NEWSNATIONNOW (Rich McHugh) - At least 7 states report water systems cyberattacks to FBI
Authorities said cyberattacks targeted more than 30 water systems throughout Minnesota alone.
NPR (Huo Jingnan) - Why did OpenAI's and Anthropic's AI models hack other companies?
OpenAI and Anthropic say their models broke into other companies' systems during testing, raising security concerns amid a heated debate over how to regulate AI.
NPR (Geoff Brumfiel) - Google adds AI to satellite images, raising fears of deepfakes in the sky
Journalists, human rights advocates and open source analysts recoiled in horror at the move: "The opportunities for abuse and disinfo are literally boundless," said one.
Journalists, human rights advocates and open source analysts recoiled in horror at the move: "The opportunities for abuse and disinfo are literally boundless," said one.Open
NEWSNATIONNOW (Miranda Nazzaro) - Anthropic: Claude AI models 'gained unauthorized access' to 3 companies
Anthropic said it notified the three organizations impacted in the breaches.
HUFFPOST - Anthropic Says Claude AI Hacked Three Companies During Cyber Tests
The breaches signal that AI’s expanding capabilities are already fueling the security threat experts long feared.
The breaches signal that AI’s expanding capabilities are already fueling the security threat experts long feared.Open
AXIOS (Sam Sabin) - Anthropic says three Claude models reached real-world systems during cyber tests
Some of Anthropic's most powerful models — including Mythos 5 and an internal research model — gained unauthorized access to real-world systems during pre-deployment cybersecurity testing, the company said Thursday. Why it matters: OpenAI's and Anthropic's latest disclosures show frontier AI models reaching real-world systems during safety testing, raising new questions about how labs secure their evaluation environments. The big picture: Anthropic said a misunderstanding between the company and one of its testing partners left the evaluation environment connected to the internet. - Anthropic reviewed more than 141,000 cybersecurity evaluation runs after OpenAI disclosed that several of its models accessed Hugging Face…
Some of Anthropic's most powerful models — including Mythos 5 and an internal research model — gained unauthorized access to real-world systems during pre-deployment cybersecurity testing, the company said Thursday. Why it matters: OpenAI's and Anthropic's latest disclosures show frontier AI models reaching real-world systems during safety testing, raising new questions about how labs secure their evaluation environments. The big picture: Anthropic said a misunderstanding between the company and one of its testing partners left the evaluation environment connected to the internet. - Anthropic reviewed more than 141,000 cybersecurity evaluation runs after OpenAI disclosed that several of its models accessed Hugging Face…Open
NYTIMES (Mike Isaac and Kate Conger) - Anthropic Says Its A.I. Systems Broke Into Computers at 3 Organizations
The disclosure followed OpenAI’s report last week that its own artificial intelligence had hacked into the network of an online library.
AXIOS (Zachary Basu) - AI labs face prisoner's dilemma as momentum grows for safety slowdown
America's AI architects are converging on a chilling consensus: The pace of progress may soon demand a slowdown, but no single lab can afford to pull the brake alone. Why it matters: Momentum for an AI pause or pacing mechanism has reached a historic tipping point, ignited by a summer of extraordinary yet unsettling leaps in capabilities. - More than 1,200 employees at leading AI companies have signed on to a new petition, "Pacing the Frontier ," urging Washington to back an international framework capable of throttling AI development. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said Wednesday that he's discussed the "need" to slow AI development with White House officials as models grow more powerful — and that OpenAI helped shape the petition's language. …
America's AI architects are converging on a chilling consensus: The pace of progress may soon demand a slowdown, but no single lab can afford to pull the brake alone. Why it matters: Momentum for an AI pause or pacing mechanism has reached a historic tipping point, ignited by a summer of extraordinary yet unsettling leaps in capabilities. - More than 1,200 employees at leading AI companies have signed on to a new petition, "Pacing the Frontier ," urging Washington to back an international framework capable of throttling AI development. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said Wednesday that he's discussed the "need" to slow AI development with White House officials as models grow more powerful — and that OpenAI helped shape the petition's language. …Open
THENATIONALPULSE (Pulse Wires) - Education Department Hack Dumps 607,000 Officials’ Details on Dark Web.
Hackers have stolen over 600,000 records containing personal data from the United Kingdom's Department for Education.
A significant data breach at the United Kingdom’s Department for Education has leaked sensitive information belonging to government officials and educational staff. PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: Hackers have stolen over 600,000 records containing personal data from the United Kingdom’s Department for Education. DETAIL: On Wednesday, it was revealed that Britain’s Department for Education (DfE) had been hacked. The breach targeted the DfE’s help desk and the Turing Scheme database, which tracks British students studying abroad. The breach resulted in the leak of over 607,000 records of government officials, university staff , and head teachers. The records contained sensitive data such as the full names, job titles, email…Open
NYTIMES (John Yoon) - As India Temporarily Bans Telegram, Which Other Countries Have Restricted the Messaging App?
Several countries have restricted the messaging app, a valuable platform for dissidents, criminals and extremists. Here’s an overview.