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It's not about Anthropic vs. OpenAI anymore techcrunch.com/2026/06/26/i...

A single intrusion exposed parallel activity from two unrelated threat actors operating at the same time, blending tactics, obscuring signals, and enabling sustained access while masking the full scope of the compromise. msft.it/63326vqXMs

Akira claims 10GB of data stolen from Precise Forms, including employee IDs, SSNs, NDAs, project files, contracts, and customer records. #Akira #PreciseForms #Ransomware

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American Tower - 216,601 breached accounts #cybersecurity #hacking #news #infosec #security #technology #privacy

The White House has asked OpenAI to limit the release of its next model to government-approved users.

www.semafor.com/article/06/2...

Google’s Black Hat 2026 Offensive: How AI Threat Defense, Mandiant Frontline Intel & Agent Security Are Rewriting Cyber Defense + Video

Introduction As AI-powered cyber threats accelerate from weeks-long campaigns to hour-speed intrusions, the security community is converging on Las Vegas this…

OpenAI walks into Cannes Lions and tells the advertising industry it is ready to take their money
->Startup Fortune | More on "OpenAI enters advertising industry" at BigEarthData.ai | #OpenAI

Incident CVE-2026-LGTM
https://nesbitt.io/2026/06/26/incident-report-cve-2026-lgtm.html
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48686093

OpenAI leans toward waiting until next year for IPO


https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48678873

AI Won't Wipe-Out Entry-Level Cybersecurity Jobs https://www.darkreading.com/cybersecurity-operations/ai-wont-wipe-out-entry-level-cybersecurity-jobs

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Source: Ed Zitron's Where's Your Ed At

Why frontier AI must be stress-tested before CISOs trust it
->Computer Weekly | More on "Frontier AI cybersecurity validation testing" at BigEarthData.ai | #AI

New #macOS #malware embeds fake errors to confuse #AI analysis tools



#cybersecurity #Apple

... I'm just gonna drop this here so enjoy it while it lasts. "he came out as LGBT in high school". Yep, you're reading this right.

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FCC requires emergency-alert distributors to secure their systems: www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/fcc-eme... (by @ericjgeller.com)

📈 #Markets

"Get a jump start on the US trading day with Dani Burger on "Bloomberg Open Interest." Global stocks end the week in the red as tech jitters return, with OpenAI reportedly delaying its IPO into next year. Plus, Robert Friedland on whether geothermal can solve AI’s energy crunch.…"

Take a break from doomscrolling Bluesky, and come doomscroll our snappy-as-hell newsletter, where we've got all the best of AI discourse rounded up for you.

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OpenAI limits access to new model, citing government security concerns

https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/openai-limits-access-to-new-model-citing-government-security-concerns-66420050?mod=rss_Technology

#AI can be an ally in rooting out #ransomware #threats

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Although Notion is killing its Skiff-influenced email client, it may continue leveraging the human resources and other productivity ideas gained through its Skiff acquisition as it tries to compete more strongly against rivals like Google Workspace.

OpenAI unveils GPT-5.6 amid US AI regulatory drama www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...

Too many on the left have argued for more government regulation of AI without really thinking through what this would mean in practice.

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Barcode to Breach: Securing the Universal Product Code in an AI-Powered Retail Systems + Video

Introduction: The humble barcode, invented in the 1970s and released into the public domain, revolutionized global logistics. Today, as retail systems evolve into complex, open-platform ecosystems…

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Join us at the Kennel Club for hands-on workshops covering AI, red teaming for AWS, and building your own OpenGraph collector.

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Be cautious! Scammers are exploiting an internal Microsoft account to disseminate spam links. Stay informed and vigilant to protect your information. It's essential to verify sources before clicking…

https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/21/scammers-are-abusing-an-internal-microsoft-account-to-send-spam/

FCC Chairman Brendan Carr says the program should be scaled back—or eliminated entirely—because students are getting too much screen time.

OpenAI releases three versions of GPT-5.6, called Sol, Terra, and Luna, as a limited preview to ~20 companies, with participants disclosed to the US government (Axios)

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In our latest blog post, Foundation contractor Shivam Mathur digs into the details and importance of providing support for PHP builds on Windows. 🚀 thephp.foundation/blog/2026/0... #php #phpc #windows

the insinuation that they are nerfing the model is just weird to me. this happens every month, where a wave of people believes anthropic maliciously goes and nerfs the model.

the much much much more likely thing is that - as we have seen before! - claude code regressed

OpenAI Releases GPT-5.6 to U.S. Government-Approved Customers

https://www.theinformation.com/brief...

