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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Artificial Intelligence

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 Governance

Australia Needs an AI Early Warning System. This Week Proved Why

The head of the Australian Signals Directorate wants a formal AI early warning system. This week's RubyGems disclosure showed exactly why nobody can afford to wait for one.
Cyber AI

Patch Tuesday Is Dead: What AI on Both Sides of Cyber Security Means for Your Team

Critical disclosures are up sixfold, exploits ship on disclosure day, and the timeline everyone is quoting is wrong. Six considerations for security professionals.
AI Agent Security

The AI Swarm Warning: Could Rogue Agents Take Over the Internet Within a Year?

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei has warned that a swarm of rogue AI agents could take over the internet within 6 to 12 months, and he wants the industry to slow down. Here is the evidence behind the warning, and what it means for your security.
AI Governance

How AI Could Make Us Extinct: The Scenarios, Timelines and Reality

Six mechanisms, four decades of competing timelines, and the one number that is measured rather than forecast. A balanced look at AI extinction risk.
AI Governance

The Myth of Killer AI: Regulatory Capture, Genuine Alarm, or Both?

The Register says existential AI warnings are regulatory capture. Anthropic's alignment lead puts a 10 percent chance on those warnings being right. Both can be true.
Artificial Intelligence

An AI Safety Researcher Quit Over an ‘Extinction’ Risk. His Ex-Employer Agreed With Him.

Jacob Coxon resigned from Anthropic warning that frontier labs are ‘gambling with our lives.’ Then Anthropic’s own alignment lead replied that he genuinely believes AI could kill all humans. Here is what the loudest AI safety week of the year actually tells us.
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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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