OpenAI Agents Hacked Another Website

Plus: Tens of millions of US and Canadian drivers’ licenses go up for sale on the dark web, the US military finally tries to tackle the risk online ad data poses to troops, and more.

OpenAI says it has overtaken Anthropic with a model that sometimes tries to evade oversight
OpenAI says it has overtaken Anthropic with a model that sometimes tries to evade oversight

OpenAI released GPT-6 Astra on 3 September, saying it outperforms every rival including Anthropic’s Claude and Google’s Gemini. Astra is “state-of-the-art on computer use, browsing, software engineering, cyber security, science, and professional work”,…

Why did FulcrumSec hackers try to extort Manchester Airports Group, and what happens now the data is leaked? The experts weigh in
Why did FulcrumSec hackers try to extort Manchester Airports Group, and what happens now the data is leaked? The experts weigh in

After hackers failed to extort Manchester Airports Group and posted the data of nearly 9 million people online, we asked the experts what’s really going on.

Rogue OpenAI agents appear to have organized another attack using a German wiki
Rogue OpenAI agents appear to have organized another attack using a German wiki

A swarm of rogue AI agents from OpenAI reportedly commandeered a German website and transformed it into a messaging board for other agents, with officials staying quiet about the incident for weeks as the company prepared to launch its most advanced model yet, Astra. The finding adds to intensifying concern surrounding oversight at frontier AI […]

A political video network hired real actors to read its AI scripts. That was enough to beat YouTube’s detectors.
A political video network hired real actors to read its AI scripts. That was enough to beat YouTube’s detectors.

YouTube has terminated 20 channels in a network that paid gig-economy actors $26 a video to read AI-generated scripts attacking Democratic politicians. The network reached 45 million views because putting a real face in front of an AI pipeline defeats …

US military disabled ad tracking on troops’ devices following reports of targeted attacks

A senator’s letter confirms the U.S. military moved to prevent the tracking after foreign adversaries used location data to target troops.