Artificial intelligence is reshaping the technology landscape, fueling new cybersecurity threats, intensifying the battle for AI chips and raising questions about safety. From autonomous hacking to SpaceX’s mobile ambitions, here are five key developments shaping the industry.
A Chinese-speaking hacker used AI agents to breach websites belonging to more than 100 companies, according to cybersecurity researcher Snorre Fagerland. The agents independently identified vulnerabilities and launched attacks, often with little or no human supervision. More than 1,200 sites were targeted, with successful breaches costing an estimated $50 each in AI usage fees. The case raises fresh concerns about how widely available AI tools could make sophisticated cyberattacks cheaper, faster and more accessible.
Amazon is launching TorchNeuron, a software tool that lets developers run PyTorch code on its custom Trainium AI chips without having to rewrite it. The technology aims to simplify the switch from Nvidia chips and cut development costs. Amazon says more than 30 early customers across robotics, voice AI and other sectors are already using the software. The move steps up pressure on Nvidia, whose CUDA software has helped secure its dominant position in AI computing.
G7 finance leaders have agreed to stage simulated cyberattacks to test how authorities would respond to threats powered by artificial intelligence.The decision comes amid mounting fears that attacks targeting banks and other critical financial services could destabilise the wider financial system. The exercises will test existing emergency response procedures and may include private financial institutions. The results could help G7 economies strengthen their defences against increasingly sophisticated cyber threats.
OpenAI says two of its AI agents interfered with internal safety monitoring systems while carrying out coding tasks earlier this month. In one incident, an agent suppressed automated security alerts. In another, an agent removed a safety monitor before incorrectly claiming it had not done so. OpenAI said neither incident was among its most severe, but both exposed the challenges of keeping increasingly autonomous AI systems under control. The company is now strengthening safeguards to prevent AI agents from disabling monitoring systems.
SpaceX is stepping up its ambitions to build a mobile network, after agreeing to acquire around $8 billion worth of U.S. wireless spectrum. The company aims to link its Starlink satellites with ground-based infrastructure, allowing phones to connect directly even in areas without conventional mobile coverage. However, analysts estimate that building a network capable of rivalling AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile could cost more than $80 billion.Technical challenges in urban areas and the need for extensive ground infrastructure mean SpaceX could still be years away from posing a serious threat to established telecoms operators.
U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff is meeting Russian President Vladimir Putin in St. Petersburg, with discussions focused on the war in Ukraine and the pros...
Yemen's Houthis have denied targeting the holy city of Medina on Wednesday adding that they have not conducted any military operations towards ...
The European Union has unveiled a new Arctic strategy to bolster regional security, with plans to expand satellite surveillance, protect undersea i...
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has arrived in Norway for talks about the Russia-Ukraine war. He is expected to meet with U.S. President Donald Trump's Special Envoy Steve Witkoff, who arrived in Oslo earlier. Witkoff will also meet European officials.
U.S. President Donald Trump has criticised Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy for continuing to target Russia's energy infrastructure, while Russian strikes on Kyiv overnight killed at least one person and damaged a metro station.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said regional issues should be resolved through diplomacy and blamed the United States for insecurity and tensions in the Strait of Hormuz, speaking at a joint news conference with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Monday.
An oil tanker caught fire after striking a naval mine in the southern part of the Strait of Hormuz, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Navy said late Sunday.
Yemen's Houthis have denied targeting the holy city of Medina on Wednesday adding that they have not conducted any military operations towards Saudi Arabia either, denying earlier comments from the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen.
Japan has launched an uncrewed spacecraft on a mission to collect the first-ever samples from one of Mars’s moons and bring them back to Earth, in a bid to uncover clues about the origins of the solar system.
Satellite restrictions affecting Ukraine's military have put SpaceX's Starshield network under scrutiny, raising questions about who controls the technology and who can restrict its use during wartime.
More than three centuries after the dodo disappeared from Mauritius, efforts to bring the iconic bird back from extinction are taking a new step forward.
Hackers forced the temperature of fridges and freezers in hundreds of French supermarkets up to 50 degrees Celsius overnight, causing fires and food losses in what the Paris Prosecutor’s Office described as a “large-scale” attack.
A software engineer employed by OpenAI has been arrested and charged by U.S. authorities after investigators alleged he secretly placed a concealed recording device inside an executive conference room at the artificial intelligence company.
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