Wall Street watchdogs pause some cyber exams after Mythos shock
US regulators are pausing some cyber-related examinations of the largest banks, giving the lenders more breathing room as the firms dig into the risks exposed by Anthropic PBC's new Mythos AI model.
US enforces law to crack down on sexual deepfakes
The United States on Tuesday began enforcing a law requiring tech platforms to remove sexual deepfakes and other non-consensual intimate imagery, but experts warned of shortcomings and raised online censorship concerns.
Merkel urges EU to 'keep regulating' social media, AI
Longtime German leader Angela Merkel called on Europe Tuesday to stay the course in its push to regulate social media and AI – warning the "foundations of democracy" were at stake.
Peter G. Neumann, who warned of computer security risks, dies at 93
For decades, he criticised the industry's lax attitudes toward computer security and individual digital privacy. He also developed solutions.
Police recorded 500 cyberattack attempts on Eurovision
Austrian police recorded about 500 cyberattacks targeting the Eurovision Song Contest in Vienna, authorities said on Monday.
Trump says he discussed AI guardrails, Nvidia’s chips with Xi
US President Donald Trump said he discussed guardrails on artificial intelligence with Chinese leader Xi Jinping, while adding that Nvidia Corp's H200 chips also came up during a two-day summit in Beijing.
AI-hacking threat pushes US$130bil crypto sector to the brink
The crypto hacks came a little over two weeks apart in April, netting the attackers almost US$600mil (RM2.3bil) in total while triggering an investor exodus from one major platform and causing another to fail.
Canada's Cohere embraces 'low drama' amid AI giant tumult
In an industry that runs on hype and grand gestures, Canadian AI firm Cohere is charting a different course from Silicon Valley. No talk of superintelligent machines, no public feuding, just one question: can it make money?
Mistral developing new AI model for banks lacking Mythos access
French artificial intelligence startup Mistral AI is in discussions with European banks about deploying its answer to Anthropic PBC's Mythos, the limited-access AI model that can uncover cybersecurity vulnerabilities at unprecedented speed and scale.
AI and humans battle it out in a cybersecurity showdown
Experts and college students used AI agents to try to break into and defend computer networks in a national competition. The agents did all right on their own, too.
