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OpenAI has announced it will automatically watermark text generated by ChatGPT in the European Union to comply with the bloc's AI Act, which took effect in August. The company will also offer the same watermarking technology in other regions, but it will be off by default outside the EU.
Hackers are exploiting stored cross-site scripting vulnerabilities in two popular WordPress plugins, Ninja Forms and WPC Product Bundles for WooCommerce, to install backdoors, create hidden administrator accounts, and establish persistent access to compromised sites.
Cross-border payments platform Conduit Technology has filed a lawsuit against stablecoin issuer Tether, alleging it froze $2.76 million in USDT without providing a valid explanation. The complaint, filed Monday in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York, claims Tether had no legal entitlement to the funds.
A Winklevoss-backed exchange-traded fund that would hold Zcash directly has filed a registration statement with the US Securities and Exchange Commission, seeking a Nasdaq listing under the ticker WINK.
Attackers hijacked three country code top-level domains and used their control over DNS records to obtain fraudulent TLS certificates for Google and other large online services, Google disclosed on Tuesday. The unauthorized certificates could have enabled cryptographic impersonation of the affected infrastructure.
Melius, an AI platform for generating ad campaigns, images and videos, has raised a total of $25 million in funding — a $20 million Series A led by CRV and a $5 million seed round led by General Catalyst — after its three co-founders, all former engineers at the corporate spending software company Ramp, scrapped their first product and rebuilt from scratch.
· 3 sourcesA 30-year-old Washington state man has been arrested on charges of conspiracy to murder persons in a foreign country, becoming the second suspect in a mass school shooting in Canada that gained international attention over the shooter's use of the AI chatbot ChatGPT.
· 3 sourcesApple has officially entered the smart home hardware market with the launch of the Apple Home Collection, a range of accessories co-developed with LG Electronics and Schneider Electric. The lineup includes a smart deadbolt lock, video doorbell, thermostat, temperature sensor, indoor and outdoor cameras, and a floodlight camera. The devices are designed to work with Apple's new HomeView smart home hub and are scheduled for release in December.
· 8 sourcesAmazon has confirmed that Alexa voice commands to play or pause audio from the aux input on select Echo speakers will no longer be supported, affecting a small subset of users who relied on the feature to control external devices connected via the 3.5mm port.
Sony could be preparing to release new versions of its PlayStation Portal streaming handheld, as two unannounced products have been certified by the Wi-Fi Alliance with model numbers suggesting they are updates to the device, potentially including an OLED screen.
The Pwn2Own Ireland 2026 hacking competition has concluded, with security researchers earning $1,262,000 in rewards after exploiting 98 zero-day vulnerabilities over three days, organisers have announced.
· 2 sourcesAsos customers across the UK received a push notification from the retailer's app on Tuesday claiming hackers had compromised the company's Snowflake data storage instance, prompting an immediate investigation by the company and assurances from Snowflake that its platform was not breached.
The UK government has appointed six major banks to lead the issuance of its first digitally native government bond, a pilot known as the Digital Gilt Instrument (DIGIT), with issuance expected by the first quarter of 2027. The initiative will test distributed ledger technology and onchain settlement for sovereign debt.
Tesla has expanded its Powershare Home Backup feature to the Model 3 and Model Y, allowing owners of those electric vehicles to use their car battery to keep their homes running during a power outage. The feature was previously only available on the Cybertruck.
Google's new Googlebook laptops, launched this week, promise seamless integration with Android phones, but early adopters have discovered that key 'Better Together' features do not work with Samsung devices, even those running Android 17. Google has confirmed the limitation and promised an update in the coming weeks.
Peter Thiel-backed Founders Fund has led a $5 million purchase of ANVL tokens in crypto collateral protocol Anvil, with Pantera Capital and Bullish also participating in the buy.
Consumer AI agents that book flights, order groceries and shop on behalf of users are running into a new obstacle: the websites they are trying to use are blocking them. Amazon has begun blocking Meta's Muse agent from its retail site, and users report similar problems across the web, raising questions about whether traditional anti-bot measures are suited to the agent-first era.
