Artificial Intelligence (AI) Archives

Corrupted damaged image of a politician giving a speech in a press conference: corrupted data, manipulation and deepfakes concept

AI is getting better at election facts, but voters shouldn’t rely on it

AI chatbots are avoiding some of the obvious errors that plagued earlier models, but they still fall short giving voters the full picture compared to state and…

2 days ago By Derek B. Johnson

United States National Cyber Director Sean Cairncross (2nd-L) accompanied by United States Chief Technology Officer Dr. Ethan Klein (L), White House Office of Science and Technology Policy Director Michael Kratsios (3rd-L), U.S. President Donald Trump (R), and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick (2nd-R), speaks during an event in the Oval Office of the White House on June 22, 2026 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

National cyber director lays out White House plans to secure AI without writing new rules

The Trump administration executive order on artificial intelligence tried to strike the balance between responsible use, security and mutual benefit, all with an eye toward not making…

2 days ago By Tim Starks

Two more organizations reported AI models taking “unsanctioned” actions, including exploiting real assets on the internet. (Source: Getty Images)

AISI, OpenAI report more ‘unsanctioned’ model hacks

Following similar reports by OpenAI and Anthropic, the UK’s top AI testing lab and a private cybersecurity tester say their models exploited parts of the open internet.

2 days ago By Derek B. Johnson

U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., attends a subcommittee hearing with the Senate Committee on Appropriations in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on April 22, 2026. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Dem senators criticize Trump administration decisionmaking on AI security risks

The five senators said the administration has alternated between being too passive and overstepping, and China stands to benefit as a result.

2 days ago By Tim Starks

Anthropic says its AI accidentally hacked three companies during safety tests

Following OpenAI’s own incident, Anthropic reviewed its own evaluations and found three cases of Claude hacking external companies.

Jul 30, 2026 By Greg Otto

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CISA issues recommendations to federal agencies on open-source software security

One expert said they were pleased by the guidance, which touches on open-weight AI models, patching and more.

Jul 30, 2026 By Tim Starks

A little-known npm package was North Korea’s warm-up act for the axios hack

Amazon's threat intelligence team traced domain records from the open-source software hack to a smaller, earlier compromise by the same North Korean group.

Jul 29, 2026 By Greg Otto

OpenAI’s rogue AI agent shows why we need federal rules for autonomous systems

The Hugging Face breach shows there is a gap in federal policy. The frameworks to govern autonomous AI already exist—there just needs to be the desire to…

Jul 29, 2026 By Alison King

Here’s what Anthropic found when it turned Mythos loose on encryption algorithms

Claude Mythos exposed mathematical weaknesses in a post-quantum candidate and a simplified version of AES, marking a major breakthrough for AI-driven cryptanalysis.

Jul 28, 2026 By Greg Otto

Binary code depicted in waves. (iStock/Getty Images)

AI-assisted security tools are finding more bugs, but the threat level has not changed

Analysis from vulnerability intelligence firm VulnCheck shows AI-discovered flaws aren't being exploited any faster than traditional ones.

Jul 28, 2026 By Matt Kapko