In 2022, after OpenAI released ChatGPT, the cases coming before university honor boards changed radically. Now it's time to change universities' approach. bit.ly/4ap9sXQ bit.ly/4ap9sXQ

It’s not about Anthropic vs. OpenAI anymore

The U.S. government is set to take an awful lot of control over which AI models get released. Two weeks after the U.S. government pulled Anthropic’s Fable and Mythos models, OpenAI’s new model seems to be headed for the same limbo. The Information broke…

OpenAI names former Uber India head Prabhjeet Singh as India MD https://t.co/Xn3zlAlVKS

— The Right News, Right Now. (@BradPorcellato)
Jun 26, 2026

June 26, 2026 at 10:27AM

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Hacked #Klue says criminals are deleting stolen customer data, but now other hackers are making threats



#cybersecurity #privacy #DataBreach

Some Anthropic and OpenAI customers are cutting AI costs by 90% or more as cheaper models prove good enough for more tasks.

Full story:

🚀 OpenAI just previewed GPT-5.6 Sol, a next-gen model with advanced capabilities & safety. Details: https://openai.com/index/previewing-gpt-5-6-sol Track all releases at https://watchrr.app/updates

Benchmarking Deep Learning Models for Raman Spectroscopy Across Open-Source Datasets http://pubs.rsc.org/en/Content/ArticleLanding/2026/DD/D6DD00044D

NEW: Investigators have reportedly concluded that Russian hackers were behind the damaging, disrupting, and costly cyberattack against Jaguar Land Rover last year.

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[some-subscribed-rss] New Post: Quoting OpenAI, by Simon Willison https://simonwillison.net/2026/Jun/26/openai/#atom-everything

OpenAI hopes to make GPT-5.6 generally available in the coming weeks and says "this kind of government access process" should not become the long-term default (Amrith Ramkumar/Wall Street Journal)

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OpenAI hasn’t held pre-IPO meetings or set timeline yet

OpenAI hasn't yet held pre-IPO meetings to discuss potential pricing and demand, or outlined an official timeline for the listing, according to people familiar with the company's plans. Those meetings to test the waters with investors will…

Two new Linux LPEs hit page cache from opposite ends of the kernel

Two new Linux kernel LPEs, CVE-2026-46331 (pedit COW) and CVE-2026-43503 (DirtyClone), corrupt page-cache memory to gain root without…

https://thecybersecguru.com/news/linux-lpe-pedit-cow-dirtyclone-cve-2026-46331-cve-2026-43503/

www.wired.com/story/openai...

Yeah, this is a great big flashing red light. OpenAI needs money. It's been relying on private investors for years. Going public would mean a broader pool of suckers.

But then SpaceX went public and cratered. There may actually not be enough suckers to go around.

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OpenAI upgrading ChatGPT and Codex with new GPT-5.6 models in limited release
OpenAI は ChatGPT と Codex を制限されたリリースで新しい GPT-5.6 モデルでアップグレード

A Jaguar Land Rover cyberattack halted production for months, costing the U.K. economy billions and prompting a 1.5 billion government bailout.

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Cybersecurity Experts Ask Feds to Lift Restrictions on Mythos www.pymnts.com/news/artific... #fintech #digitaltransformation

Anthropic Just Dropped 13 Free AI Courses with Certificates—Here’s Why Cybersecurity Pros Are Rushing to Enroll + Video

Introduction: The artificial intelligence landscape is shifting faster than most organizations can secure it. While boardrooms debate which large language model delivers the best…

#Google #Gemini will only work within its #training no matter how well some of its generated text succeeds at answering #complexity studies.
It finally stopped automatically redirecting my #orgone queries to #fake #orgonite #cultism but still myopically pushes #scientific #avantgarde to the #fringe.

Here we go again. 🤷‍♀️ First search. Then social media. Now AI.

—> AI just gives you an answer. One answer. No context. No agency.

😳 OpenAI just pitched that answer to the highest bidders at Cannes Lions today. 🙄

📎 www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...

#Marketing #AIEthics #RikkeJourney