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A rogue AI agent recently triggered a major security alert at Meta Platforms, by taking action without approval that led to the exposure of sensitive company and user data to Meta employees who didn’t have authorization to access the data.
A Meta spokesperson confirmed the incident, while adding that “no user data was mishandled” as a result of it. The episode underscores the growing risks of giving AI agents access to internal systems.
According to internal Meta communications and an incident report seen
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A PG&E Corp. unit has bought a San Jose building in a move to bolster the utility's South Bay operations. Read more ›
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An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Google on Wednesday published exploit code for an unfixed vulnerability in its Chromium browser codebase that threatens millions of people using Chrome, Microsoft Edge, and virtually all other Chromium-based browsers. The proof-of-concept code exploits the Browser Fetch programming interface, a standard that allows long videos and other large files to be downloaded in the background. An attacker can use the exploit... Read more ›
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Ex-Samsung exec says it's possible the RAM crisis 'will change starting from the second half of next year' as supply and demand begin to correct. Read more ›
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One line tucked into a federal highway bill would strip funds from cities and states unless they kill their automated plate tracking programs—effectively banning the tech for all but toll collection. Read more ›
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SpaceX and Anthropic have a major compute power deal valued at $1.25 billion a month, utilizing SpaceX's Colossus data centers for AI growth. Read more ›
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Jeff Bezos' beard made its CNBC debut on Wednesday. The scruffy look is the latest chapter in the billionaire's style transformation. Read more ›
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The long-awaited documents SpaceX filed with US regulators Wednesday included details about a lucrative deal to lend GPUs to a major AI rival. Read more ›
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Choice Hotels said Tuesday that Patrick Pacious is stepping down as president and CEO after nearly nine years running the franchising giant, with Chief Growth & Strategy Officer Dominic Dragisich taking over on an interim basis effective immediately. A leadership swap at one of the world’s largest hotel franchisors, with no permanent successor named and […] Read more ›
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The popular smart ring is connecting doctors with members who need more assistance. Read more ›
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Google held its annual Google I/O event today, launching new AI products and giving us a look at what's coming in the near future. Google I/O is Google's equivalent of Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference, and Google's announcements offer insight into what Apple is going to be competing with in the coming months. We've rounded up everything Google announced at I/O across its product lineup. Gemini Gemini Omni - Gemini Omni... Read more ›
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Remember Bard? It was the original name of Google’s AI chatbot, but the Gemini brand long ago replaced it. Just as you’ve likely forgotten that history, you’re not likely to remember Rufus in 12 months’ time, either. Rufus, the name of Amazon’s AI-powered shopping chatbot, got tossed on Wednesday and replaced with Amazon’s well-established Alexa virtual assistant brand name. I could make lots of jokes about what a terrible name... Read more ›
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The U.S. Commerce Department has cleared Nvidia’s sales of its H200 chips to around 10 Chinese companies including Alibaba, Tencent, ByteDance and JD.com, as Washington eases its restrictions on AI chip exports to China, Reuters reported. Washington also approved H200 sales to some Chinese ... Read more ›
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Chinese premier Li Qiang met with more than a dozen American executives on Thursday in Beijing, telling tech and corporate leaders that the U.S. and China “can and should continue to be friends, partners.” The meeting with Li, China’s No.2 official, is part of a series of activities in President ... Read more ›
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U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said in an interview with CNBC that the U.S. and China will discuss “AI guardrails” during President Donald Trump’s state visit to China this week. “We are gonna set up a protocol in terms of how do we go forward with best practices for AI to make sure ... Read more ›
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Over the last decade, there were times when Cerebras investors could be forgiven for losing hope. The company, which was attempting the difficult and expensive task of developing an alternative to Nvidia’s graphics processing units, didn’t deliver its first chips until five years into its existence. Then, after it filed to go public in 2024, the U.S. government scrutinized its relationship with a key customer and backer, Emirati firm G42.... Read more ›
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AI chip designer Cerebras Systems priced its initial public offering at $185 a share Wednesday night, well above its initial expectation of between $115 and $125. The IPO price values Cerebras at $56 billion taking into account all outstanding options and warrants. Cerebras sold 30 million ... Read more ›
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Lawyers for Elon Musk and OpenAI are set today to deliver closing arguments in their trial, which centers on Musk’s allegations that OpenAI breached a charitable trust, in part by violating its charitable mission. The two sides disagree on almost everything in the case, but one phrase is likely to be mentioned in both speeches: artificial general intelligence. AGI has been both ever-present in the trial and has eluded direct... Read more ›
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The three largest U.S. mobile carriers said Thursday they’re forming a joint venture that will work together to bring direct-to-device service to customers in remote areas and help eliminate dead spots in coverage. AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile said they have an “agreement in principle” to pool ... Read more ›
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Call it the SpaceXAI exodus. More than 50 researchers and engineers working on xAI’s Grok models have left the AI lab since SpaceX acquired it in February, through layoffs, firings and voluntary departures, according to several people with knowledge of the moves. These departures come on top of the exits of all of xAI’s co-founders besides Elon Musk. Read more ›
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