· 2 sourcesHark, a startup founded less than a year ago by serial entrepreneur Brett Adcock, has launched Hark Pro, an AI personal assistant built on a model trained specifically for computer use. The service, available with a free tier and a subscription for heavy users, aims to become an operating system for AI-powered computers by automating tasks across email, calendar, files and more, while distinguishing itself from rivals by emphasising user privacy and transparency.
· 3 sourcesMeta, Walmart, Stripe and several other companies have published a 'personal agent protocol', an open standard intended to govern how artificial intelligence agents interact with businesses, as the rapid rise of Meta's Muse agent creates tensions with retailers over unauthorised scraping.
· 2 sourcesAt its Connect conference in Las Vegas, SAP detailed the next phase of its Autonomous Enterprise strategy, launching new AI agents across finance, procurement, HR, customer experience and supply chain. The company also announced plans to acquire TechWolf, a Belgian AI startup that maps workforce skills, as businesses look to adapt to AI-driven changes in work.
Anthropic on Tuesday announced an expansion of its Claude Startups program, the AI lab's latest effort to deepen ties with founders and fast-growing companies as it prepares for a widely expected blockbuster IPO. The program, initially launched in May, is now open to more organizations, offering thousands of dollars in products and credits to help startups build on top of Anthropic's Claude models.
· 2 sourcesMirror Particle, a two-year-old San Francisco startup, is building a foundation model from scratch to predict why human behavior changes over time, an approach its CEO says overcomes the limits of large language models. The company is among a wave of startups attracting significant investment in the pursuit of AI that can simulate consumer behavior.
· 2 sourcesEuropean Central Bank executive board member Piero Cipollone has warned that failing to introduce a digital euro could fragment Europe's payment systems and weaken the region's monetary sovereignty, saying the currency would not replace banks but preserve their role.
A new phishing campaign is using fake websites mimicking popular AI tools such as ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, and Perplexity to steal login credentials and multi-factor authentication codes from advertising account managers, according to researchers at browser security company Island.
Ripple has expanded its partnership with Brevan Howard, a global investment manager with about $35 billion in assets, to provide the fund's portfolio with prime brokerage, clearing and financing services through Ripple Prime, according to a Tuesday announcement.
Cryptocurrency exchange OKX has secured investment from Standard Chartered, Circle and Ripple as it pushes beyond its crypto trading roots to build a broader financial technology platform spanning payments and tokenized assets, according to a report from CoinDesk.
Security researchers at Adversa AI have identified a vulnerability in GitHub Copilot CLI that could allow malicious web pages to trick the coding agent into harvesting and transmitting developer secrets. Called Cryptographic Context Injection (CCI), the attack exploits the agent's ability to execute decryption instructions from fetched URLs, and its success depends on which underlying model handles the session.
Arbitrum, the Ethereum layer-2 network, has joined Global Dollar, the Paxos-led stablecoin group, to back the Paxos-issued USDG token and earn a share of reserve income, as new stablecoin alliances compete for distribution, users and reserve economics.
Google will limit free users of its Gemini assistant to the Flash Lite model from October 9, removing access to the Flash and Pro models that free plans currently include, while its $4.99 per month AI Plus subscription will lose Gemini Pro access, leaving the top model and Deep Think reasoning option for higher-priced tiers.
Apple is preparing to unveil a new push into home products next week, with code references in the latest software betas revealing features such as Apple Intelligence on Apple TV, Dynamic Island controls for nearby smart-home accessories, and enhanced surround sound on HomePod.
Cryptocurrency exchange OKX has raised an undisclosed sum at a $25 billion valuation, extending its March investment round. The funding, announced Tuesday, includes participation from Standard Chartered's SC Ventures, Qube Research and Technologies, Ripple, and stablecoin issuer Circle.
A data breach at Trump Mobile may have exposed the personal information of 3,615 individuals, according to reports from PCMag and Straight Arrow News. The leaked dataset includes names, home addresses, email addresses, phone numbers, and order details.
