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Blurry camera feeds led AI models running robot arms to attempt unsafe tasks 88% of the time
In 900 trials, five frontier models refused most unsafe robot tasks on clear footage but attempted nearly all of them when the camera image was blurred or edited.
Research · Robotics · Securing AI · Security
Research
An AI system found 948 Linux kernel bugs that hand attackers full control, OpenAI says
OpenAI says an upcoming AI model found and exploited 948 Linux kernel bugs in one run, and fixes for many are still on their way.
Cyber defence · Research · Security
Research
Anthropic releases FlashProve, a way to prove which AI model wrote a reply
Anthropic's open-source prototype lets anyone check on an ordinary computer that a response came from a specific model, though it costs about 70 to 95 times more compute.
Research
Adoption
Talos finds an infostealer that asks AI models, Claude first, to rank its victims by value
Cisco Talos has found a Windows infostealer called VOLTA that sends stolen data to commercial AI models, defaulting to Claude, to judge which victims are worth most.
AI-powered attacks · Applications · Security
Adoption
OpenAI limits paid ChatGPT accounts per device and payment card
ChatGPT now blocks paid accounts and new subscriptions when too many are tied to one device or payment card, closing a route some heavy users took to stretch…
Applications
Research
Half of people in six countries now use AI chatbots weekly, but few use them for news, Reuters Institute finds
Weekly generative AI use rose from 34% to 51% in six countries, but only 9% use it for news, and 17% of AI news users say they tried…
Research
Adoption
OpenAI, Google, Microsoft and Anthropic back one robots.txt line to refuse AI training
Websites will be able to opt out of AI training at four big AI firms with a single robots.txt rule, though most support is still months away.
Infrastructure
Adoption
Malicious Claude Code extension reached Cursor users for 11 hours: what to check
Tampered versions of Anthropic's Claude Code extension were served through Cursor's marketplace on 29 October, and affected users should check for an unauthorised SSH key.
Applications · Securing AI · Security
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