The IRS Wants Smarter Audits. Palantir Could Help Decide Who Gets Flagged Summary The IRS quietly paid Palantir about $1.8 million last year to improve a bespoke analytics tool called…
European Commission admits attackers broke into public web systems, but says little else Summary The European Commission has acknowledged an intrusion into its public-facing web infrastructure discovered on 24 March…
Anthropic struggling with Chinese competition, its own safety obsession Summary Anthropic is facing financial pressure and intensifying competition from Chinese AI labs as it eyes a potential IPO in Q4…
AI Research Is Getting Harder to Separate From Geopolitics Summary NeurIPS, the world’s premier AI conference, briefly introduced new restrictions on international participants that provoked a strong backlash from Chinese…
Folk are getting dangerously attached to AI that always tells them they’re right Summary Stanford researchers reviewed 11 major AI models and human responses, and found widespread “sycophantic” behaviour: models…
Senators want datacenters to come clean on power consumption Summary Two US senators, Elizabeth Warren and Josh Hawley, have written to the Energy Information Administration (EIA) urging mandatory, annual reporting…
Wartime Usage of Compromised IP Cameras Highlight Their Danger Summary Nation-states and their proxies are increasingly hijacking Internet-connected cameras to gather real-time intelligence, assist targeting and assess the effects of…
Coruna, DarkSword & Democratizing Nation-State Exploit Kits Summary Coruna and DarkSword are high-end iOS exploit kits that began as nation-state or contractor-developed tooling and have since leaked onto secondary markets,…
European Parliament rejects extension of CSAM scanning rules for tech platforms Summary The European Parliament voted against extending a temporary rule that has allowed tech platforms to scan user communications…
UK weighs new limits on political donations as reports warn of hard-to-trace foreign interference Summary The British government is preparing tighter rules on political donations after two major reports —…
