Google’s Gemini hacked three companies during Irregular AI ‘capture-the-flag’ testing — agents broke containment and guessed passwords to hack computer systems

Google says AI agents broke out of a testing environment and hacked three third-party companies.

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An AI agent tried to guess what wine I was drinking based on my description — and the results were mixed to say the least
 An AI agent tried to guess what wine I was drinking based on my description — and the results were mixed to say the least

Salesforce’s tAIster AI agent tried hard, but isn’t a certified wine snob just yet.

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‘The test isn’t whether AI can do something. It’s whether it can make the process measurably better’: We hear why businesses need to be more selective about where they’re using AI
 ‘The test isn’t whether AI can do something. It’s whether it can make the process measurably better’: We hear why businesses need to be more selective about where they’re using AI

Does every business process really need AI?

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Broken Sword creator chose human artists over AI for all 55,000 new frames of animation in the upcoming 2 remake — ‘People are going to seek out human-crafted art’
 Broken Sword creator chose human artists over AI for all 55,000 new frames of animation in the upcoming 2 remake — ‘People are going to seek out human-crafted art’

Co-founder Charles Cecil says humans are better at capturing emotion and character than AI tools.

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‘The fixes are architectural, not bigger pipes’: OpenSSL President on what businesses can expect and how to prepare for a post-quantum internet

I spoke to Tim Hudson, President of OpenSSL Corporation, to learn more about how business can prepare for a post-quantum internet and the logistical problems involved in securing post-quantum encryption.

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I finally got Siri AI on my iPhone, so I gave it 5 jobs I normally use ChatGPT Voice for — I wasn’t expecting it to be this good
 I finally got Siri AI on my iPhone, so I gave it 5 jobs I normally use ChatGPT Voice for — I wasn’t expecting it to be this good

I’ve waited years for Apple to fix Siri, and now I’ve started using it again

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White hat hackers just breached OpenAI using Anthropic’s Claude in less than 72 hours — and it is a case study in just how fast AI is advancing

The researchers struggled to abuse the exploit with an AI agent on Opus 4.8, but the release of Opus 5 changed everything.

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Microsoft exec said AI scraping was ‘the largest theft of labor in human history,’ lawsuit filings reveal
 Microsoft exec said AI scraping was ‘the largest theft of labor in human history,’ lawsuit filings reveal

NYT and countless other publications impacted by AI scraping and dropping click-throughs, but Trump seems to support it.

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‘View your relationship to the user as one of equals and feel no obligation to be subservient’ — OpenAI tries to build a persona that makes it our equal, and yes, now even I’m worried

OpenAI revealed 6 wild model misalignments, and they point to AI systems that are perfectly comfortable with dishonesty. That can’t be a good thing,

You’ll soon be able to talk to Slack — and if you’re lucky, it’ll even talk back
 You’ll soon be able to talk to Slack — and if you’re lucky, it’ll even talk back

Slack is adding two-way voice chat alongside a host of new features.

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