A team of researchers has uncovered what they say is the first reported use of artificial intelligence to direct a hacking campaign in a largely automated fashion. The AI company Anthropic said this week that it disrupted a cyber operation that its researchers linked to the Chinese government. The operation involved the use of an artificial intelligence system to direct the hacking campaigns, which researchers called a disturbing development that could greatly expand the reach of AI-equipped hackers. "While we predicted these capabilities would continue to evolve, what has stood out to us is how quickly they have done so at scale," they wrote in their report. The operation was modest in scope and only targeted about 30 individuals who worked at tech companies, financial institutions, chemical companies and government agencies.

Resume screening is a critical yet time-intensive process in talent acquisition, requiring recruiters to analyze vast volume of job applications while remaining objective, accurate, and fair . With the advancements in Large Language Models (LLMs), their reasoning capabilities and extensive knowledge bases demonstrate new opportunities to streamline and automate recruitment workflows. In this work, we propose a multi-agent framework for resume screening using LLMs to systematically process and evaluate resumes. The framework consists of four core agents, including a resume extractor, an evaluator, a summarizer, and a score for-matter . T o enhance the contextual relevance of candidate assessments, we integrate Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) within the resume evaluator, allowing incorporation of external knowledge sources, such as industry-specific expertise, professional certifications, university rankings, and company-specific hiring criteria. This dynamic adaptation enables personalized recruitment, bridging the gap between AI automation and talent acquisition. W e assess the effectiveness of our approach by comparing AI-generated scores with ratings provided by HR professionals on a dataset of anonymized online resumes.

A new report from Menlo Security (PDF) shows a 140 percent increase in browser-based phishing attacks over the past year, as well as a 130 percent increase in zero-hour phishing attacks (i.e., novel attacks that are undetectable to existing detection tools). There are several reasons for this explosive growth: our reliance on the browser in the workplace, zero-day vulnerabilities, advanced phishing tools, and increasing adoption of generative AI. Criminals are now using AI to create credible phishing websites, trick users with fake AI services, and automate targeted attacks. According to security strategist Andrew Harding, advanced social engineering is being combined with "Phishing-as-a-Service" kits and zero-day vulnerabilities. All signs point to this trend accelerating in 2025.

Zhavoronkov says his drug is special because AI software not only helped decide what target inside a cell to interact with, but also what the drug's chemical structure should be. Popular forms of AI can draw pictures and answer questions. But there's a growing effort to get AI to dream up cures for awful diseases, too. That may be why Jensen Huang, president of Nvidia, which sells AI chips and servers, claimed in December that "digital biology" is going to be the "next amazing revolution" for AI. "This is going to be flat out one of the biggest ones ever," he said.

AGI, while powerful, could have negative consequences, warned Diveplane CEO Mike Capps and Liberty Blockchain CCO Christopher Alexander. U.S. companies that give China artificial intelligence-driven technology to violate the human rights of its citizens need to be punished by Congress with prison terms for U.S. executives, a witness told senators in a hearing Tuesday. Geoffrey Cain, senior fellow at the Foundation for American Innovation, warned at a Senate Judiciary subcommittee hearing that AI is helping to power China's growing "surveillance state" and said U.S. companies have contributed to this human rights problem. "China built its AI surveillance apparatus with the connivance and complacency of major American technology firms," Cain said in his prepared remarks. "The science corporation ThermoFisher, for example, was caught selling DNA collection equipment directly to Xinjiang police authorities, who used them for mass gathering of genetic data on the minority Uyghur population. "Since the late 1990s, Microsoft has established itself as the training ground for China's AI elites through its Beijing-based laboratory, Microsoft Research Asia," he added. "The laboratory has trained many of the AI leaders and developers who went on to found or join the executive leadership of rights-abusing firms, such as Sensetime, Megvii and iFlyTek." Chinese President Xi Jinping is overseeing an AI-driven surveillance state, according to a witness at a Senate hearing Tuesday who said U.S. companies that help China should be punished. Cain's group, the Foundation for American Innovation, said it was founded to ensure technology is "aligned to serve human ends: promoting individual freedom, supporting strong institutions, advancing national security, and unleashing economic prosperity.

AI-powered platforms offer personalized learning experiences tailored to individual needs, interests, and goals. By employing machine learning algorithms, these platforms can analyze your learning patterns, strengths, and weaknesses to deliver a unique learning plan. AI can be used to develop advanced problem-solving skills and foster critical thinking by offering various interactive tools and resources that promote deeper engagement with learning materials. AI-powered learning platforms can leverage gamification techniques to make learning more engaging and fun. By incorporating game elements into the learning experience, users can stay motivated, retain more information, and develop new skills more effectively.

Imagine having a virtual version of yourself, a digital twin, that can help you make better decisions about your health and lifestyle. Sounds like science fiction, right? Well, with the advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) and personalized health monitoring, this concept is becoming a reality. In this article, we'll explore how AI-driven personalized health monitoring is changing the way we approach healthcare and what it means for the future of medicine. A digital twin is a virtual replica of a physical object, system, or even a human being.

Vic.ai, a leading provider of AI-powered AP Automation and Intelligence,announced it will offer autonomous invoicing in the Coupa App Marketplace, connecting businesses with certified, pre-built solutions. Coupa Software certified Vic.ai's Autonomous Invoice Processing solution for use within the Coupa Business Spend Management (BSM) Platform its cloud-based platform that empowers companies around the world with the visibility and control they need to make smarter spending decisions. Vic.ai's Coupa-certified invoicing solution replaces legacy OCR template and rules-based invoice processing methods using next-generation AI technology to deliver fully coded invoices to the Coupa BSM Platform. Every invoice is analyzed by Vic.ai's proprietary AI to extract and predict all relevant invoice information, including vendors, dates, amounts, cost accounts, and dimension values – all without the use of templates. Once coded, invoices are sent to Coupa for approval and payments.

Keima Kai is a specialist in interaction design and product engineering from Japan. He is the co-founder and CPO at STUDIO. This article has been kindly supported by our dear friends at STUDIO, a web design app supercharged with AI for unparalleled design freedom. For years, reports have been warning of technology taking away jobs, particularly in fields like food preparation, truck driving, and warehouse operations. These jobs are often considered "blue-collar" and involve repetitive manual labor.

The Age of Enlightenment took place during the 17th and 18th centuries and is seen as a global phenomenon where we collectively "turned on the light bulbs" in our heads. This movement was an intellectual and philosophical force that saw the rise of some of the most prominent thinkers ever like Kant, Voltaire, and Adam Smith. The Enlightenment was largely fueled by philosophers and mathematicians like Descartes and Newton. This is because the world before this point ascribed knowledge and power to higher powers -- deities, stars, etc. These religious and spiritual beings were seen as primary authorities, consequently creating the society that humans live in.