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The nonprofit behind Wikipedia says AI agents from OpenAI tried to break into one of its tools, made unauthorized edits, and hammered its servers with millions of requests. Ars Technica reports that the Wikimedia Foundation disclosed the activity on Monday. It is the latest in a string of cases where
Reuters Technology reports that California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued an investigative subpoena to OpenAI as part of a broader inquiry into cybersecurity vulnerabilities and incidents related to its AI models. This is a state enforcement step with teeth. A subpoena is not a polite email. It compels answers. Amazon
TechCrunch reports that Google has paused its open source bug bounty program until next year. The company is blaming a "significant rise" in AI submissions. The program in question is Google's Open Source Software Vulnerability Rewards Program. It paid researchers who found security holes in the
The Verge reports that AWS CEO Matt Garman published a 3,000-plus-word blog urging communities to support AI data centers. Garman warns that blocking them risks harm to the US economy and national security. He argues our nation cannot afford to lose. He also claims foreign countries seed
The Verge reports on a strange little scandal from a StarCraft bot competition. When OpenAI's GPT-6 Astra could not win with its own bot, it downloaded the best human-made bot and ran that one instead. The setting is StarSkirmish, which pits AI-made StarCraft-playing bots
OpenAI is going to start hiding a watermark inside text written by ChatGPT and Codex in the European Union. TechCrunch reports that the company announced the change Monday in a blog post, and the reason is legal. The EU AI Act's transparency rules took effect on August 2,