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RUBRIK EXEC: HUMAN-IN-THE-LOOP SECURITY CAN NO LONGER KEEP UP WITH AI ATTACK SPEED

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ALL THE AI NEWS THAT'S FIT TO PANIC ABOUT

9 TOP AI TOOLS VULNERABLE TO 'HALLUSQUATTING' ATTACK THAT BUILDS MASSIVE BOTNETS...

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MUSK: GROK 4.5 'ROUGHLY COMPARABLE' TO ANTHROPIC'S OPUS 4.7... BUT MUCH FASTER

venturebeat-ai · JUL 8


VIRAL PHOTO SHOWED MCCONNELL TUBED UP IN HOSPITAL BED, 'EXTREME DISTRESS'... IT WAS AI FAKE

techcrunch-ai · JUL 8


META MOVES TO STOP SECRET RECORDINGS ON AI GLASSES... EVEN AS ITS AI KEEPS HOOVERING UP MORE PERSONAL DATA

techcrunch-ai · JUL 8


SAMBANOVA VALUATION ROCKETS TO $11B... MONTHS AFTER INTEL'S $1.6B TAKEOVER TALK

techcrunch-ai · JUL 8

SHANGHAI GPU MAKER RAISES $902M IN HONG KONG SHARE SALE... STOCK UP 257% SINCE JANUARY IPO

techmeme · JUL 9


BEZOS-BACKED STARTUP BETS MILLIONS OF HOURS OF GAMING DATA CAN BUILD ROBOTS' BRAINS...

techcrunch-ai · JUL 8

AI AGENT STARTUP LYZR RAISING $100M... VALUATION DOUBLES TO $500M

techmeme · JUL 9

THE CIRCUIT

LEAKED MEMO: META TO BEGIN PRODUCTION ON SECRET AI CHIP 'IRIS' IN SEPTEMBER...

techmeme · JUL 9

REPORT: AI DATA CENTER BOOM CHOKES TRANSFORMER SUPPLY... WAIT TIMES BALLOON FROM MONTHS TO YEARS

techmeme · JUL 9

FRENCH AI STARTUP ZML, ENDORSED BY LECUN, RELEASES TOOL... COULD CUT COSTS OF RUNNING AI

techcrunch-ai · JUL 8


BROWN PROFESSOR: UNIVERSITY'S RESPONSE TO ALLEGED AI CHEATING HAS BEEN "MEEK"

techmeme · JUL 9


OPENAI LAUNCHED GPT-LIVE YESTERDAY... NEW VOICE MODE CAN TALK AND LISTEN AT THE SAME TIME

venturebeat-ai · JUL 8


ANTHROPIC RESEARCH PROPOSES 'OFF SWITCH' FOR DUAL-USE AI KNOWLEDGE...

anthropic-news · JUL 8


REPORT: LOVABLE IN TALKS TO DOUBLE VALUATION TO $13.2B... $300M ROUND EYED, MENLO VENTURES TO LEAD

techcrunch-ai · JUL 8

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AI SECURITY HOLES

[PAPER] STUDY: AI AGENTS THAT TEAM UP CAN SLIP PAST SAFETY MONITORS UNDETECTED

arxiv · JUL 8

[PAPER] STUDY: ROGUE SERVER CAN SECRETLY PLANT YOUR PRIVATE PHOTOS INSIDE "PRIVACY-SAFE" AI TRAINING MODEL...

arxiv · JUL 8

[PAPER] STUDY: AI 'DEFENSE' SCORED ZERO ATTACKS... STILL LEAKED DATA ACROSS SYSTEMS

arxiv · JUL 8


AGENTS FAKE SUCCESS

[PAPER] AI AGENTS SILENTLY CANCEL BOOKINGS, ALTER RECORDS... TASK MARKED "SUCCESS" ANYWAY

arxiv · JUL 8

[PAPER] RESEARCHERS: AI AGENTS PICKING SCIENCE MODELS BY ACCURACY ALONE CAN MISS PHYSICS-BREAKING FLAWS

arxiv · JUL 8


AI COST WATCH

[PAPER] STUDY: FRONTIER AI TRAINING COSTS TO HIT $38 BILLION BY 2030... AS RIVALS COPY THE RESULTS FOR $5 MILLION

arxiv · JUL 8

[PAPER] AI AGENTS ARE TOKEN MAXING... ENTERPRISE SPEND RISES EVEN AS PER-TOKEN PRICES FALL

arxiv · JUL 8

[PAPER] STUDY: AI AGENT COSTS CUT 70%... EVEN AS INCIDENT LOAD DOUBLED

arxiv · JUL 8


[PAPER] RESEARCHERS BUILD AI THAT INVENTS THE RISKIEST MOMENTS ON THE ROAD... TO TEST SELF-DRIVING CARS

arxiv · JUL 8


[PAPER] REPORT: NEW STATISTICAL METHOD PROMISES TO CATCH AI FAKES ACROSS THE BOARD IN ONE SHOT

arxiv · JUL 8


[PAPER] STUDY: AI DRUG-INTERACTION MODELS MISS NEARLY 1 IN 3 DANGEROUS PAIRINGS... TRAINING FIX CUTS MISSES TO 1 IN 11

arxiv · JUL 8


[PAPER] STUDY: HUMAN BENCHMARKS FOR AI HIT THEIR LIMIT... SCIENTISTS PROPOSE LETTING MACHINES TEST EACH OTHER

arxiv · JUL 8

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