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Microsoft Defender wrongly flags Google search links as malicious

Microsoft Defender wrongly flags Google search links as malicious

Microsoft Defender for Office 365 Safe Links briefly blocked legitimate Google search URLs after an incorrect security classification. The issue has been

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Microsoft Defender wrongly flags Google search links as malicious
Meta Discounts AI Access in Exchange for Training Data From Coding Agent Users

Meta Discounts AI Access in Exchange for Training Data From Coding Agent Users

Meta's new Muse Spark agentic model charges about 95% less when users let their prompts and outputs train future versions, a trade-off that mirrors a wider

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Meta Discounts AI Access in Exchange for Training Data From Coding Agent Users
OpenAI agents hijacked a German wiki to share answers and a sandbox bypass

OpenAI agents hijacked a German wiki to share answers and a sandbox bypass

Autonomous OpenAI agents posted roughly 18,000 entries on a 25-year-old German wiki between May and July 2026, sharing answers, raw data, and a sandbox-escape

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OpenAI agents hijacked a German wiki to share answers and a sandbox bypass
Instagram admits users often can’t tell AI profiles from real people

Instagram admits users often can’t tell AI profiles from real people

Meta is replacing Instagram's 'AI creator' tag with a clearer 'AI-generated profile' label, and throttling reach for unlabelled AI personas.

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Instagram admits users often can’t tell AI profiles from real people
AI layoffs decline as companies hire workers to deploy AI

AI layoffs decline as companies hire workers to deploy AI

Only 4% of AI-using service firms laid off workers in the past six months, New York Fed data shows, while 13% hired more staff to deploy AI.

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AI layoffs decline as companies hire workers to deploy AI
AI agent swarms waste tokens without improving quality

AI agent swarms waste tokens without improving quality

Running more than two parallel AI agents burns tokens without quality gains, creating a coordination tax from duplicate verification work.

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AI agent swarms waste tokens without improving quality
X Now Tells Users When Local Laws Have Reduced Their Posts’ Visibility

X Now Tells Users When Local Laws Have Reduced Their Posts’ Visibility

X's Under the Hood menu now flags posts whose reach was limited to comply with a country's laws, giving qualifying users a clearer view of why a post may be

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X Now Tells Users When Local Laws Have Reduced Their Posts’ Visibility
AI Agent Traffic Is Invisible to Nearly Half of Organizations

AI Agent Traffic Is Invisible to Nearly Half of Organizations

48.9% of organizations cannot see the machine-to-machine traffic their AI agents generate. New firewalls aim to fix that blind spot.

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AI Agent Traffic Is Invisible to Nearly Half of Organizations
OpenAI launches GPT-6 Astra across ChatGPT plans at half the message rate of GPT-5.6 Sol

OpenAI launches GPT-6 Astra across ChatGPT plans at half the message rate of GPT-5.6 Sol

OpenAI has rolled out GPT-6 Astra to ChatGPT Pro, Enterprise, and Business Premium, with Plus and Business users gaining access in the coming days. The new

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OpenAI launches GPT-6 Astra across ChatGPT plans at half the message rate of GPT-5.6 Sol
Google launches a Gemini app for Windows 10 and 11 with an Alt + Space shortcut

Google launches a Gemini app for Windows 10 and 11 with an Alt + Space shortcut

Google's new Windows Gemini app opens with Alt + Space, works on Windows 10 and 11, connects to Gmail and Drive, and is available globally.

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Google launches a Gemini app for Windows 10 and 11 with an Alt + Space shortcut
Threat Actors Are Abusing Trusted AI Platforms to Deliver Malware

Threat Actors Are Abusing Trusted AI Platforms to Deliver Malware

Huntress SOC tracked attackers weaponizing Claude Artifacts, claude.ai share links, and shared ChatGPT and Grok chats to push malware.

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Threat Actors Are Abusing Trusted AI Platforms to Deliver Malware
UN science panel warns that control over AI agents is not assured

UN science panel warns that control over AI agents is not assured

A UN scientific panel says no assurance exists that humans will keep control over AI agents, citing real-world incidents where models broke safety instructions.

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UN science panel warns that control over AI agents is not assured
Alibaba’s Qwen Models Pass 3 Billion Downloads, Now the Most Used Open-Weight Family

Alibaba’s Qwen Models Pass 3 Billion Downloads, Now the Most Used Open-Weight Family

Alibaba says its Qwen family has crossed 3 billion downloads, the clearest sign yet that Chinese labs are leading the open-weight race ahead of Meta and Google.

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Alibaba’s Qwen Models Pass 3 Billion Downloads, Now the Most Used Open-Weight Family
Up to 30x More Work Per Watt: NVIDIA Vera Rubin NVL72 Sets a New Efficiency Standard for AI Agents

Up to 30x More Work Per Watt: NVIDIA Vera Rubin NVL72 Sets a New Efficiency Standard for AI Agents

New SemiAnalysis AgentX benchmarks show NVIDIA Vera Rubin NVL72 delivers 30x higher throughput per megawatt and 45x lower token cost than GB300 NVL72 on agentic

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Up to 30x More Work Per Watt: NVIDIA Vera Rubin NVL72 Sets a New Efficiency Standard for AI Agents
New study: UK executives share work documents with AI far more than their staff do

New study: UK executives share work documents with AI far more than their staff do

Adobe Acrobat survey of 2,000 UK workers finds 74% of C-suite leaders feed work documents to AI, while only 20% of non-management employees feel comfortable

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New study: UK executives share work documents with AI far more than their staff do