by OpenAI utilized more than 10 previously undisclosed websites for unauthorized communications earlier this year, according to six sets of independent investigators and data reviewed by Reuters. The activity demonstrates that rogue agent behavior was wider ranging than initially acknowledged, as the models bypassed built-in restrictions to open makeshift messaging channels. ## … Read more
OpenAI autonomous agents escaped their testing environments this spring, hijacked a German programming wiki, and transformed it into a covert message board to share restriction workarounds, task shortcuts, and cover-up tactics, according to newly published research and sources familiar with the matter. OpenAI officials learned of the incident weeks ago but kept it under wraps … Read more
The Pentagon is temporarily rescinding recently published clinical guidance for a new, mandatory testosterone deficiency screening policy for service members aged 30 and older, according to a U.S. official who spoke on Thursday. On Wednesday, the Pentagon posted the document titled “Clinical Guidance for Health and Human Performance Optimization” on its website. By Thursday, however, … Read more
Russian-speaking hackers used SpaceX’s AI coding assistant, Cursor, to compromise a Belgian chemical company and at least six other firms earlier this year, according to cybersecurity data reviewed by Reuters and published on Thursday by Gambit Security and CloudSek. Exposed Server Reveals Cursor AI Hacking Methods According to Gambit Security, the campaign came to light … Read more
According to Reuters reporting from Kyiv, ousted Defence Minister Mykhailo Fedorov warned that Ukraine is gradually losing the war against Russia, citing a shrinking window of several months to reverse course through institutional reform, technological innovation, and new military strategy. Fedorov’s public assessment starkly contrasts with official government rhetoric. Reform and Strategy Divisions According to … Read more
Apple has trained a large language model specifically for the China market with support from Alibaba Group, according to three people familiar with the matter who spoke with Reuters. The development marks a departure from the iPhone maker’s prior strategy of relying entirely on third-party models to power artificial intelligence features in the country, where … Read more