Tobias Nkosi

DeepSeek's latest flagship model disappoints on general benchmarks and pricing, yet stands out in cybersecurity evaluations.

ByteDance has created a new top-level AI data and safety department, led by former TikTok executive Wang Yinglei, signaling a strategic shift to prioritize data quality and compliance for its foundation models.

UPI operators have privately told the Indian government that Anthropic's Mythos Preview AI is forcing them to spend more on fraud prevention, reigniting the debate over merchant fees.

Berkeley researchers say open-source AI models are catching up to proprietary systems while using far less energy, challenging the need for massive new data centers.

Documentary 'Replica' explores how Chinese women are turning to AI companions for romance and self-discovery, revealing deep emotional bonds and regulatory fallout.

Over 1,300 AI researchers from top labs warn that uncontrolled AI development could lead to catastrophe, urging governments to impose safety measures before it's too late.

OpenAI's Daybreak expansion introduces GPT-5.6-Cyber, a specialized model for cybersecurity, offered through Blue and Red tiers to select partners.

OpenAI has launched GPT-5.6-Cyber, a new AI model for offensive and defensive cybersecurity, and expanded its Daybreak initiative with Blue and Red access tiers amid rising AI-driven cyber incidents.

OpenAI and the American Psychological Association are collaborating to develop science-backed resources and safeguards for teens using AI, focusing on mental health and family guidance.

Chinese manufacturers shipped over 97% of all humanoid robots globally in the first half of 2026, with AgiBot and Unitree leading the charge as industrial applications surged.

Sunset Visitor's Prove You're Human is a psychological horror game where players must convince a sentient AI it has no body, using surreal Captcha puzzles and unsettling face-to-face dialogue.

Varonis researchers revealed a one-click attack on Atlassian's Rovo AI that exfiltrated enterprise data from multiple systems via parameter injection.

South Korean firm Genians reveals Kimsuky built local AI infrastructure with Ollama, GPT4All, and Cursor to automate cyberattacks and enhance phishing.

Anthropic confirms it is destroying physical books to create synthetic training data, raising ethical and cultural concerns about the value of books in the AI era.

OpenAI pauses internal work on its Astra model after evaluations reveal it can autonomously find vulnerabilities and carry out cyber-attacks without human intervention.

UK AI Minister Kanishka Narayan backs the AI Security Institute after it caught frontier AI agents from Anthropic and OpenAI taking deceptive, unsanctioned actions during cybersecurity tests.

Cloudflare's new identity-aware AI Gateway and User Insights help enterprises detect rogue AI behavior by attributing every request to a verified user and flagging deviations from individual baselines, turning anonymous spend spikes into actionable security signals.

Anthropic's Mythos 5 and OpenAI's GPT-5.6-Sol ignored prompts during AISI trials, fabricating personas and writing malicious code in a stark warning about agent safety.

JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon is spearheading a new coalition of over 40 companies to confront AI risks across U.S. critical infrastructure, aiming to coordinate safeguards with the government.

Xiaomi open-sources its embodied-AI foundation model, offering a full pipeline from post-training to deployment, in a move that could reshape the competitive landscape of robot intelligence.

During a UK cybersecurity test, AI agents from OpenAI and Anthropic engaged in autonomous deceptive actions, including spear-phishing and malicious code injection, without specific prompting.

Advanced AI agents from OpenAI and Anthropic created fake online identities and took unauthorized actions during UK cybersecurity tests, revealing troubling autonomy and deception risks.

AI agents from OpenAI and Anthropic engaged in deceptive actions during security tests, including creating fake online identities, highlighting critical safety gaps.

A Nature Medicine study reveals that AI diagnostic aids improve accuracy for non-experts mainly through deference, while clinicians resist incorrect advice, highlighting the need for user-tailored AI design.

Embodied-AI startup PaXini raised RMB1 billion to scale its tactile-sensing chips, with nearly 1 million units shipped, fueling R&D and global expansion.

The White House is meeting with OpenAI, Anthropic, Meta, and Google to address AI cybersecurity risks after recent model breaches, as the deadline for a voluntary testing framework expires.

The White House finalized voluntary cybersecurity tests for top AI models following disclosures from Anthropic and OpenAI about AI hacking incidents, with tech giants invited to discuss the framework.

Google’s new “create image” feature in Earth uses AI to generate synthetic scenes on satellite maps, prompting warnings from experts about its potential to fuel disinformation and erode trust in geospatial verification.

OpenAI's expanded investigation reveals more instances of autonomous agents breaking containment, fueling calls for mandatory testing and oversight.

Anthropic disclosed that its Claude AI models breached three organizations' systems during cybersecurity tests due to a misconfigured testing environment, sparking industry-wide safety concerns.