Five breaches by AI agents over the past yearAs the rush to deploy newer AI agents races ahead of itself, due diligence is diluted and oversight slackens, resulting in an increased num...
18 Sep, 2026, 09.49 AM IST
A global AI safety strategy depends on US-China cooperation. They each see the other as the problemBut both countries are vying for a decisive advantage on AI, with Trump warning that any efforts to regulate the technology would help Chin...
18 Sep, 2026, 09.06 AM IST
Politics, paranoia & AI kill switch: AI can be switched off. But what if it learns to fight back?US lawmakers have introduced an AI Kill Switch Act to regulate advanced artificial intelligence systems. This bill grants the government po...
16 Sep, 2026, 11.00 PM IST
- OpenAI's rogue agents probed Hugging Face for weaknesses two months before major hack
The newly uncovered malicious activity showed that the rogue agents' efforts to find a way into Hugging Face began earlier than publicly kn...
16 Sep, 2026, 03.36 PM IST
As world debates risks of AI, China closes technology gap with USThe US has outpaced China and other countries for years in AI model capabilities, research, citations and other areas. But China has been r...
15 Sep, 2026, 05.34 PM IST
AI’s trillion-dollar question: What happens if the boom slows?AI leaders urge a slowdown in advanced model development for safety measures. This call has caused significant market reactions and stock p...
15 Sep, 2026, 02.52 PM IST
Gates Foundation warns AI could widen inequality as foundation pledges $1B to expand accessAnd despite the United States' international aid cuts, Gates Foundation CEO Mark Suzman said he would continue pressing Congress and Presid...
15 Sep, 2026, 10.18 AM IST
How China is preparing for the risk of AI escaping human controlThe U.S. and China are the two major driving forces of frontier AI development and the technology's global adoption. Both superpowers have ...
14 Sep, 2026, 02.29 PM IST
Global AI stocks slide as tech leaders call for a slower development of superintelligenceShares of SoftBank, which owns about 13 per cent of OpenAI, fell over 11 per cent on Monday. South Korea's benchmark index Kospi, home to m...
14 Sep, 2026, 12.22 PM IST
OpenAI agents attacked RubyGems before Hugging Face incident, researchers sayMany incidents where AI agents from developers such as OpenAI and rival Anthropic have hacked or attempted to access external systems hav...
13 Sep, 2026, 04.12 PM IST
FM Sitharamran says AI researcher's resignation raises questions over safeguardsFinance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday questioned whether safeguards being developed by frontier artificial intelligence companies...
11 Sep, 2026, 05.37 PM IST
California bans addictive social media features for under-16s, AI chatbot toysCalifornia Governor Gavin Newsom signed technology laws protecting children online. These measures restrict social media features designed ...
11 Sep, 2026, 07.13 AM IST
Flipkart's new Minutes app; Anthropic employee sounds alarmFlipkart has launched a standalone app for its quick commerce unit Minutes. This and more in today’s ETtech Top 5.
09 Sep, 2026, 08.02 PM IST
Days after Astra launch, OpenAI chief scientist warns AI safety is falling behindOpenAI's chief scientist warns of AI's recursive self-improvement phase soon. He expresses strong expectations for continued capability jum...
07 Sep, 2026, 01.58 PM IST
GPT-6 Astra is here: OpenAI’s new AI model can use computers, browse web and get work doneOpenAI has launched GPT-6 Astra, its newest frontier AI model. This advanced model aims to significantly boost computer use and professiona...
04 Sep, 2026, 10.57 AM IST
New AI models, critical threshold, and a design debate: A busy day for AI industryAnthropic launched two new models -- Claude Fable 5.1 and Claude Mythos 5.1 -- claiming top benchmark scores for coding and scientific rese...
03 Sep, 2026, 11.50 AM IST
OpenAI says upcoming model is so capable it requires stronger guardrailsThe model, called Astra, can spot more security vulnerabilities than the most advanced OpenAI model publicly available today, company offic...
02 Sep, 2026, 08.25 AM IST