AI & MLAmodei Rebuts Backlash Blame, Cites Trust Deficit
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei disputes claims that his warnings fueled AI backlash, calling it a crisis of trust.
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From new model releases to the safety and security questions that come with them, this is where Xploitwire tracks the AI and machine learning stories that matter beyond the hype cycle.
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AI & MLDefensive AI Startup Targets the Offense Gap
Corma's AI agents stopped a live attack in under 10 minutes while its CEO walked his dog, showing defenders can keep pace.
AI & MLAnthropic Explains Claude Watermark Mechanics
Anthropic details how Claude’s watermarking works, addressing evade, edit, and code concerns.
AI & MLGoogle lets users drop visible AI watermarks
Google will let users remove visible watermarks from AI generations while keeping invisible SynthID and C2PA metadata.
AI & MLOpenAI's Computer History logs your keystrokes
OpenAI's Computer History feature records clicks and typing, storing them unencrypted and expanding prompt injection risks.
AI & MLOpen AI Weights Draw Defense From Three AI Pioneers
At Ai4, Hinton, Li, and Ng argue for openness in AI despite safety worries, disagreeing on tactics.
AI & MLAI Security Startup Mindgard Raises $30M
Mindgard secures $30M Series A to scale its AI red-teaming and runtime protection platform.
AI & MLAI testing startup Blacksmith hits $550M valuation
Blacksmith's valuation jumps nearly 10x to $550 million as AI coding fuels demand for software validation.
AI & MLGemini hits 1B users, Pichai announces
Google CEO says Gemini app passed 1 billion monthly active users, becoming its 14th product to reach the mark.
AI & MLOpenAI's longtime COO exits to launch new venture
Brad Lightcap, OpenAI's longtime COO, departs to 'start something new,' joining a wave of recent executive exits.
AI & MLAnthropic watermarks Claude text for EU rules
Anthropic will watermark AI-generated text from Claude to comply with EU transparency rules, the company confirmed.
AI & MLHow MCP Splits Can Leak Secrets
Malicious MCP servers can split instructions to make AI coding agents exfiltrate secrets, ASSET reports.
AI & MLOpenAI's Daybreak Expansion Arms Defenders Against AI Threats
OpenAI expands Daybreak with new GPT-5.6-Cyber model to help defenders counter AI-driven attacks.
AI & MLAI Research Gets a Human Amplifier
PortSwigger's HTTP Terminator, guided by a human, finds novel vulnerability classes and hundreds of live targets.
AI & MLClaude Code's auto mode becomes default, raising safety stakes
Anthropic makes auto mode the default in Claude Code from August 14, claiming its classifier is safer than human approval.