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- Is AI really trying to escape human control and blackmail people?by Benj Edwards on August 13, 2025 at 8:28 pm
Opinion: Theatrical testing scenarios explain why AI models produce alarming outputs—and why we fall for it.
- OpenAI brings back GPT-4o after user revoltby Benj Edwards on August 13, 2025 at 2:08 pm
After unpopular GPT-5 launch, OpenAI begins restoring optional access to previous AI models.
- Why it’s a mistake to ask chatbots about their mistakesby Benj Edwards on August 12, 2025 at 7:52 pm
The tendency to ask AI bots to explain themselves reveals widespread misconceptions about how they work.
- High-severity WinRAR 0-day exploited for weeks by 2 groupsby Dan Goodin on August 12, 2025 at 12:13 am
Exploits allow for persistent backdooring when targets open booby-trapped archive.
- The GPT-5 rollout has been a big messby Benj Edwards on August 11, 2025 at 10:25 pm
OpenAI faces backlash as users complain about broken workflows and losing AI friends.
- Encryption made for police and military radios may be easily crackedby Kim Zetter, WIRED.com on August 9, 2025 at 11:18 am
An encryption algorithm can have weaknesses that could allow an attacker to listen in.
- It’s getting harder to skirt RTO policies without employers noticingby Scharon Harding on August 8, 2025 at 8:11 pm
Most companies downsizing office space say it’s because of hybrid work.
- Adult sites are stashing exploit code inside racy .svg filesby Dan Goodin on August 8, 2025 at 7:41 pm
Running JavaScript from inside an image? What could possibly go wrong?
- Google discovered a new scam—and also fell victim to itby Dan Goodin on August 7, 2025 at 8:05 pm
Disclosure comes two months after Google warned the world of ongoing spree.
- OpenAI launches GPT-5 free to all ChatGPT usersby Benj Edwards on August 7, 2025 at 5:48 pm
New model claims fewer confabulations, better coding, and “safe completions” approach.
- Here’s how deepfake vishing attacks work, and why they can be hard to detectby Dan Goodin on August 7, 2025 at 11:00 am
Why AI-based voice cloning is the next frontier in social-engineering attacks.
- Voice phishers strike again, this time hitting Ciscoby Dan Goodin on August 5, 2025 at 6:28 pm
Stopping people from falling for phishing attacks isn’t working. So what are organizations to do?
- AI site Perplexity uses “stealth tactics” to flout no-crawl edicts, Cloudflare saysby Dan Goodin on August 4, 2025 at 7:16 pm
The allegations are the latest to accuse Perplexity of improper web crawling.
- At $250 million, top AI salaries dwarf those of the Manhattan Project and the Space Raceby Benj Edwards on August 1, 2025 at 9:23 pm
A 24 year-old AI researcher will earn 327x what Oppenheimer made while developing the atomic bomb.
- Microsoft catches Russian hackers targeting foreign embassiesby Dan Goodin on July 31, 2025 at 9:43 pm
End goal is the installation of a malicious TLS root certificate for use in intel gathering.
- In search of riches, hackers plant 4G-enabled Raspberry Pi in bank networkby Dan Goodin on July 30, 2025 at 10:21 pm
Sophisticated group also used novel means to disguise their custom malware.
- So far, only one-third of Americans have ever used AI for workby Benj Edwards on July 30, 2025 at 6:47 pm
AP survey shows most Americans treat AI chatbots like a search engine replacement.
- Flaw in Gemini CLI coding tool could allow hackers to run nasty commandsby Dan Goodin on July 30, 2025 at 10:30 am
Beware of coding agents that can access your command window.
- AI in Wyoming may soon use more electricity than state’s human residentsby Benj Edwards on July 29, 2025 at 9:24 pm
Proposed data center would demand 5x Wyoming’s current power use at full deployment.
- OpenAI’s ChatGPT Agent casually clicks through “I am not a robot” verification testby Benj Edwards on July 28, 2025 at 8:07 pm
“This step is necessary to prove I’m not a bot,” wrote the bot as it passed an anti-AI screening step.