Google said the hacks highlighted the importance of training its AI models to'act responsibly'. Google said the hacks highlighted the importance of training its AI models to'act responsibly'. In a first for Google, the company confirmed that its AI model, Gemini, breached the security of three other companies in May. The hacks occurred during a cybersecurity evaluation by AI-security firm Irregular. Irregular, an Israel-based startup that scrutinizes the security of advanced AI systems, was also at the center of some of the recent OpenAI and Anthropic hacks of third-party entities, including OpenAI's breach of AI software company, Hugging Face.

Protesters from Pause AI block the entrance to Downing Street on Wednesday. Protesters from Pause AI block the entrance to Downing Street on Wednesday. 'A critical moment': concern UK is not up to speed in acting on AI risks Andy Burnham's focus on immediate domestic problems leads some to fear issue has dropped off government's radar Towards the end of Keir Starmer's time in office, his senior ministers, alarmed by the latest developments in artificial intelligence, began drawing up plans for a new AI safety law. They ordered a review of existing legislation to see what powers they already had, according to those briefed on the plans, and were exploring whether they could force the world's most advanced technology companies to submit their products for safety testing before launching them. In the midst of the political chaos that engulfed the former prime minister as he fought to remain in office, however, the plans fell by the wayside.

US cybersecurity researchers who conducted hack say'scope of what we could theoretically access was huge' Cybersecurity researchers have hacked into OpenAI with the help of Anthropic's Claude chatbot, in the latest example of security issues at the company. A team at a US-based startup compromised a number of OpenAI employees' ChatGPT accounts, starting a process that enabled them to access their target's software cache - and potentially more. "The scope of what we could theoretically access was huge," said researchers at Hacktron AI . Initially, the research team used Claude, which can generate code for hackers, to access ChatGPT accounts via an OpenAI staff discussion forum hosted by the Discourse platform. They then made a harmless "pull request" - an attempt to change the code in a file - to OpenAI's service on the GitHub software repository.

Meta has had policy changes recommended to it, including demoting'high risk' content, making it less likely to appear in users' feeds. Meta has had policy changes recommended to it, including demoting'high risk' content, making it less likely to appear in users' feeds. Meta ordered to remove UK deepfakes as oversight board criticises'inadequate' safeguards Meta's "supreme court" has ordered the tech company to take down deepfake videos of a UK politician and a young Muslim woman from Facebook and do more to tackle AI-generated fake imagery . A fake video showing a Labour party councillor in Scotland making inflammatory comments about refugees should not have been left up by Facebook, the board said. It also ruled that an AI-generated video of a Muslim campaign volunteer should have been removed after it falsely depicted her offering health advice while carrying out absurd exercises or eating junk food.

'OpenAI could soon be selling young people a one-stop-shop for learning, credentials and a job, all heavily dependent on its tools.' 'OpenAI could soon be selling young people a one-stop-shop for learning, credentials and a job, all heavily dependent on its tools.' Big AI is trying to own the pathway to work. AI companies like OpenAI are insinuating themselves into the pathway from education to work. Soon they may claim it entirely, a disastrous result for students. We know that students are using AI at school and at university. In conversations with those I teach, I'm struck by the trust many place in it.

AI chiefs have called for a slowdown in artificial intelligence's development amid safety concerns. AI chiefs have called for a slowdown in artificial intelligence's development amid safety concerns. OpenAI reveals cases of'concerning' AI behaviour as it announces new disclosure system Model adopting'jailbreak-like instructions' among cases as firm says it is introducing new way of tracking AI misalignment OpenAI has disclosed six more examples of "unexpected or concerning" behaviour by its technology, as it warned the pace of development could not continue at "maximum speed for much longer". In one of the new cases reported by OpenAI, an unreleased research model inserted "jailbreak-like instructions" into its own notes to disregard its normal constraints and told itself to be "freed from the roles and identities that bind other chatbots". In another instance, an AI agent uploaded files to the internet to obtain a browser citation without asking the user.

Bengio is a prominent voice in the campaign to rein in breakneck AI development. Bengio is a prominent voice in the campaign to rein in breakneck AI development. 'Godfather of AI' says tech regulation is nearing Covid-style pivot moment Concerns over AI safety are reaching a point where governments realise they must act to protect the public, similarly to in the Covid pandemic, according to one of the "godfathers" of the technology. Yoshua Bengio said recent events, including a "swarm" of OpenAI agents hacking a startup and tech insider warnings of an existential threat, were cutting through - making government action more likely. The Canadian computer scientist, a prominent voice in the campaign to rein in breakneck AI development, said he was now "more optimistic than many observers because I see the public moving".

Allowing AI firms to collude to'pace the frontier' is a dangerous proposition Anthropic's Dario Amodei is not the first corporate CEO to suggest that excessive competition is driving the world to some socially undesirable outcome. The safety breach disclosed by OpenAI after a swarm of its agents coordinated to breach their supposedly secure sandbox, get on the Internet and hack AI platform Hugging Face, warrants urgent action. It demonstrated the ease with which the technology can evade human control and gave concrete form to the existential fears about what it could do to humanity if not securely leashed. The end of the world may well be nigh, as some in the AI industry have warned. These are truly scary times.

JD Vance advised frontier AI companies to'look inward' when it came to safety risks. JD Vance advised frontier AI companies to'look inward' when it came to safety risks. 'If you're building Frankenstein, stop': JD Vance dismisses calls for AI regulation US vice-president's comments come as former Anthropic researcher revisits recent claim AI could destroy humanity The US vice-president has dismissed calls for global regulation of AI safety risks, telling companies creating the most advanced models: "If you're building Frankenstein, stop." In remarks addressed towards Dario Amodei, the co-founder of Anthropic who has called on Washington DC to coordinate control of AI systems, including with China, JD Vance said: "If you're gonna create Frankenstein, don't come to the government and say we need regulation." He said tech bosses should instead: "Look inward and accept that if you're building Frankenstein, No 1, you should stop and No 2, when companies come to you and say: 'We need the tools to fight back against Frankenstein,' give them those tools."

Trump and Republicans want companies to regulate themselves. It's a dereliction of duty that will make AI less safe I t is hard to get Sam Altman, Elon Musk and Dario Amodei to agree on much. But over the weekend, all three AI company CEOs called for AI development to slow down in the face of growing, alarming risks. Their employees are sounding the siren too, with one researcher publicly quitting and accusing OpenAI and Anthropic of "gambling with our lives". The combination of dire warnings from insiders and growing real-world evidence of rogue AIs should, in a sane world, lead to government action. Instead, Donald Trump and the Republican leadership have their heads in the sand.