AI Safety stories
Open-source lab Sentient has launched Arena, a vendor-agnostic sandbox to stress-test autonomous AI agents in complex, capital-sensitive tasks.
Google is rolling out Nano Banana 2 across Gemini, Search, Ads and Cloud, making its faster image model the default in key AI products.
F5 Labs launches monthly AI security leaderboards, ranking popular models on new indices of risk, resilience and cost under live attack.
A new NE2NE study finds over half of common AI benchmarks are “contaminated”, casting doubt on headline model rankings and marketing claims.
UK listeners are quicker than Americans to spot AI-generated voices, and their trust in what they hear plunges once they detect them.
AI has become firms' top data security fear as identity and deepfake threats surge, exposing gaps in visibility, encryption and governance.
A rapid surge in OpenClaw AI assistant use has left tens of thousands of exposed systems and a trail of hijacked tools and malicious add-ons.
Confluent upgrades its AI toolkit to link agents over live data streams and add multivariate anomaly detection for faster issue spotting.
ABBYY adds 22 patents to its document AI arsenal, pitching 'purpose-built' tech for safer enterprise use as generative AI uptake accelerates.
Maisa's auditable AI “digital workers” drive 400% annual growth and fivefold client surge as enterprises demand accountable automation.
TELUS Digital warns that common AI persona prompts can quietly reshape models' moral judgements, undermining consistency in high‑risk use.
Security bosses worldwide are stalling agentic AI roll-outs, citing severe cyber risks and weak identity and access controls.
AI has overtaken all other threats as the top global data security risk, with firms warning its rapid spread magnifies existing vulnerabilities.
Red Hat launches AI Enterprise and AI 3.3, deepening its Nvidia tie-up to target production-grade, hybrid cloud agentic AI at scale.
Indonesia has launched SHECURE Digital, a national programme to shield women and girls from online abuse, extortion and data exploitation.
AI-first firms in Southeast Asia suffer longer, costlier cyber incidents as rising AI use widens attack surfaces and fuels scraping costs.
Australia strikes five-year Microsoft cloud and AI pact, promising savings, tighter data safeguards and a training fund for public servants.
Cybermate launches an AI “safety companion” to give Australian SMEs and community groups real-time guidance on risky cyber decisions.
AI-powered cyberattacks are rising sharply, leaving Canadian businesses exposed as legacy systems meet rapid AI adoption and automated threats.
Energy boards warned AI ambitions are racing ahead of software quality and security, leaving critical grids exposed and oversight lagging.
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