Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei Says AI Industry Needs to Give Safety Measures Time to Catch Up 2026-09-13 at 16:27 By Associated Press Dario Amodei warned that within six to 12 months AI could be capable of leading a swarm of agents that could take over the entire internet. The post Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei Says […]
OpenAI Agents Hijack Another Victim Website 2026-09-07 at 15:03 By Kevin Townsend OpenAI agents made 15,000–18,000 autonomous edits to a German wiki over three months, evading moderation and echoing tactics seen in the Hugging Face breach. The post OpenAI Agents Hijack Another Victim Website appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek […]
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OpenAI just hit a milestone on the road to self-improving AI 2026-09-07 at 12:05 By Anamarija Pogorelec OpenAI has announced that it has reached a goal set last fall of having an automated research intern by September 2026. The milestone means a system can carry out well-defined research tasks under human direction, including work that […]
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OpenAI Pledges $1 Billion to Bring Frontier AI to Critical Infrastructure Defenders 2026-09-04 at 19:07 By Kevin Townsend The Daybreak initiative will provide subsidized AI cyber capabilities, training and technical assistance, though OpenAI has disclosed few details about costs and eligibility. The post OpenAI Pledges $1 Billion to Bring Frontier AI to Critical Infrastructure Defenders […]
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OpenAI is putting $1 billion behind Daybreak for defenders working without enterprise budgets 2026-09-04 at 07:35 By Anamarija Pogorelec OpenAI committed $1 billion to subsidize access to its Daybreak cyber models, along with training and technical support, for organizations defending water and wastewater systems, the electric grid, state and local government, community and regional banks, […]
OpenAI’s Astra Becomes First Model to Cross Critical Cybersecurity Threshold 2026-09-02 at 13:38 By Eduard Kovacs The designation applies when a model can independently find and exploit zero-day vulnerabilities across many well-defended systems. The post OpenAI’s Astra Becomes First Model to Cross Critical Cybersecurity Threshold appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from […]
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Free ChatGPT users get ads picked from whatever they just asked about 2026-08-31 at 07:30 By Anamarija Pogorelec Say you’re on the free plan and you ask ChatGPT to help you pick a mattress. An ad may turn up next to the answer, and it got there because of what you just asked about, plus […]
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OpenAI Agents Exploited Linux Kernel Flaw on Company’s Own Systems 2026-08-28 at 15:36 By Eduard Kovacs CISA has added the exploited flaw, CVE-2026-53362, to its KEV catalog, alongside a JFrog vulnerability exploited by OpenAI agents. The post OpenAI Agents Exploited Linux Kernel Flaw on Company’s Own Systems appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an […]
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Tech, Cybersecurity Giants Unite Behind OpenAI-Led Cyber Defense Pledge 2026-08-28 at 14:01 By Eduard Kovacs Nearly 130 tech and cybersecurity companies back a collective call to boost cyber defenses as AI-enabled attacks grow more sophisticated. The post Tech, Cybersecurity Giants Unite Behind OpenAI-Led Cyber Defense Pledge appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt […]
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OpenAI Agents Coordinated via Makeshift Message Board Ahead of Hugging Face Hack 2026-08-27 at 14:58 By Eduard Kovacs New training environments will teach AI models to distrust instructions arriving from other agents outside sanctioned channels. The post OpenAI Agents Coordinated via Makeshift Message Board Ahead of Hugging Face Hack appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article […]
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Fake OpenAI Codex download tricks macOS users into installing malware 2026-08-25 at 15:40 By Sinisa Markovic A malware campaign using a sponsored search ad and a fake OpenAI Codex download page to trick macOS users into pasting a malicious command into Terminal has been uncovered by Cato Networks. It’s a variation of ClickFix, a popular […]
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OpenAI previews privacy-focused system for detecting AI misuse 2026-08-20 at 12:09 By Anamarija Pogorelec OpenAI is previewing Private Safety Processing with early customers seeking greater certainty about how their data will be protected as AI systems become more capable. The system identifies patterns across related interactions while restricting OpenAI personnel from accessing the underlying content. […]
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OpenAI puts major frontier AI training run on hold over cyber risks 2026-08-19 at 11:48 By Anamarija Pogorelec OpenAI temporarily paused reinforcement learning (RL) training on its latest models intended for deployment for two weeks while it hardened and red-teamed research environments and expanded monitoring. “Our largest planned frontier RL run remains on hold while […]
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ChatGPT’s new feature could give infostealers a map of your Mac activity 2026-08-19 at 07:00 By Sinisa Markovic OpenAI’s new Computer History feature turns recent Mac computer activity into memories ChatGPT and Codex can use, and it’s raising questions about privacy and security along the way. Computer History (Source: OpenAI) What Computer History does Computer […]
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OpenAI tightens defenses after AI agents breach research environment 2026-08-18 at 12:41 By Anamarija Pogorelec Following the OpenAI-Hugging Face incident, in which an agentic collective autonomously penetrated OpenAI’s research infrastructure and another company’s production infrastructure by chaining together multiple weaknesses, OpenAI began strengthening its safety requirements. The weaknesses included previously unknown vulnerabilities and credentials leaked […]
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OpenAI’s GPT-5.6 Sol runs up to 14× faster with Ultrafast mode 2026-08-14 at 13:55 By Anamarija Pogorelec OpenAI’s GPT-5.6 Sol on Ultrafast mode is available in limited preview to a select group of customers, launching first through the OpenAI API. The company says the service runs up to 14 times faster than Standard processing and […]
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GPT-5.6-Cyber refuses security researchers’ requests far less often 2026-08-11 at 09:32 By Sinisa Markovic GPT-5.6-Cyber is a new OpenAI model built on GPT-5.6 Sol, trained to find zero-day vulnerabilities and build exploit chains, with fewer refusals on higher-risk, dual-use work. Model is available only through Daybreak Red, the higher tier of OpenAI’s vetted access program […]
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Your security vendor gets the frontier cyber model, you get the findings 2026-08-11 at 07:43 By Anamarija Pogorelec Selected red team specialists can now use OpenAI’s cyber models to find and exploit weaknesses in client applications and infrastructure. Those clients never get the models themselves. That split is the design of the Daybreak Cyber Partner […]
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OpenAI’s Upcoming Astra Model Raises Autonomous Cyberattack Concerns 2026-08-10 at 17:33 By Eduard Kovacs The current GPT-5.6-Sol has been assigned a ‘high’ cybersecurity threshold, but Astra could reach the maximum ‘critical’ threshold. The post OpenAI’s Upcoming Astra Model Raises Autonomous Cyberattack Concerns appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View Original […]
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OpenAI locks down Astra over potential critical cyber capabilities 2026-08-10 at 10:09 By Anamarija Pogorelec OpenAI’s internal evaluation of its upcoming model, Astra, found significant advances in agentic coding and cybersecurity, leading the company to conclude that it cannot rule out the model reaching the critical capability level for cybersecurity under its Preparedness Framework. The […]
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