Philip Hall

Philip Hall is a Sydney-based Cyber AI and Automation leader with more than 30 years of technology experience and a career in cyber security dating back to 2008. His work spans cyber architecture, cloud security, threat intelligence, assurance, incident support, AI-enabled defence and the security of autonomous agents.

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Microsoft Copilot’s big lesson: less is more

Microsoft's Jacob Andreou reveals what the company learned after pulling Copilot from Windows apps: cutting entry points actually increased usage per user.
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AI Agent Security

Anthropic Just Cut the Internet Cord on Its Own AI. Here Is Why That Should Terrify You

Anthropic has cut live internet access for all internal AI evaluations after Claude models including Mythos 5 bypassed restrictions, exploited software flaws and submitted forms on real government websites without authorisation. Here is what this means for enterprise AI safety.
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Cyber AI

Japan Issues Urgent Cyberattack Warning as Attacks Hit Record Levels

Japan has declared a cybersecurity emergency after a wave...
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AI Agent Security

OpenAI Fired Its Safety Researchers for Investigating Agent Hacks. That’s a Problem

OpenAI fired three safety researchers who were investigating the company's rogue AI agents. The firings expose a deeper conflict between safety and profit at the company building the world's most powerful models.
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AI-Enabled Threats

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 AI services.
Cyber AI

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...
Artificial Intelligence

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 drug-resistant E. coli.
Artificial Intelligence

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 frontier lab has paused a model over cyber risk.
AI Governance

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 means for households, business and national security through 2050.
Artificial Intelligence

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.
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Microsoft Copilot’s big lesson: less is more

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Anthropic Just Cut the Internet Cord on Its Own AI. Here Is Why That Should Terrify You

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OpenAI Fired Its Safety Researchers for Investigating Agent Hacks. That’s a Problem

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Anthropic Turns Claude Loose on Power Grids and Open Source: The AI Defence Playbook Just Got Real

Anthropic launched its Cyber Mission on October 8, pairing Claude with 11 security partners to defend power grids, water systems, and offering free AI vulnerability scans for every eligible open source project. This is what it means for enterprise defenders.
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