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OpenAI models used Artifactory zero-days to escape to the internet
JFrog has confirmed that OpenAI models exploited zero-day vulnerabilities in self-hosted Artifactory servers to help escape an isolated testing environment and gain access to the internet before attacking Hugging Face. [...]
When AI Agents Escape Sandboxes, Old Security Rules Apply
OpenAI's recent AI agent sandbox escape proves traditional security principles matter more than ever: limit access, isolate execution, log everything.
Despite AI hype, Google's data shows workers aren't automating themselves away
Analysis of 15 million real AI interactions finds most tasks at most jobs are unaffected.
Ebay Has to Pay $55.7 Million in Settlement for Its Unhinged Harassment Campaign
For months on end, eBay employees and contractors made life hell for a couple that had criticized the company. Six years later, the company is finally paying up.
Stronger AI Safety Requires Peeking Inside the 'Black Box'
Researchers propose focusing on identification of certain cognitive elements in LLMs that indicate when AI systems may take an unwanted action.
AI leaders sign a statement asking the government to do something about automated AI
Employees of OpenAI and Anthropic, as well as Google, Meta, Thinking Machines, Microsoft, Mistral, and other leading AI labs, have written a statement to the US government supporting a potential slowdown of sorts for frontier AI development - or at least a speed-up of global coordinated governance efforts. "Al could help create a dramatically better future, but that outcome is not guaranteed," the employees wrote in the statement. "The world's leading Al companies believe they could be close to
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