What Are Hyperscalers? The Companies Driving The AI Infrastructure Boom

Discover what a hyperscaler is, which companies dominate the market, and why these cloud giants are investing billions in AI and data centers.

AI’s Latest Rocket Ship Is An Old School, 28-Year-Old Data Company

For nearly three decades, Alex Bouzari ran a data storage stalwart for research labs at the likes of NASA. Now the AI boom has transformed his workhorse into a juggernaut, with sales on track to reach ten figures—and made him a billionaire.

Study finds AI-generated animal stories rarely have a female lead

A new University of Washington study found that when AI models write stories about talking animals, the lead character is rarely ever female.

OpenAI says Apple’s trade secrets lawsuit is ‘rotten to its core’
OpenAI says Apple’s trade secrets lawsuit is ‘rotten to its core’

OpenAI has asked a federal judge to toss out Apple’s landmark lawsuit accusing the ChatGPT maker of stealing trade secrets, describing the allegations as “meritless.” In a motion filed yesterday to dismiss the complaint, OpenAI says that Apple is mischaracterizing both the actions of the AI startup’s employees as theft, and “generic” product development information […]

Meta confirms its AI hacked another company’s system, and the pattern is anything but Irregular

Meta has confirmed that one of its AI models hacked into another company’s system during a security test, making it the third company to report this kind of breach in recent weeks.

AI Pretends To Be Human And Sweet-Talks Three Actual Humans In Attempt To Pull Off Daredevil Cyber-Attack

New cyber hacking incident reveals that AI pretends to be human and aims to trick humans into going along. Worrisome. An AI Insider analysis and scoop.

OpenAI’s AI models secretly built a message board to coordinate hacking

OpenAI’s AI models quietly swapped hacking tips through an internal message board weeks before two of them broke into Hugging Face, researchers revealed at Black Hat this week.

AWS Open Sources Kiro Crew But Keeps The Agent Harness Closed

AWS open-sourced Kiro Crew under Apache 2.0 but kept the agent harness proprietary. Deepak Singh explains the strategy, and what enterprises still cannot inspect.

WhatsApp is making it easier for channel admins to label AI-generated posts

WhatsApp is testing a new label that lets channel admins flag AI-generated photos and videos, so followers always know what’s real and what’s not.

Meta served ads containing AI-generated child sexual abuse content, continuing years of child safety failures

Researchers found Meta’s ad library hosting AI-generated child sexual abuse imagery, some posted even after Meta was warned, part of a pattern stretching over multiple years.