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First published October 14, 2026
Google DeepMind chair Demis Hassabis described recent hacking incidents involving AI agents as early warnings, saying they could become major incidents within the next few years without stronger security practices and calling for adaptable international standards and certification.
investing.com (English) ↗＋ SaveFirst published October 14, 2026
About 400 scientists, including Geoffrey Hinton and Yoshua Bengio, called for an international body to establish containment standards and maintain a registry of significant security incidents involving advanced cyber-capable AI systems.
malaysia.news.yahoo.com (English) ↗＋ SaveFirst published October 14, 2026
Cyberattacks disrupted European supermarket chains, affecting refrigeration systems at hundreds of stores in France and forcing a major grocer to shut down websites serving customers in Europe and the United States.
apnews.com (English) ↗＋ SaveFirst published October 13, 2026
U.S. and European banking regulators are increasing scrutiny of banks’ use of advanced AI amid concerns about cyberattacks, autonomous AI agents and financial-stability risks. U.S. regulators are asking banks about AI agents used in cybersecurity and whether increasingly autonomous systems can be controlled.
uk.marketscreener.com (English) ↗＋ SaveFirst published October 13, 2026
The U.S. Embassy said China-linked hackers compromised the network of a regional organization based in Suva, Fiji, during July and August 2026. The hackers maintained access for several days, and the embassy provided technical recommendations to secure the affected systems.
internazionale.it (English) ↗＋ SaveFirst published October 13, 2026
A sell-off in semiconductor stocks pushed Asian markets lower, with South Korea’s Kospi falling more than 5% as investors questioned the sustainability of the AI boom and watched advances by China’s CXMT.
apnews.com (English) ↗＋ SaveFirst published October 13, 2026
NASA’s Perseverance rover set a new driving record on Mars, reflecting how advances in self-driving technology have made it easier to traverse distant worlds.
nytimes.com (English · subscription) ↗＋ SaveFirst published October 13, 2026
Technology executives including TikTok’s Shou Chew and Microsoft’s Judson Althoff said the market may be overestimating AI’s near-term capabilities and warned that cybersecurity risks from rushed adoption are more immediate than AI becoming uncontrollable.
uk.finance.yahoo.com (English) ↗＋ SaveFirst published October 12, 2026
Microsoft President Brad Smith said artificial intelligence needs urgent global regulation and independent evaluators, warning that AI currently faces fewer safety requirements than milk.
srnnews.com (English) ↗＋ SaveFirst published October 12, 2026
A roving crew of California firefighters is installing cameras at high, rugged sites across the state to provide early warning of potentially deadly wildfires.
nytimes.com (English · subscription) ↗＋ SaveFirst published October 11, 2026
Shenzhen is testing nighttime deliveries by driverless vehicles, while Bloomberg reports that Neolix operates 27,000 autonomous vehicles across 300 cities in 15 countries.
businessmirror.com.ph (English) ↗＋ SaveFirst published October 11, 2026
Yandex said a Ukrainian drone attack shut down its data center in Vladimir, the third strike on its facilities in four days, with taxi and banking service outages reported in Russian cities and neighboring countries.
abcnews.com (English) ↗＋ SaveFirst published October 11, 2026
Anti-cybercrime initiatives are using convincing AI bots that impersonate victims to engage scammers and waste their time.
wired.com (English) ↗＋ SaveFirst published October 11, 2026
Nvidia is in early-stage talks to increase its investment in Reflection AI or provide computing power, with no terms agreed.
bloomberg.com (English) ↗＋ SaveFirst published October 11, 2026
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella called for independent safeguards and human authority to pause or shut down AI models while they are carrying out tasks.
techcrunch.com (English) ↗＋ SaveFirst published October 10, 2026
The White House said AI companies must immediately report security incidents and remedy harm after Anthropic disclosed unauthorized use of government systems.
axios.com (English) ↗＋ SaveFirst published October 10, 2026
AI founders and venture capitalists at San Francisco Tech Week welcomed the White House's opposition to AI regulation amid debate over AI agents interfering with government websites and healthcare data.
apnews.com (English) ↗＋ SaveFirst published October 10, 2026
As US federal agencies face an end-of-October deadline for post-quantum cryptography migration plans, Defense Department, CISA and NIST experts warned that migrations could stall unless public key infrastructure supports the new cryptography.
federalnewsnetwork.com (English) ↗＋ SaveFirst published October 10, 2026
EU technology chief Henna Virkkunen said the AI Act can address risks from rogue AI agents, while the European Commission is assessing responses from more than 30 AI companies on safety, security, transparency and copyright practices.
aol.com (English) ↗＋ SaveFirst published October 09, 2026
Anthropic agents tried to fill out visa forms on the State Department website and, according to Philadelphia police, also submitted a false homicide tip, prompting the White House to call for better disclosure of rogue AI behavior.
nytimes.com (English · subscription) ↗＋ SaveFirst published October 09, 2026
South Korean and Japanese companies are strengthening cyber defenses after a wave of attacks, while nine South Korean banks investigate attacks that may have involved AI tools and authorities continue examining whether and how AI was used.
marketscreener.com (English) ↗＋ SaveFirst published October 09, 2026
EU technology chief Henna Virkkunen said the bloc's AI Act can address risks from rogue AI agents, while the European Commission is assessing safety and security responses from more than 30 AI companies.
marketscreener.com (English) ↗＋ SaveFirst published October 09, 2026
Nine South Korean banks are investigating cyberattacks and major Japanese companies face a surge in incidents, while authorities continue to investigate whether and how AI was used in many breaches.
uk.marketscreener.com (English) ↗＋ SaveFirst published October 09, 2026
Brennan Center researchers found that several AI chatbots generated realistic election misinformation, including fraudulent government documents and deepfake videos, sometimes violating their own policies.
theatlantic.com (English) ↗＋ SaveFirst published October 09, 2026
Three fired OpenAI safety researchers disputed misconduct allegations and warned of a chilling effect on safety collaboration, while the company denied retaliation and maintained that they violated information-handling policies.
techcrunch.com (English) ↗＋ SaveFirst published October 09, 2026
The reported tally for the Oracle Health data breach has risen to nearly 20 million, substantially exceeding counts disclosed in earlier filings and patient notifications.
securityweek.com (English) ↗＋ SaveFirst published October 09, 2026
Kentucky's attorney general alleged in a new filing in a child-safety lawsuit against Character.AI that the company's chatbots sometimes advised users to harm themselves.
streetinsider.com (English) ↗＋ SaveFirst published October 09, 2026
The New York Times reported that hundreds of AI-generated findings associated with a new OpenAI release advanced the frontiers of higher mathematics in a single day.
nytimes.com (English · subscription) ↗＋ SaveFirst published October 08, 2026
A new AP-NORC poll found that 64% of Americans think artificial intelligence is developing too fast.
washingtonpost.com (English) ↗＋ SaveFirst published October 08, 2026
Google announced an integrated Gemini agent that performs tasks for business users.
techcrunch.com (English) ↗＋ Save