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China says U.S. tech leaders’ calls for AI slowdown are ‘malicious competition’: Beijing's foreign ministry and state security chief rejected calls by U.S ...
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Tech Companies Call for Improved Cyber Defenses After AI-Enabled Attacks - CNET: More than 100 companies signed onto an open letter calling for more urgency in ...
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Fears of AI-induced armageddon are overdone: Applying basic security principles would go a long way to fixing problems identified by Anthropic and OpenAI ...
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Paid articlePaywallAI is becoming an active cyber attacker : Check Point Research: AI is evolving from assisting cyber attacks to actively building malware, discovering ...
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The war between businesses and hackers enters a perilous new phase: AI agents present novel dangers
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‘Exploit every vulnerability’: rogue AI agents published passwords and overrode anti-virus software
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Who is Ciaran Martin and why is he probing the OBR leak?: Ex-NCSC chief Ciaran Martin has been appointed to lead the investigation into the landmark leak at the ...
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