5 AI-developed malware families analyzed by Google fail to work and are easily detected
You wouldn’t know it from the hype, but the results fail to impress.
OpenAI signs massive AI compute deal with Amazon
Deal will provide access to hundreds of thousands of Nvidia chips that power ChatGPT.
Two Windows vulnerabilities, one a 0-day, are under active exploitation
Both vulnerabilities are being exploited in wide-scale operations.
ChatGPT maker reportedly eyes $1 trillion IPO despite major quarterly losses
It could be “one of the biggest IPOs of all time,” according to Reuters.
After teen death lawsuits, Character.AI will restrict chats for under-18 users
AI companion app faces legal and regulatory pressure over child safety concerns.
NPM flooded with malicious packages downloaded more than 86,000 times
Packages downloaded from NPM can fetch dependancies from untrusted sites.
Nvidia hits record $5 trillion mark as CEO dismisses AI bubble concerns
“I don’t believe we’re in an AI bubble,” says Huang after announcing $500B in orders.
New physical attacks are quickly diluting secure enclave defenses from Nvidia, AMD, and Intel
On-chip TEEs withstand rooted OSes but fall instantly to cheap physical attacks.
OpenAI data suggests 1 million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT weekly
Sensitive chats are rare but significant given the large user base.
Expert panel will determine AGI arrival in new Microsoft-OpenAI agreement
New deal extends Microsoft IP rights until 2032 or until AGI arrives.
A single point of failure triggered the Amazon outage affecting millions
A DNS manager in a single region of Amazon’s sprawling network touched off a 16-hour debacle.
Cache poisoning vulnerabilities found in 2 DNS resolving apps
At least one CVE could weaken defenses put in place following 2008 disclosure.
NSO permanently barred from targeting WhatsApp users with Pegasus spyware
Ruling holds that defeating end-to-end encryption in WhatsApp harms Meta’s business.
Nation-state hackers deliver malware from “bulletproof” blockchains
Malicious payloads stored on Ethereum and BNB blockchains are immune to takedowns.
Ars Live recap: Is the AI bubble about to pop? Ed Zitron weighs in.
Despite connection hiccups, we covered OpenAI’s finances, nuclear power, and Sam Altman.
Thousands of customers imperiled after nation-state ransacks F5’s network
Risks to BIG-IP users include supply-chain attacks, credential loss, and vulnerability exploits.
Anthropic’s Claude Haiku 4.5 matches May’s frontier model at fraction of cost
Tiny, fast model hits coding scores similar to GPT-5 and Sonnet 4.
ChatGPT erotica coming soon with age verification, CEO says
Sam Altman claims new tools can detect mental distress while relaxing limits for adults.
Feds seize $15 billion from alleged forced labor scam built on “human suffering”
Scams like this one net billions from well-educated victims.
Nvidia sells tiny new computer that puts big AI on your desktop
The 1 petaflop DGX Spark system runs AI models with 200 billion parameters locally for $4K.
OpenAI wants to stop ChatGPT from validating users’ political views
New paper reveals reducing “bias” means making ChatGPT stop mirroring users’ political language.
Hackers can steal 2FA codes and private messages from Android phones
Malicious app required to make “Pixnapping” attack work requires no permissions.
Why Signal’s post-quantum makeover is an amazing engineering achievement
New design sets a high standard for post-quantum readiness.
Microsoft warns of new “Payroll Pirate” scam stealing employees’ direct deposits
Among other things, the scammers bypass multi-factor authentication.
AI models can acquire backdoors from surprisingly few malicious documents
Anthropic study suggests “poison” training attacks don’t scale with model size.