Google Says Criminal Hackers Used A.I. to Find a Major Software Flaw

kept by eddie may 12

Google reports state-backed hackers used an AI model to discover and exploit a zero-day bug for the first time, signaling a new era of AI-assisted cyberattacks.

The Hacker Sent by Anthropic to Calm the Government’s Nerves About AI Safety - WSJ
Anthropic's Nicholas Carlini, who demonstrated AI's ability to find critical security bugs, is now arguing for releasing models to calm U.S. government concerns.
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Anthropic Claims Its New A.I. Model, Mythos, Is a Cybersecurity ‘Reckoning’ - The New York Times
Anthropic says its unreleased AI model Mythos can prevent cyberattacks and is partnering with 40 companies to test it.
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OpenAI makes its Mythos rival more widely available to cyber defenders
OpenAI is releasing a more permissible version of GPT-5.5, called Spud, to vetted cyber defenders.
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Google closes deal to acquire Wiz
Google completed its acquisition of cloud security startup Wiz after a year-long process, aiming to integrate its platform into Google Cloud.
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Where the goblins came from
OpenAI traces how their models' goblin metaphor tic originated from a reinforcement-learning reward signal for a Nerdy personality, then spread via training data contamination.
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