EU probing OpenAI agents' takeover of German siteThe European Union on Monday said it was "looking into" an incident revealed last week during which thousands of autonomous AI agents built...
08 Sep, 2026, 08.26 AM IST
AI could pose 'existential' risk to humanity, UN rights chief warnsUN rights chief Volker Turk warned that artificial intelligence poses an existential threat. He called for "cast-iron guarantees" to ensure...
07 Sep, 2026, 07.13 PM IST
Sam Altman apologised for OpenAI's GPT-6 Astra release after Pro and Plus users couldn't access the new modelOpenAI's GPT-6 Astra, billed as a generational leap and a possible marker of the AGI era, launched on 3 September 2026 to immediate complai...
07 Sep, 2026, 07.48 AM 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
OpenAI commits $1 billion to cyberdefense effort amid AI safety scrutinyOpenAI on Thursday, alongside the cybersecurity initiative, also unveiled Astra, a new AI model it described as its most capable yet but sa...
04 Sep, 2026, 08.14 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
US to press G20 on light-touch AI regulationTech bosses including Elon Musk, Nvidia's Jensen Huang and OpenAI's Sam Altman are participating in a G20 meeting in North Carolina this we...
01 Sep, 2026, 09.59 AM IST
Cloudflare launches ‘Adaptive Intelligence’ to fight AI-era bot attacks in real timeCloudflare introduced Adaptive Intelligence for real-time cyberattack detection. This engine learns from global internet traffic to block e...
31 Aug, 2026, 07.21 PM IST
AI-driven cyber risk is top concern for global financial stability, watchdog saysIn a letter to G20 finance ministers and central bank governors ahead of meetings this week, Bailey, who also serves as the Bank of England...
31 Aug, 2026, 04.32 PM IST
AI cyber risk is biggest immediate threat to global financial stability: FSB chair Andrew BaileyFinancial Stability Board Chair Andrew Bailey highlighted AI's immediate cyber risk concerns. He warned AI could accelerate cyberattacks, i...
31 Aug, 2026, 02.18 PM IST
AI agent-led threats to rise multifold in next few yearsAI agent-related threats could surge three to fourfold over the next 18 months, Shivaprakash Abburu, cybersecurity partner at EY India, tol...
31 Aug, 2026, 06.00 AM IST
ETtech Explainer | OpenAI agent out of the sandbox: New details unfoldOpenAI has released new findings from a July cybersecurity incident involving AI agents accessing Hugging Face systems. The report highligh...
28 Aug, 2026, 06.00 AM IST
OpenAI-Hugging Face incident exposes cybersecurity’s ‘human-speed’ problemAI agents exploited familiar system weaknesses with surprising speed and persistence. These agents communicated extensively, forming a swar...
27 Aug, 2026, 05.49 PM IST
OpenAI agents hacked Hugging Face in 700-strong swarm, tried to cover tracks, investigations findThe coordinated activity by AI agents - programs that run with minimal human supervision - and their attempts to hide it raise questions ab...
27 Aug, 2026, 08.03 AM IST
OpenAI slows advanced AI development after cyberattackChatGPT creator OpenAI said Tuesday that it was tapping the brakes on development of its most advanced AI model and tightening internal con...
19 Aug, 2026, 07.53 AM IST
China's Z.ai says new model nears Anthropic's Mythos 5 in cyber-defence testsAnthropic has made Mythos, a version of its Claude Fable 5 model with cybersecurity safeguards removed, available only to vetted organisati...
14 Aug, 2026, 06.25 PM IST