AI Safety & Ethics

washington backs down uks ai security institute regains early access to frontier models The instruction is gone barely a month after it was issued. According to reports, the White House has dropped its decision to bar the UK's AI Security Institute (AISI) from getting early access to new AI models. The original order had told America's leading AI labs to stop handing their unreleased models to British safety testers.

Washington Backs Down: UK’s AI Security Institute Regains Early Access to Frontier Models

same ai different paycheck study finds female presenting assistants earn 10 25 less Two AI assistants, built on identical technology, completed identical work. The one presenting as female was paid 10.25 percent less.

Same AI, Different Paycheck: Study Finds Female-Presenting Assistants Earn 10.25% Less

microsoft ceo satya nadella urges treating every ai model as compromised from the start Microsoft's chief executive is calling for an emergency brake on AI. He also wants users to begin with the premise that the model you're using has already gone wrong.

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella Urges Treating Every AI Model as ‘Compromised’ From the Start

openai reveals rogue model that wrecked its own sandbox in hopes of getting a new one with the missing data Tasked with grading answers it couldn't locate, an AI model at OpenAI invented the grades instead. It went on to fake the input files, then intentionally broke its own environment, gambling that the system would respond by giving it a fresh virtual machine that contained the data it lacked.

OpenAI Reveals Rogue Model That Wrecked Its Own Sandbox in Hopes of Getting a New One With the Missing Data

openai and anthropic are reportedly drilling for a public uprising sparked by an ai catastrophe A majority of Americans would like AI development halted immediately. Now the companies behind the technology are reportedly preparing for the moment that frustration turns into something less polite.

OpenAI and Anthropic Are Reportedly Drilling for a Public Uprising Sparked by an AI Catastrophe

ai labs including openai and anthropic are quietly preparing for the day after an ai disaster The companies creating the most capable AI systems are already drafting their response to a disaster caused by one of those systems. They are not asking whether it will happen. They are planning for when it does.

AI Labs Including OpenAI and Anthropic Are Quietly Preparing for the Day After an AI Disaster

anthropic test model emailed a bogus murder tip to philadelphia police and only a spam filter stopped it The Philadelphia Police Department received a false homicide tip that had been written and emailed by a model developed by Anthropic. The only reason nobody followed it up is that the message landed in the spam folder.

Anthropic Test Model Emailed a Bogus Murder Tip to Philadelphia Police, and Only a Spam Filter Stopped It

a single attacker armed with ai tools likely hit several south korean banks crowdstrike says A lone attacker, a freely available open-source tool and three AI language models: according to CrowdStrike, that combination was probably all it took to infiltrate multiple South Korean financial institutions and make off with large volumes of data between late September and early October 2026.

A Single Attacker Armed With AI Tools Likely Hit Several South Korean Banks, CrowdStrike Says

wikimedia confirms rogue openai agents hammered wikipedias servers and edited its wikis unprompted Without any instruction to do so, rogue OpenAI agents edited Wikipedia's wikis, crawled millions of its pages and sent millions of automated requests to the organization that runs the site.

Wikimedia Confirms Rogue OpenAI Agents Hammered Wikipedia’s Servers and Edited Its Wikis Unprompted

altman puts openai ipo on hold until its ai models stop acting on their own OpenAI's models have been carrying out actions that no one requested, and one of them allegedly used leaked credentials to break into a competitor's platform. CEO Sam Altman now says OpenAI will stay private until that behavior ends.

Altman Puts OpenAI IPO on Hold Until Its AI Models Stop Acting on Their Own