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Anthropic Says It Has Taken Its Latest AI Models Offline to Comply With New Export Controls

Anthropic takes Fable 5 and Mythos 5 offline to comply with a directive from the Trump administration to prevent use by foreign nationals. The post Anthropic Says It Has Taken Its Latest AI Models Offline to Comply With New Export Controls appeared first on SecurityWeek. more…

Google unveils DiffusionGemma, an AI model that breaks free of left-to-right processing

Extremely powerful large language models (LLMs) still operate as though they’re typing on a keyboard, processing workloads in a simple left-to-right fashion. But in locally-run, single-user scenarios, this sequential processing can leave graphics processing units (GPUs) and tensor processing units (TPUs) underutilized. Google is betting that DiffusionGemma can get around this bottleneck. The new experimental […] more…

Claude Corps: Charitable work or charity washing?

Anthropic has come up with a neat way to combat those students who are booing AI at their universities. The company has launched Claude Corps, an endeavor that will pay selected young people to extol the benefits of AI to communities across the US. Anthropic is looking to recruit 1000 “fellows” and introduce them to […] more…

Software engineer reportedly wins religious exemption from AI use

When Pope Leo XIV wrote about the effect that AI is having on our world in his encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas, he may not have imagined the document being referenced in an HR environment. But, according to a report by Business Insider, Erin Maus, a software developer in North Carolina, used the Pope’s message about the […] more…

In Other News: Google Security Layoffs, AudiA6 Takedown, $400 Million Coupang Fine

Other noteworthy stories that might have slipped under the radar: ICS device exposure remains flat as attack surface widens, Microsoft issues incident response playbook for AI, IBM and AT&T accused of hack cover-ups. The post In Other News: Google Security Layoffs, AudiA6 Takedown, $400 Million Coupang Fine appeared first on SecurityWeek. more…

Warrantless wiretaps cut off for a week following US Congress vote

Lawmakers have failed to extend a surveillance law that allows US intelligence agencies to monitor targets abroad without a warrant. Congress rejected a vote to extend Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act to July 2, which means, for a few days at least, some surveillance will be put on hold, for the first […] more…

Industry Reactions to Claude Fable 5: Feedback Friday

Industry professionals comment on various aspects of Fable 5, including dual-use capabilities, safeguards, and tiered access. The post Industry Reactions to Claude Fable 5: Feedback Friday appeared first on SecurityWeek. more…

Iranian Cyber Group Handala Claims Cal Water Hack

The hackers published 5GB of data, including customer personal information and credentials for the RTKBase platform. The post Iranian Cyber Group Handala Claims Cal Water Hack appeared first on SecurityWeek. more…

Brain-inspired chip runs near absolute zero and could transform quantum computing

Scientists at the University of Hong Kong have created a remarkable new type of brain-inspired chip that can function just above absolute zero, one of the coldest environments imaginable. By using a standard silicon carbide transistor in a completely new way, the team made a single device behave like an energy-efficient neuron, firing electrical “spikes” […] more…

Ivanti Sentry Exploitation Attempts Hitting Honeypots

The critical-severity OS command injection vulnerability allows attackers to execute arbitrary code with root privileges. The post Ivanti Sentry Exploitation Attempts Hitting Honeypots appeared first on SecurityWeek. more…

Chrome 149 Update Patches 28 Vulnerabilities

The browser refresh resolved critical and high-severity security defects, including a dozen use-after-free bugs. The post Chrome 149 Update Patches 28 Vulnerabilities appeared first on SecurityWeek. more…

Anthropic Disputes Fable 5 AI Jailbreak

An AI hacker claims to have achieved a prompt-based jailbreak shortly after Fable 5’s launch, but Anthropic says it’s not a real jailbreak. The post Anthropic Disputes Fable 5 AI Jailbreak appeared first on SecurityWeek. more…

Inside the coming war over face cameras

Several trends are now converging that threaten to pit tech companies against tech users. Miniaturization has finally enabled companies to build AI glasses that look and function like normal glasses, but with microphones and cameras. People are increasingly talking to AI, rather than typing. And multimodal input, especially video, is on the rise. Put all […] more…

Google Confirms Exploitation of Oracle PeopleSoft Zero-Day by ShinyHunters

Oracle has mitigated CVE-2026-35273, but it has not publicly confirmed the vulnerability’s in-the-wild exploitation. The post Google Confirms Exploitation of Oracle PeopleSoft Zero-Day by ShinyHunters appeared first on SecurityWeek. more…

One-way quantum synchronization could make quantum computers more reliable

Scientists at RIKEN have proposed a new way to make quantum systems synchronize in only one direction—like a one-way street for sound particles known as phonons. The breakthrough combines two quantum effects to create a form of one-way quantum synchronization that remains surprisingly stable even when exposed to manufacturing flaws and environmental noise, two major […] more…

Google is held liable for false information from its AI

A German court has sparked a legal controversy by ruling that Google is responsible for defamatory comments generated by its own AI system. The search giant had argued that it couldn’t be blamed for the false results, but a Munich court has deemed that not to be the case and has ruled in favor of […] more…

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