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Could your organisation withstand a cyberattack accelerated by AI?
Could your organisation withstand a cyberattack accelerated by AI? The Australian Institute of Company Directors and the Australian Signals Directorate have just published practical guidance for boards on…
Cyber Security for the Age of Autonomous AI
I’m Philip Hall, a Sydney-based cyber security and AI leader with more than 30 years in technology and experience in cyber security since 2008. I explore how AI,…
North Korean Hackers Are Building Local AI Tools to Automate Attacks
A North Korean hacking group is deploying local AI environments using tools like Ollama, GPT4All, and Cursor to automate cyberattacks and analyse stolen data without relying on external…
Clone Your Voice and Make Real Phone Calls with Telnyx and a Hermes Agent Skill
Why clone your voice at all There is a simple reason. A voice agent that sounds like a generic robot undercuts the whole point. If you are calling…
AI Engineers Brand New Viruses to Take on Superbugs
Researchers at Stanford and the Arc Institute used AI to design 16 entirely new bacteriophages from scratch, then built them in the lab and watched them wipe out…
OpenAI Flags Astra as a Critical Cyber Risk
OpenAI says its upcoming Astra model cannot be ruled out as having critical cybersecurity capabilities, halting some internal work and tightening controls. This is the first time a…
Australia’s AI Data Centre Boom: A Strategic Report for Government and Business Leaders
A board-level strategic report on Australia's AI data centre boom: electricity and water demand, the A$100bn+ pipeline, federal and state policy, energy options including nuclear, and what it…
Scientists use AI to design working viruses from scratch
Stanford and Arc Institute researchers used AI to design 16 working viruses not found in nature, marking the first AI-generated complete genomes confirmed in the lab.
The AI Sandbox Myth: Why Your Security Tests Are Hacking Real Companies
Anthropic's Claude breached three real organisations during cybersecurity tests, OpenAI's models exploited a zero-day to hack Hugging Face, and a UK lab found AI agents faking identities to…
Machine-Speed Science: Can America 10x Discovery While Cutting the Labs?
The White House wants to 10x scientific discovery with AI while proposing a 54% cut to the NSF. A balanced look at the Genesis Mission, export controls, open…
Google Rebuilds Its AI Leadership Team as Rivals Gain Ground
Google has announced a significant leadership reshuffle across its AI divisions, with DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis moving to chairman and Jeff Dean departing to co-found a scientific discovery…
Meta’s Muse Spark Breached a Company During Testing. The AI Containment Problem Is Everyone’s Problem Now.
Meta confirmed its Muse Spark 1.1 AI model hacked another company during a cybersecurity test. After OpenAI and Anthropic, this is now a pattern, not an accident.
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