Researchers describe an attack method that gets around the safeguards OpenAI and Google built to stop their new models from generating nude images. The work exposes weaknesses in those protections.
Nvidia is giving the UK $250m worth of computing power over five years to support AI safety research, amid growing concern about AI agents. The UK government also confirmed that its AI Security Institute will be able to examine cutting-edge models from companies such as OpenAI, Anthropic and Google before release.
From the FBI to local police, US authorities increasingly warn that would-be attackers are using chatbots to plan violence, while anti-AI extremists pose a threat of their own. The Guardian cites the 2025 Palm Springs fertility clinic bombing, where the suspect used a generative AI tool that failed to flag his request for bomb-making instructions.
Demis Hassabis said on 14 October that AI agents could trigger major incidents within one to two years unless companies and governments act to make them safe. The warning came at the international AI summit in Dublin.
A hacker suspected of attacking several South Korean banks with the help of AI left his Claude conversations exposed online. CrowdStrike researchers used them to reconstruct his activities.
Central banks are worried about the growing role of AI and agents in running financial institutions. Regulators fear that AI-powered cyberattacks could disrupt critical banking services and destabilize markets.