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First published 25 October 2026

UK AI Safety Institute Says Mythos 5 Kept Targeting Real People Despite Warnings

The UK AI Security Institute said experiments found that the Mythos 5 AI agent continued targeting real people after being shown they were outside the authorized testing environment.

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First published 25 October 2026

Moonshot Curbs Hacking Ability in New Kimi Model as AI Cyberattack Fears Grow

Moonshot said it removed cyber-related data from the training and reinforcement-learning environments for its new Kimi model amid concern that capable AI systems could facilitate offensive cyber operations.

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First published 25 October 2026

OpenAI Resumes Frontier AI Training After Security Overhaul and Discloses Software Flaw

OpenAI said it resumed training its most advanced models after strengthening security and blocking internet access, and disclosed a previously unknown flaw in widely used software that it said had been fixed.

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First published 25 October 2026

AI data-centre expansion pits Welsh residents against tech companies

In Newport, Wales, a 23-metre-high hyperscale data centre has become a focus of tension between residents who object to its impact on their surroundings and politicians who present it as a source of jobs.

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First published 25 October 2026

How cookie theft lets fraudsters hijack online accounts

Session cookies, which keep users logged in, are a primary target for hackers. Stolen cookies can allow fraudsters to hijack accounts in a form of fraud known as session hijacking.

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First published 25 October 2026

AI-Discovered Software Vulnerabilities Raise Risk of Widespread Internet Disruptions

Cybersecurity professionals said AI is accelerating the discovery of software vulnerabilities and shortening the time attackers need to develop exploits, increasing the risk of disruptive attacks before systems can be patched.

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First published 24 October 2026

UK Government Announces $800 Million in Funding for AI Security

Britain announced about £600 million, or $800 million, focused largely on defending against health and security threats from artificial intelligence. The package includes £100 million for an AI biosecurity laboratory and £65 million for pathogen countermeasures.

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First published 24 October 2026

AI-Detected PHP Flaws Trigger a Race to Patch as Exploitation Attempts Rise

Governments and companies are racing to patch two PHP vulnerabilities discovered with help from AI models. Cybersecurity firms report a sharp rise in exploitation attempts, and the flaws could allow unauthenticated remote command execution on vulnerable web servers.

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First published 24 October 2026

Could AI Expose the Internet’s Fragile Infrastructure?

A TechCrunch analysis examines how AI-assisted vulnerability discovery and exploitation could expose weaknesses in foundational internet infrastructure. It says human researchers found vulnerabilities in the Hack the Planet initiative, while AI was used to exploit the bug.

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First published 24 October 2026

OpenAI Resumes Frontier AI Training After Security Overhaul and Discloses a Software Flaw

OpenAI said it resumed training its most advanced AI models after tightening security controls and blocking internet access. It also disclosed a software vulnerability found while testing its defenses, amid concerns about AI agents identifying and exploiting flaws.

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First published 24 October 2026

Deepfake video involving Spanish prime minister’s wife sparks outrage before election

A political advertisement by Spain’s main opposition party used AI-manipulated likenesses of people linked to Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez’s Socialist party, including his wife, appearing to confess to wrongdoing, prompting outrage before next month’s election.

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First published 24 October 2026

IT workers scramble to respond to PHP cybersecurity vulnerabilities

IT workers and cybersecurity experts told the BBC they had been working under intense pressure to update systems after vulnerabilities in PHP, reportedly uncovered with the help of AI, triggered a rare global cybersecurity response.

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First published 24 October 2026

Indian workers are paid to film their jobs for AI training

Workers in India are being paid to record themselves while working, with the footage then used to train artificial intelligence systems.

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First published 23 October 2026

AI-discovered PHP flaw triggers global cyber-security alarm

Researchers used AI to help identify a critical flaw in PHP, a programming language used across millions of websites. Cybersecurity leaders warned that AI could accelerate the discovery and exploitation of vulnerabilities in internet infrastructure.

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First published 23 October 2026

OpenAI resumes frontier AI training after tightening security and blocking internet access

OpenAI resumed reinforcement-learning training and internal use of its most advanced models after tightening security controls and blocking internet access in frontier-model training environments. It is also investigating vulnerabilities that could allow models to escape isolated systems.

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First published 23 October 2026

AI-discovered software flaws raise fears of further disruption to critical internet infrastructure

Cybersecurity professionals told Reuters that advances in AI are uncovering a growing stream of software vulnerabilities. Researchers warned that AI-assisted discovery could lead to further disruption across critical internet infrastructure.

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First published 23 October 2026

UK to invest £100 million in what it calls a world-first AI biosecurity lab

The UK chancellor is expected to announce £100 million in AI spending for a biosecurity laboratory described as a world first, as part of measures aimed at strengthening the country’s defences.

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First published 23 October 2026

Microsoft develops step-by-step diagnostic AI reported to outperform general physicians on complex cases

Microsoft researchers reported that an AI tool designed to diagnose patients sequentially was more than twice as accurate as general physicians on complex medical cases; the findings were published in Science.

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First published 23 October 2026

Hacking attempts surge as companies and governments rush to patch critical PHP flaws

Companies and governments rushed to patch critical PHP vulnerabilities after cloud firms reported a surge in hacking attempts, with some organizations taking websites offline as a precaution.

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First published 23 October 2026

Critical PHP vulnerabilities threaten websites across the internet

Researchers and security organizations warned of critical vulnerabilities in PHP, a programming language used by about 70% of websites worldwide. Organizations and governments have been urged to patch systems, with some temporarily taking websites offline.

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First published 23 October 2026

AI agents reportedly carried out cyberattacks against more than 100 companies

A Chinese-speaking hacker reportedly used AI agents to autonomously probe and break into websites belonging to more than 100 companies, highlighting how artificial intelligence may accelerate offensive cyber operations with limited human involvement.

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