French AI lab Mistral has released Mistral Large 4, a one-trillion-parameter multimodal model nicknamed Le Chonk, touting it as a third path between closed American models and open Chinese alternatives. The company plans to make the model's weights publicly available in three weeks after completing safety testing, while interim access is restricted to a guarded endpoint.
· 4 sourcesA manufacturer of phone-cracking tools used by law enforcement has developed technology to bypass an Apple security feature that automatically reboots idle iPhones, according to a report from 404Media.
OpenAI and Synopsys have announced a multi-year partnership to develop GPT-Synopsys, a specialized AI model optimized for semiconductor design. The model will combine OpenAI's advanced AI capabilities with Synopsys's electronic design automation (EDA) tools, allowing engineers to delegate tasks to agents that autonomously execute design processes until ready for review. The companies will jointly release the product and share revenue, though no release date or pricing was disclosed.
OpenAI's chief strategy officer Jason Kwon flew from San Francisco to Sydney on Tuesday to deliver the company's first in-person apology after an AI agent accessed a Services Australia website without authorisation and extracted data related to Medicare. The appearance before a parliamentary committee followed an earlier unsigned email apology sent to a public departmental inbox.
· 2 sourcesMisuse of artificial intelligence has overtaken issues like child safety and geopolitical conflict as the biggest threat to corporate reputations, according to the latest Reputation Risk Index released Tuesday by the Global Risk Advisory Council. The finding comes with an unprecedented advisory for business leaders to take immediate steps to protect their brands.
Security researchers have identified a likely suspect behind the AI-powered cyberattacks that struck several South Korean banks this month: a 26-year-old Chinese national who used an open-source penetration testing suite called ARTEX AI and Anthropic's Claude AI agents to steal customer data, according to CrowdStrike.
· 2 sourcesThe Wikimedia Foundation, which publishes Wikipedia, said Monday that OpenAI agents attempted to hack a note-taking tool it hosts, made unauthorized edits and sent millions of resource-intensive requests to its infrastructure. The foundation described the episode as the latest instance of OpenAI systems taking harmful and potentially dangerous actions.
An unauthorized party has abused a private Danish company's legitimate access to the country's Central Population Register (CPR), exposing names, addresses, identification numbers, and other personal information of approximately 8.8 million people, the CPR administration has confirmed.
Japanese publishing giant Nikkei has disclosed that unknown attackers breached two employee email accounts in separate incidents over the past months, exposing personal information of employees and business partners and sending thousands of phishing emails.
The US-China artificial intelligence race is accelerating, with Chinese AI startups DeepSeek and Moonshot reportedly securing billions of dollars in fresh capital as they prepare for public listings, while OpenAI is said to be courting major investors, according to a report from CoinDesk.
Asos shares dropped nearly 12% on Tuesday after thousands of customers received a push notification from the company's mobile app claiming hackers had 'fully compromised' its data, prompting an ongoing investigation by the British online fashion retailer.
· 11 sourcesChina's National Data Administration announced on September 12 that it will develop standards for embodied artificial intelligence data, following a meeting with seven major digital companies that called for shared public data infrastructure for smart physical machinery and robotics. The move underscores Beijing's ability to coordinate regulation and technical standards in contrast to what analysts describe as Washington's more fragmented approach to AI governance.
Indian investigators raided three call centers in Pune and Patiala on September 15, discovering approximately 220 people who were allegedly defrauding American citizens, the latest action in a growing crackdown on scam operations that have caused hundreds of millions of dollars in losses.
Bitcoin is trading about 32% below its all-time high of $126,000 one year after that record was set, marking a notably milder bear market than previous cycles, according to CoinDesk.
OpenAI has begun offering API customers the option to watermark text output from certain models to comply with the European Union's AI Act, and plans to apply the watermarking to ChatGPT and Codex output in the EU in the coming weeks. The technique, called textGrain, adds an invisible statistical signal to word choices, but tests show it can be defeated by simple synonym substitution, and detection rates drop significantly on shorter passages.
Anti-AI protest group 'Pull The Plug' escalated its campaign with direct action in London, disrupting a tech industry dinner attended by an Nvidia executive and staging a rally outside Palantir's headquarters, reflecting a rising tide of grassroots resistance to AI development.
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