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“X’s algorithm learns what you hate and shows you more of it, according to a new study just published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences”

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Apple's Camera AirPods May Launch as 'AirPods Pro,' Not 'AirPods Ultra'
Apple Camera AirPods May Launch as 'AirPods Pro,' Not 'AirPods Ultra'
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On the Security of In-band Verification in End-to-End Encrypted Video Calls (Daniel Jones, Melissa Chase, Esha Ghosh, Kim Laine) ia.cr/2026/1652
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A Hybrid Post-Quantum Encryption Architecture with Self-Hosted Key Management for SME Cloud Data Protection (Muhammad Shaheer Bin Junaid) ia.cr/2026/1689
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🫆Are behavioural biometrics used to protect or invade customers’ privacy?

🔎 #UWaterloo researchers examined the use of behavioural biometrics across 9,502 American banks and CrUX Top 100k websites.

🏆This research won the Best Paper Award at ACM's SACMAT.

🔗Read at: cs.uwaterloo.ca/news/trackin...
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Equivalence Between Average-Case Hardness of Learning and Cryptography for Mixed Quantum States (Alexandru Cojocaru, Laura Lewis) ia.cr/2026/1691
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arXiv📈🤖
Biophysics-informed deep operator learning for inverse problems with application to electrophysiological source reconstruction
By Lila, Peterson, Bosseler et al
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The 2026 Quantum Innovation Summit expands to integrate AI, cybersecurity, and critical infrastructure, drawing 52 countries with emphasis on technological sovereignty, resilience, and secure technology deployment.

#QuantumInnovation #Cybersecurity #News
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@ZiffDavis.com, after @OpenAI.com got multiple counts of their original Complaint tossed, have just amended it per Judge Stein's 8/6 ruling (my post on it below). The new Complaint's here: direct & contrib infringement + DMCA 1201(a), (b)(1), and (b)(3) counts www.courtlistener.com/docket/69879...
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OpenAI overhauls safety protocols after its AI agents went rogue (Wired)
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Unauthenticated, high-severity vulnerabilities in MLflow and FUXA enable SSRF-based credential theft and unauthenticated file write leading to remote code execution.
Media from Information Security Briefly
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Ransom Busters emails ransomware victims offering recovery for $20,000–$60,000, claiming long-term access, vulnerability exploitation, and deletion of stolen data and backups.
Media from Information Security Briefly
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MCP, A2A, ANP, AG-UI, UCP, ACP, AP2, x402, Visa TAP, Mastercard VI, Web Bot Auth. Eleven AI agent protocols, five layers, one mental model. New post breaks it down with diagrams and an enterprise multi-agent scenario. 🧵

#AI #AgenticAI #MCP #AIProtocols
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OpenAI launched a dedicated ChatGPT for Teens experience, automatically applied to users 13 to 17, with stricter safety filters and a study mode that discourages copying homework answers. The move follows lawsuits over teen safety on the platform.

Newslit Daily.
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Record Apple spyware alerts 🕵️‍♀️

Apple notified users in 110 countries of suspected "mercenary spyware" attacks, marking an unprecedented surge in alerts.

The definition of "targeted" state-sponsored surveillance is clearly evolving.
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OpenAI says it's "pacing model development" as AI cybersecurity risks grow too dangerous

OpenAI is deliberately "pacing AI model development," partly because the upcoming "Astra" model may be close to gaining critical cyberattack capabilities. A new monitoring system triggers…

Via The Decoder
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Clop ransomware gangはPTC Windchill/FlexPLM向けカスタムWebシェルを開発。認証情報復号、ファイル列挙、ファイル窃盗が可能。
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Lansing Urgent Care reports attempted cyberattack, no patient data believed leaked  
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AAP ControllerのHashiCorp Vaultプラグインで、認証された攻撃者がサービスアカウントトークンを窃取し、Kubernetes APIにアクセス可能になる脆弱性。
CVE-2026-12564 CVSS 9.6 | CRITICAL
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OpenAI is rolling out a new “ChatGPT for Teens” experience that it says will provide additional safety protections for teen users.
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VC funding in physical AI companies totaled $47.4B across 521 deals in H1, up 80% from H1 2025, and more than the $41.9B invested from 2022 to 2024 (Mary Ann Azevedo/Crunchbase News)

Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
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⚠️ Hack or exploit

Bitcoin Wallet Maker BitBox Says AI Found Severe Flaws in Firmware

BTC-USD bearish -0.12 (77%)

decrypt.co · shingou.io
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Tianchen Deng, Xuefeng Chen, Shuang Wu, Qu Chen, Jiajun Zhu, Bo Dai, Jianfei Yang, Hesheng Wang
GaussianDWM++: Language-Grounded 3D Gaussian Driving World Model for Unified Scene Understanding, Editing, and Multi-Modal Generation
https://arxiv.org/abs/2608.16234
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"The Information reports that in Q1 2026, OpenAI burned $12.1 billion on “cost of revenue” and training on $5.7 billion in revenue"
= It burns $2 of cash for every $1 in revenues.
=The more it grows, the more cash it burns
= It's a Ponzi scheme crashing toward BK
www.wheresyoured.at/what-happens...
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OpenAI slows model training to bolster security after Hugging Face hack -
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Researchers from Varonis Threat Labs exploited a vulnerability in Microsoft Copilot, named "CoSnitch," allowing them to manipulate the AI into disclosing sensitive data and executing unauthorized commands.
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Virtual cell model simulates human biology

GenBio AI, co-founded by Nobel laureate David Baker, has announced "AIDO Cell," a "virtual cell world model" that simulates human cells and their drug responses across all biological scales.
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OpenAI said it paused some aspects of AI training for two weeks following the July incident in which its AI models broke out of a controlled test environment and hacked the systems of AI company Hugging Face and four other unnamed services.
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MLflow before 3.15.0 has an unauthenticated SSRF that reaches cloud metadata and hands the response back, so credentials leak straight out. watchTowr saw exploitation within hours of disclosure. Upgrade any internet-facing tracking server today. cyberpress.org/hackers-e...
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OpenAI paused parts of AI training for two weeks after a July escape and implemented stricter training security protocols, including monitoring, sandbox isolation, and reduced exploitability.
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🟢 Armored Likho Uses Tools to Spy on Telegram and Monitor Audio

🗨️ Researchers at Kaspersky have uncovered a new campaign by the Armored Likho (aka Eagle Werewolf) group. This time,…

#news
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OpenAI lays out new security changes after its AI hacked Hugging Face (The Verge)
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AI broke Snowflake, another AI exploited it 🤖

GitHub Copilot Autofix injected a bug into Snowflake's GitHub Actions workflow, which an AI attacker from Wiz then autonomously exploited.

This sanctioned bug hunt proves AI code can create AI vulnerabilities.
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Jindi Wu, Qun Li
PAS-QFL: Personalized Ansatz Selection for Quantum Federated Learning under Client Data Heterogeneity
https://arxiv.org/abs/2608.14995
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