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.

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Senate set to debate package of bills on privacy, AI and kids safety 

Headlined by the Kids Online Safety Act, a key committee will look to clear major legislation governing how minors interact with the internet.

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Microsoft, tech companies throw weight behind spread of open-source AI

Other signatories of the letter include Meta, Palantir, Perplexity, Mistral, NVIDIA, Mozilla, The Linux Foundation, Hugging Face, Dell Technologies and IBM.

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White House accuses Chinese company of distilling Anthropic’s Fable

While distillation attacks by foreign governments and companies have real national security implications, questions around who ultimately owns the data in AI systems are fraught.

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OpenAI says model test was behind Hugging Face hack

At the time, Hugging Face said it wasn’t clear which LLM was used in the attack. OpenAI confirmed it was one of their models being tested for “maximal” cyber capabilities. 

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Where’s the Trump administration line on AI regulation?

The messy approach to U.S. AI regulation reflects both the rapid speed of model cyber capabilities and the White House’s “education” over the past two years, experts said.

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Director of Commerce AI standards office out after three months

The Center for AI Standards and Innovation has quietly become a key hub for the federal government to assess potential threats and harms that AI systems pose.

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State officials, election experts pan Trump speech: ‘This is what desperation looks like’

The president’s speech re-hashed debunked conspiracies around U.S. elections. Critics say the administration’s 18-month investigation into voter fraud has been a total failure. 

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Forget the model. When it comes to cybersecurity, it’s all about the harness

Industry has quickly developed tools meant to guide and direct frontier LLMs in cybersecurity. Attackers aren’t far behind.

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