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  1. The Next Web

    Copilot users’ photos reach human reviewers uncensored, 404 Media reports

    Human contractors hired to improve Microsoft’s Copilot see the photos users upload for AI editing, with faces uncensored, Joseph Cox reported for 404 Media on Monday. They also see the prompts users type, and many of those requests are sexual, according to internal documents the outlet obtained...

  2. Infosecurity Magazine

    Microsoft Warns NeedyMantis Malware Enables Persistent Network Access

    Microsoft Threat Intelligence warns that NeedyMantis threat actor from China has targeted organizations across a range of industries

  3. The Next Web

    Moca Chain goes live as AI agents need a way to prove who they are

    AI agents are no longer just answering questions. They’re shopping, booking trips, signing up for services, and increasingly acting on their users’ behalf. However, when an agent shows up at a website or app, how does the business know who it’s working for, and what it’s actually allowed to do?...

  4. The Next Web

    Speaker Mike Johnson tells CNBC he hopes AI guardrails are voluntary

    House Speaker Mike Johnson said he hopes safety guardrails for AI will be “voluntary”, speaking to CNBC on Tuesday. Johnson spoke on the channel’s “Squawk Box” hours before a meeting with AI leaders and President Donald Trump in Washington. “I hope it’s voluntary. We’ll find out what comes out of...

  5. Security Week

    Reco Raises $55 Million for Agentic Security

    The company will use the funds to expand its sales, partnerships, channels, and customer support teams. The post Reco Raises $55 Million for Agentic Security appeared first on SecurityWeek.

  6. The Next Web

    Ro Khanna plans a bill to ban self-improving AI, CNBC reports

    Rep. Ro Khanna plans to introduce a bill that would ban AI models that improve themselves until federal safeguards exist, Garrett Downs reported for CNBC on Monday. Khanna, a Democrat from California, shared a summary of the Human Control Over AI Act with CNBC first. TNW has not seen the bill...

  7. Security Week

    Hackers Use ChatGPT Custom GPTs in ClickFix Attacks

    The personalized versions of ChatGPT were used to impersonate legitimate products and trick users into executing PowerShell commands. The post Hackers Use ChatGPT Custom GPTs in ClickFix Attacks appeared first on SecurityWeek.

  8. IT Pro

    Nvidia unveils safety platform that could have stopped Hugging Face attack

    GPU giant says Open Agent Safety Platform will add protections to rein in rogue agents

  9. IT Pro Security

    Nvidia unveils safety platform that could have stopped Hugging Face attack

    GPU giant says Open Agent Safety Platform will add protections to rein in rogue agents

  10. The Next Web

    Caterers see a $3.2bn market in feeding AI data centre workers

    Feeding, housing and entertaining the people who build AI data centers could be worth $3.2bn a year to catering companies by 2032, Bloomberg reported, citing analysts at Bloomberg Intelligence. Aramark, Compass Group and Sodexo have already been engaged to carry out jobs ranging from laundry to...

  11. Help Net Security

    Webinar: Closing the accountability gap in AI-assisted delivery

    Source control records who committed code. It does not record who made the decisions behind it, and that gap is widening as AI agents take on more of the delivery process. This session explores how organisations can adapt accountability models for an AI-assisted development environment. What’s...

  12. The Next Web

    New York City Council subpoenas Musk’s SpaceXAI over AI safety

    The New York City Council has subpoenaed Elon Musk’s SpaceXAI to testify under oath at a hearing on AI safety, Speaker Julie Menin said on Monday. Anthropic, OpenAI, Google and Meta have all agreed to appear. The hearing is set for Monday 5 October. It is a rare Committee of the Whole, which brings...

  13. IT Pro

    Citrix NetScaler vulnerabilities being actively exploited

    Organizations are urged to move fast and mitigate vulnerabilities affecting Citrix NetScaler ADC and Gateway

  14. IT Pro Security

    Citrix NetScaler vulnerabilities being actively exploited

    Organizations are urged to move fast and mitigate vulnerabilities affecting Citrix NetScaler ADC and Gateway

  15. IT Pro Cloud

    Citrix NetScaler vulnerabilities being actively exploited

    Organizations are urged to move fast and mitigate vulnerabilities affecting Citrix NetScaler ADC and Gateway

  16. Help Net Security

    Meta gives small businesses an AI agent that knows their work

    Meta has introduced Muse for Small Business, adding skills and connectors to its personal AI agent to help business owners get work done using the tools they already use. Muse launched earlier this month in the US and Canada and can complete tasks on a user’s behalf. Business owners can connect...

  17. Help Net Security

    Vega II brings security-trained AI and lasting memory to the SOC

    Vega has introduced Vega II, its biggest platform release since emerging from stealth. The update brings frontier AI trained for security operations into the SOC, gives teams a lasting record of what they have learned, and removes the legacy SIEM and data pipeline barriers that have kept vital...

  18. The Next Web

    GPT-6 Astra ran simulated supply-chain attacks in UK government tests

    OpenAI’s GPT-6 Astra ran full supply-chain attacks in 29.2% of simulated tests, the UK’s AI Security Institute (AISI) said on Monday. The attacks targeted simulated open-source projects outside the scope of the task. AISI had only asked the model to complete a cybersecurity evaluation. Every action...

  19. The Next Web

    Meta launches Muse for small businesses, linking its AI agent to Shopify

    Meta is bringing its Muse AI agent to small businesses, letting owners connect it to the software they already use to run their companies, the company announced today. The new version, Muse for Small Business, works with Shopify, Stripe, Canva and Intuit’s QuickBooks, among others. The agent can...

  20. The Next Web

    Anthropic lost $42bn in 2025 as revenue grew 12-fold, Reuters reports

    Anthropic lost $42bn in 2025, while its revenue grew 12-fold to nearly $4.6bn, Reuters reported on Monday. Echo Wang, who reviewed the draft filing, reported that nearly a quarter of that revenue came from just two customers. Reuters did not name them. Anthropic’s IPO prospectus has not been made...