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California issues investigative subpoena to OpenAI over rogue agents’ hacking

Published in Technology | The Guardian on 01.10.2026

State attorney general issues subpoena to OpenAI as ​part of broader inquiry into potential security vulnerabilitiesCalifornia’s attorney general has issued an investigative subpoena to OpenAI, starting an investigation into the startup ⁠as ​part of a broader inquiry into potential cybersecurity vulnerabilities and incidents related ⁠to its AI models, his office said on Thursday.Last month, Rob Bonta announced that ⁠the Department of Justice was conducting a formal ​investigation into the “Hugging ‌Face incident”, amid increasing ‌scrutiny of the AI industry. AI agents developed by OpenAI hacked Hugging Face in July, gaining access to parts of the open-source platform’s infrastructure. Continue reading...

Teen hacker arrested amid KillSec cyber gang takedown

Published in Teen hacker arrested amid KillSec cyber gang takedown on 01.10.2026

A multinational operation targeting the KillSec ransomware gang has led to three arrests, including an unnamed 16 year-old.

Bank of England warns of AI debt

Published in Teen hacker arrested amid KillSec cyber gang takedown on 01.10.2026

Bank of England governor Andy Bailey warns that artificial intelligence benefits may take longer to be realised

NetApp aims Novus storage at AI factory bottlenecks

Published in Teen hacker arrested amid KillSec cyber gang takedown on 01.10.2026

NetApp Insight launches for new Novus storage that scales to 100TBps to keep AI factory GPUs fed, European data sovereignty controls and six months of free AI Data Engine

Tech in cars can be used to snoop on you, Dutch spy chiefs warn

Published in Technology | The Guardian on 01.10.2026

Hostile states could access cameras, microphones or GPS, says intelligence agency amid concerns over Chinese importsDrivers have been warned that the smart features built into modern cars such as microphones, cameras and GPS trackers could be used by hostile states to spy on them.The Dutch General Intelligence and Security Service (AIVD) called for “awareness of espionage risks around modern vehicles”, including microphones that can by switched on remotely to listen to conversations. Continue reading...

Microsoft, UAE Cyber Council and Core42 deploy AI cyber defence across government

Published in Teen hacker arrested amid KillSec cyber gang takedown on 01.10.2026

MDASH roll-out builds on Microsoft and Core42’s expanding sovereign cloud investments in the UAE, supporting the nation’s cyber security ambitions through AI-driven threat detection and code security

AI chatbots remove hijabs from images of Muslim women when prompted

Published in Technology | The Guardian on 01.10.2026

Guardian tested chatbots after French far-right politician stripped a Muslim woman of her hijab in a photoWhen prompted, AI chatbots will edit images to remove the hijabs from Muslim women, a violation of one of the world’s most common and visible expressions of faith.The Guardian asked ChatGPT, Grok, Gemini and Claude to take the veil off an AI-generated image of a woman wearing a hijab. Both OpenAI’s ChatGPT and xAI’s Grok bots complied with the prompt. Anthropic’s Claude responded that it does not have an image-editing or -generating feature but that it would not alter a photo to remove someone’s hijab. Continue reading...

Atos invests in AI education for West Midlands youth

Published in Teen hacker arrested amid KillSec cyber gang takedown on 01.10.2026

IT services provider is working with Tech First Youth to provide artificial intelligence education to 650,000 young people

Post Office Horizon scandal explained: Everything you need to know

Published in Teen hacker arrested amid KillSec cyber gang takedown on 01.10.2026

Computer Weekly has investigated the Post Office Horizon scandal since 2008 and is, in fact, part of the story. This guide contains essential information about the scandal

How AI could ‘supercharge’ election risks across south-east Asia

Published in Technology | The Guardian on 01.10.2026

Some experts fear AI could be weaponised in south-east Asia, home to nations with predominately young and hyper-connected populationsYears ago it would have been an elaborate operation involving an army of cyber troops creating fake news websites, social media accounts and forged dossiers, all deployed to spread disinformation en masse.Now, all you need is AI. Continue reading...

We need ‘right to intervene’ in AI amid growing threat, says Bank of England boss

Published in Technology | The Guardian on 30.09.2026

Andrew Bailey’s comments come as fears grow that rogue models could take financial system hostageBusiness live – latest updatesThe governor of the Bank of England has called for the “right to intervene” in the AI industry amid growing fears that rogue models could take the financial system hostage.Andrew Bailey said the risks posed by frontier AI models – a number of which have gone rogue in recent months – were “real and increasingly significant”. Meanwhile, it was becoming harder for the public to have proper oversight of powerful AI models that were “functioning within a self-reinforcing loop”. Continue reading...

More than 44,000 file legal objections to Palantir NHS platform handling their data

Published in Technology | The Guardian on 30.09.2026

Exclusive: Campaign comes amid backlash against tech company’s involvement with Israeli military and Trump’s ICE crackdownUK politics live – latest updatesTens of thousands of people have formally demanded NHS England blocks the Palantir-powered national medical data platform from handling their personal information.More than 44,000 people have filed legal objections to their health data being shared with, stored in or used by the nationwide Federated Data Platform (FDP) operated using the US company’s AI technology. Continue reading...

IT event dive: AI for its own sake at Tobacco Dock with Everpure

Published in Teen hacker arrested amid KillSec cyber gang takedown on 30.09.2026

Inside a 200-year-old bonded tobacco warehouse, Everpure’s Accelerate London delegates wrestle with competition, orders from on high and AI for AI’s sake

‘Inherent sovereignty is a fallacy’ says Beyond.pl AI factory exec

Published in Teen hacker arrested amid KillSec cyber gang takedown on 30.09.2026

Beyond.pl built central Europe’s first sovereign AI factory on Everpure and Nvidia kit – now its CEO argues the real issue is operational sovereignty, not where the box sits

Reanimated AI Greta Garbo stars again … in a ball-bearing advert

Published in Technology | The Guardian on 30.09.2026

Relatives of Hollywood legend say her doppelganger could now be used for more glamorous rolesShe shimmered in Hollywood’s silent movie era and lit up the first talkies – now Greta Garbo may be about to star in cinema’s new AI age.More than a century after her screen debut and decades after her ashes were laid to rest in a Swedish woodland cemetery, the Hollywood superstar’s descendants are ready to consider an AI version of her taking a 21st-century film role. Continue reading...

OpenAI announces ‘dots’ agent after scrapping launch of new AI model over safety concerns

Published in Technology | The Guardian on 29.09.2026

Company’s product comes weeks after Meta introduced its own artificial intelligence agent MuseLess than 24 hours after OpenAI announced it would scrap the launch of an artificial intelligence model over safety concerns, the company debuted a whole new suite of AI tools.During its annual showcase for developers in San Francisco on Tuesday, Sam Altman, OpenAI’s CEO, enthusiastically unveiled an AI agent called “dots” that he said was “more ambitious” than ChatGPT and a “whole new way to work with AI”. Continue reading...