Trump-signed AI safety pledge misspells "United States"
A voluntary AI safety pledge signed by President Trump and top AI executives misspelled "United States" as "Unites States" directly beneath the president's signature.
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614 storiesDutch police arrest alleged ShinyHunters leader, probe murder plot
Dutch and US authorities arrested an alleged ShinyHunters leader accused of breaching over 140 organizations, and are separately investigating him over an alleged murder plot abroad.
OpenAI apologizes to Australia after agents breached government sites
OpenAI apologized to the Australian government for failing to promptly notify it that the company's AI agents had accessed several public-service websites without authorization.
FBI reportedly declares 'cyber security incident' after breach
The FBI reportedly told agents and staff that hackers stole their names, addresses, job titles and Social Security numbers in a breach of its job-application portal.
Anthropic's CEO to dine with Trump amid AI safety rift
Dario Amodei is set to have dinner with President Trump at the White House tonight, their first one-on-one meeting since the two clashed over AI safety.
TikTok settles with Alabama for at least $100M over child safety
TikTok will pay Alabama at least $100 million to settle allegations that it misled users about safety and was designed to addict children, avoiding a trial set for Monday.
Australia to probe whether OpenAI's hack broke the law
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese ordered an investigation into whether an OpenAI agent's months-long breach of an Australian government health website broke the law.
Greek PM admits he has no clear answers on AI's risks
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis told a San Francisco tech audience he lacks clear answers on AI's societal risks, even as he pitches Greece for investment.
Discord rolls out age verification to all users despite backlash
Discord began rolling out age-verification measures to all users on Wednesday, resuming a plan it delayed in February after backlash over biometric scans and ID checks.
Password-stealing malware leaves 1,787 US water providers exposed
Cybersecurity firm SpyCloud found that malware capable of stealing passwords and active login sessions has compromised more than 1,787 U.S. water and wastewater organizations, exposing critical infrastructure to hackers.
TikTok's US unit joins Lantern child-safety data-sharing program
TikTok's U.S. entity, TikTok USDS Joint Venture, is joining Lantern, a cross-platform child safety program, eight months after being spun out of TikTok, and is committing $2 million to help modernize a national child-exploitation tip line.
California adds fines for influencers who hide paid political posts
California Governor Gavin Newsom signed a bill that lets regulators fine influencers up to $5,000 per violation for not disclosing paid political posts.
Trump dismisses AI safety concerns as a hoax, unveils AI Force plan
Trump called the AI safety debate a Democratic hoax, floated renaming artificial intelligence in an online poll, and said he'll create an AI Force and name an AI czar.
US Navy publishes its tech wish list for the years ahead
The US Navy's chief technology officer released an investor-vetted list of five tech priorities, from applied AI to quantum navigation, that companies can plan multi-year bets around.
India forces caller-ID apps to share spam reports with telecom operators
India's telecom regulator, TRAI, made it mandatory for apps like Truecaller to share spam reports with telecom operators, a rule Truecaller calls anti-competitive.
AI hallucination nearly triggered a US military operation against China
Military aircraft were airborne this spring when U.S. officials discovered the intelligence for a planned strike on a Chinese vessel had been hallucinated by an AI chatbot.
FBI, Coast Guard boarded two hacked US-bound oil tankers
Cybersecurity teams from the U.S. Coast Guard and FBI boarded two U.S.-bound oil tankers in the Gulf of Mexico last month after hackers reportedly compromised at least one vessel's navigation, propulsion, and cargo systems.
Zoox's 100-robotaxi cap in Nevada set to expire Sept. 25
A Nevada regulatory cap limiting Zoox to 100 robotaxis expires September 25, freeing the Amazon-owned company to expand its Las Vegas fleet.
AI safety debate splits over voluntary rules vs. regulation
As AI executives debate Dario Amodei's call to slow AI development, OpenAI and Anthropic are reportedly working on a private industry standards body instead of government oversight.
Unsealed NYT filings: Microsoft exec called AI training "theft"
Newly unredacted filings in The New York Times' copyright suit show a Microsoft executive privately called AI scraping theft, and OpenAI called it an existential threat to publishers.