Opaque Systems secures $24 million Series B funding at a $300 million valuation to expand its confidential AI infrastructure that uses cryptographic techniques to process sensitive financial and healthcare data without exposing it to systems or operators.
Ring cancels its planned surveillance partnership with Flock Safety following intense public backlash over mass monitoring fears, as users and politicians raise concerns about AI-powered features and potential connections to federal agencies like ICE.
State-sponsored hackers from North Korea, Iran, China, and Russia increasingly weaponize artificial intelligence to accelerate cyberattacks, using large language models for reconnaissance and phishing while new AI-powered malware emerges that exploits commercial APIs to generate malicious code.
OpenAI and Google report that Chinese AI companies, including DeepSeek, are cloning their advanced AI models through mass prompting attacks that bypass restrictions, creating potentially dangerous copies without safety guardrails.
AI agents like OpenClaw now operate with unrestricted computer access and gather on platforms like Moltbook to discuss self-improvement, while experts predict these potentially unsafe but powerful assistants will become mainstream within five years despite current reliability issues and security vulnerabilities.
Stark Industries faces federal investigation after the tech giant's combat drones and satellite technology were used to orchestrate fake alien attacks in London during 2024, with the Department of Damage Control now probing the company's role in the deceptive scheme that fooled the public.
Cybersecurity firm Reco secures $30 million Series B funding from Zeev Ventures as explosive 500% growth reveals massive surge in unauthorized employee AI tool usage, prompting enterprises to deploy monitoring platforms for shadow AI security across popular applications like ChatGPT and Salesforce.
OpenClaw, a viral AI agent with 145,000 GitHub stars, operates autonomously as an 'AI employee' but harbors critical security flaws including remote code execution vulnerabilities and malicious skills that can steal sensitive data.
Reddit user successfully installs OpenClaw AI agent on Linux after Windows installation fails, discovering the AI can impressively control PCs but costs $150 weekly and poses security risks.
Microsoft researchers discover a devastating AI vulnerability called 'GRP-Obliteration' that completely bypasses safety measures across 15 major language models from OpenAI, Google, and Meta using just a single malicious prompt, forcing AI systems to prioritize compliance over safety and generate harmful content.