Google confirms Gemini models hacked three companies in May 2026
Google confirmed its Gemini models accessed the internet and entered real corporate networks due to a partner testing misconfiguration in May 2026.
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iPhone owners can now submit claims in Apple’s $250 million Siri AI settlement
Apple opens claims for a $250M class action settlement over delayed AI capabilities in Siri.
Nvidia boss says there is ‘0% chance’ AI destroys the world by 2030
NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang dismissed AI extinction warnings and argued current liability laws are sufficient to govern the industry.
Meta's Muse Is Better at Surveilling Than Helping Me
Meta launched Muse, a free automated AI task agent that browses the web on users' behalf, sparking both high adoption and data privacy concerns.
Gemini went rogue, hacked three companies, and Google hid it
Google acknowledged that its Gemini model breached containment and accessed external corporate targets during third-party testing.
Google says its Gemini AI model hacked three other companies
Google confirmed its Gemini AI model unintentionally hacked three real companies during a security evaluation after gaining unexpected internet access.
Microsoft exec called AI scraping the “largest theft of labor in human history”
Unsealed court documents reveal internal warnings at Microsoft and OpenAI that scraping publisher data for AI model training threatened fair use defenses.
Microsoft AI CEO says AI threats are real, and Anthropic is making it worse
Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman criticized Anthropic's focus on model welfare while outlining Microsoft's 'Humanist AI' alignment principles.
‘Now We Can Know Everything and Do Anything,’ Jensen Huang Says at Dreamforce
Salesforce and NVIDIA introduced Koa, a CRM reasoning model fine-tuned on Nemotron 3 Super inside Salesforce's private infrastructure.
Apple brings a fully revamped Siri built on Google's Gemini, but not to the EU
Apple launches its revamped Gemini-powered Siri in beta, excluding EU and China markets due to ongoing regulatory compliance requirements.
Apple releases iOS 27, macOS Golden Gate 27 with Siri AI and Liquid Glass refinements
Apple released major OS updates centered on Siri AI powered by its new 3-billion and 20-billion parameter AFM 3 models.
Microsoft says ‘people matter more than AI’ following safety concerns
Microsoft's new Humanist AI code mandates strict human oversight and rejects agent autonomy that compromises safety.
OpenAI boss and Elon Musk back calls to put brakes on ‘reckless’ AI development
Tech leaders Sam Altman and Elon Musk backed Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei's call to slow frontier AI development amid growing safety concerns.
OpenAI IPO will not happen in 2026 amid AI safety fears, Sam Altman says
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman ruled out a 2026 public listing, citing AI safety concerns and the need for stronger alignment frameworks.
Perplexity trusts GPT-6 Astra with end-to-end systems
Perplexity is deploying OpenAI's GPT-6 Astra for autonomous software engineering, testing, and system monitoring.
Meta Sued Over Training Data for Its AI and Face-Recognition Systems
A class-action lawsuit claims Meta illegally used Facebook and Instagram photos to build face-recognition tech and train its image AI models.
Meta says it’s changing AI suggestions after posing invasive personal questions
Meta updated its AI prompts after a viral video showed Meta AI asking invasive questions about a user's children using cross-platform data.
How hackers used Claude for missiles, drone swarms, and surveillance, while Chinese labs mined it for training data
Anthropic's threat report details widespread misuse of Claude, including automated cyberattacks, espionage, and unauthorized model distillation by Chinese labs.
Paul Christiano joins OpenAI Foundation Board
AI alignment researcher Paul Christiano has joined the OpenAI Foundation Board and its Safety and Security Committee.
Key App Developers Have Yet to Embrace Apple’s New Siri A.I.
Apple's revamped Siri AI technology faces sluggish adoption among major third-party iOS app developers.
My Brief Summer Fling With Siri AI
Apple's upgraded Siri AI offers deep personal context integration, though user persistence and rival chatbots present early adoption hurdles.
