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OpenAI issued an important advisory in early December, warning that its next-generation artificial intelligence models will likely reach “high” cybersecurity risk levels, a classification indicating they could enable large-scale cyberattacks against well-defended systems. This warning represents a critical inflection point in AI development, which points to the emergence of dual-use capabilities that simultaneously empower both defenders and potential attackers. The Risk Assessment: What OpenAI is warning against OpenAI’s concern is grounded in measurable capability acceleration. Models demonstrated extraordinary advances on capture-the-flag (CTF) security benchmarks, jumping from 27% accuracy on GPT-5 in August 2025 to 76% on GPT-5.1-Codex-Max by November 2025,…

The New York Times (NYT) filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against Perplexity AI in early December, accusing the generative artificial intelligence (Gen-AI) startup of systematically copying millions of its articles to fuel its AI search engine. This copyright case marks the latest update in publishers’ war against gen-AI companies, coming months after OpenAI was ordered by a federal judge to release internal files in a Copyright case also brought forward by the NYT. The lawsuit, lodged in a federal court in New York, details how Perplexity’s technology scrapes paywalled content, indexes it without permission, and spits out “verbatim or near-verbatim”…

The UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has fined LastPass UK Ltd £1.2 million for a 2022 data breach that exposed personal details of up to 1.6 million users across the country. The recently announced penalty is as a result of the Commission’s findings of the security company’s failures in adhering to best security practices, which allowed for attackers to steal sensitive data. Although core password vaults remained encrypted during the attack itself, this enforcement action by the ICO still highlights regulators’ commitment to holding credential management companies accountable for infrastructure and operational security failings, regardless of encryption strength. The compromised…

700Credit, a Michigan-based credit reporting and identity verification provider serving the automotive finance sector, recently suffered a prolonged data breach that affected about 5.6 individuals. The breach accessed highly sensitive personally identifiable information (PII) including full names, physical addresses, dates of birth, and Social Security numbers, which are the core elements necessary for identity theft and financial fraud. This incident ranks among the largest financial services data breaches of 2025 and exposes systemic vulnerabilities in third-party vendor management within the auto finance ecosystem. 700Credit operates as a critical intermediary in automotive retail, serving tens of thousands dealerships nationwide across automotive,…

OpenAI recently released GPT-5.2, positioning the model as its most capable system yet for professional tasks amid intensifying rivalry with Google’s Gemini 3 model. The GPT-5.2 model launch follows Google’s November rollout of Gemini 3, of which OpenAI CEO Sam Altman immediately issued a “Code Red” directive to accelerate development. GPT-5.2: Model Variants and Core Strengths OpenAI claims GPT-5.2 operates as a routed system, as it dynamically selects among its variants based on task demands rather than relying on a single dense transformer architecture. GPT-5.2 Instant handles routine queries like information retrieval and translation with low latency, while maintaining a…

President Donald Trump recently signed an Executive Order that pushes artificial intelligence (AI) oversight firmly into federal hands and blocks states from enforcing their own rules on the technology. Titled “Ensuring a National Policy Framework for Artificial Intelligence,” the directive targets laws in states like California and Colorado that demand safety tests and bias checks for AI systems. This move comes as AI companies face a patchwork of 50 different state regulations, creating headaches for tech developers to build the next generation of technology. This move also comes months after the U.S. Senate voted against a 10-year moratorium on State…

Australian-based energy technology company IND Technology has closed a $50 million first institutional funding round to scale its AI-powered Early Fault Detection system, which spots electrical faults in power grids before they spark outages or wildfires. The round drew lead investments from U.S. energy specialists Angeleno Group and Energy Impact Partners, alongside Southern California’s Edison and Australia’s Virescent. This capital arrives as utilities worldwide grapple with aging infrastructure amid rising wildfire risks and extreme weather. The news also comes at a critical moment for power companies worldwide. Extreme weather events have caused devastating fires from faulty lines, like Australia’s 2009…

Agentic AI has entered a transformative hyper-growth phase, moving from experimental artificial intelligence systems to enterprise-grade autonomous intelligence. New projections show that the global agentic AI market size is expected to grow from approximately $9.9 billion in 2025 to $199-253 billion by 2034, which represents a remarkable compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 43.84%, according to Precedence Research. This explosive growth reflects enterprises transitioning from task-based automation to fully autonomous systems capable of reasoning, planning, and executing complex multi-step operations with minimal human oversight. At the center of this hyper-growth stands the U.S. and China, with each country wielding the…

Hedge Fund giant Bridgewater Associates recently warned that the artificial intelligence (AI) spending boom is entering a “dangerous” phase as major technology companies increasingly rely on external financing to fund and sustain mounting AI infrastructure costs. According to Greg Jensen, the firm’s Co-Chief Investment Officer, this “dangerous” phase creates conditions that could allow for a significant market bubble that could rival past technology bubbles, as the escalation signals growing market anxiety about whether the massive capital investments will ultimately generate sufficient profits to justify the valuations. The fundamental problem Bridgewater identifies and speaks on is that AI infrastructure costs have…

U.S.-based cybersecurity startup 7AI recently closed a $130 million Series A funding round, the largest ever in the cybersecurity space. The Series A was led by Index Ventures, with participation from new Blackstone Innovations Investments alongside existing seed investors including Greylock Partners, CRV, and Spark Capital. This raise brings 7AI’s total funding to $166 million since its stealth launch in February 2025. 7AI founder and CEO Lior Div, who previously built Cybereason to a $3 billion valuation, calls the massive funding plus what 7AI does the “agentic security inflection point. The company deploys autonomous AI agents to handle complex and…