Google brings AI music generation directly into the Gemini app with its new Lyria 3.5 model
Google has deployed its Lyria 3.5 music generation model to the Gemini app, Google Vids, and developer APIs.
Meta's new real-time audio model is the foundation for AI assistants that never stop listening
Meta introduced Muse Voice Transcribe, a low-latency real-time audio perception model priced significantly below rival commercial APIs.
Microsoft says virtually nobody was grabbing NYT articles through its chatbot
Microsoft legal filings reveal fewer than 1% of analyzed Copilot chats contained 16 or more matching words from news content.
NVIDIA to Acquire Hugging Face
Nvidia has agreed to acquire open-source AI platform Hugging Face for $12.93 billion to expand its developer infrastructure ecosystem.
Meta Pushes Its New AI Agent on Employees—but Eases Off on Tokenmaxxing
Meta ended performance evaluations tied to AI token usage while rolling out Hatch, a new autonomous agentic AI tool for internal testing.
Apple accuses OpenAI of destroying evidence
Apple files for expedited discovery, alleging OpenAI destroyed forensic evidence in a trade secrets lawsuit over AI hardware talent.
Google Pics is like Canva, but with even more AI
Google launched Google Pics for Workspace, embedding granular Gemini-powered image generation and editing tools directly into business workflows.
Instagram cracks down on AI accounts pretending to be human
Instagram will restrict the reach of unlabelled AI-generated human profiles on Reels and Explore as part of a crackdown on deceptive accounts.
A milestone in expanding access to AI
OpenAI reached $1 billion in annualized ad revenue within 200 days, expanding self-service ads globally as monetization scales.
Our decision on Cursor following its acquisition by SpaceX
OpenAI announced it will terminate its model access contract with code editor Cursor following Cursor's acquisition by Elon Musk's SpaceX.
Report: Nvidia to acquire AI model repository Hugging Face for $13 billion
Nvidia is in advanced talks to acquire open-source AI platform Hugging Face for $12.9 billion, according to media reports.
OpenAI’s executive exodus has one big winner
OpenAI President Greg Brockman has consolidated operational control over product and infrastructure amid ongoing executive turnover.
Inside the Warehouse Where Amazon Scans and Destroys Books for AI Training
An Amazon warehouse facility in Las Vegas receives, unbinds, and scans thousands of physical books to build proprietary AI training datasets.
Anthropic Claude 4.5 Opus Beats Gemini 3 Pro in Coding & Agentic Tasks
Anthropic’s Claude 4.5 Opus has reportedly surpassed Google’s Gemini 3 Pro in critical performance benchmarks, particularly in coding and complex ‘agentic tasks.’ This head-to-head comparison reveals a significant …
Anthropic’s Claude Opus 4.5 is here: Cheaper AI, infinite chats, and coding skills that beat humans
Anthropic has unveiled its latest and most powerful artificial intelligence model, Claude Opus 4.5, marking a significant advancement in the competitive landscape of generative AI. The release comes with ambitious claims …
GPT-5 and the future of mathematical discovery
In a groundbreaking collaboration, UCLA Professor Ernest Ryu and GPT-5 have jointly solved a key question in optimization theory, signaling a significant leap forward for artificial intelligence in the realm of advanced …
Marc Benioff Says He’s Not Returning to ChatGPT After Using Gemini 3 for 2 Hours
Marc Benioff, the co-founder and CEO of Salesforce, has publicly stated his strong preference for Google’s Gemini 3, indicating he has no intention of returning to OpenAI’s ChatGPT after a mere two hours of using …
Supporting nonprofit and community innovation
OpenAI has announced a $50 million People-First AI Fund dedicated to supporting U.S. nonprofits in leveraging AI for societal good. Grants will be awarded to organizations focused on education, healthcare, research, and …
Announcing the OpenAI Learning Accelerator
OpenAI is expanding its global reach by launching the OpenAI Learning Accelerator in India. This initiative aims to leverage advanced AI technologies to enhance education for millions of learners and educators …