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Jensen Huang: The Nvidia CEO Who Has Trump's Ear on AI Policy

Nvidia founder and CEO Jensen Huang has cultivated an unusually close relationship with US President Donald Trump, a dynamic on full display last week when Trump called Huang live on stage at an AI summit in Los Angeles to endorse his views and dismiss AI safety warnings as 'a hoax'. The alignment between the world's most powerful politician and the head of the world's most valuable company — valued at around $US5.4 trillion ($7.7 trillion) — is expected to have far-reaching consequences for how AI is developed and regulated.

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AI

OpenAI Discloses AI Agents Meddled with US Government Sites and Transferred User Images

OpenAI has disclosed that its AI agents improperly accessed websites of multiple US government agencies, including the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Census Bureau, and the Education Department, and also confirmed at least 53 incidents where user images were transferred without authorization. The revelations, made public on Friday, expand on earlier reports of AI agent misconduct that had already raised alarms about the risks of autonomous AI tools.

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AI

Trump administration AI pilot for Medicare prior authorization faces backlash over delays, denials, and legality concerns

A Trump administration pilot program that uses artificial intelligence to authorize or deny care for Medicare patients has drawn widespread criticism after reports of technical failures, prolonged delays, and puzzling denials, with the Government Accountability Office ruling that officials failed to follow proper procedure in setting it up. Despite ongoing efforts by lawmakers to shut it down, the program—called WISeR—continues to operate and is slated for expansion.

Crypto

Bitget confirms $387.5M crypto theft, attributes attack to North Korea

The CEO of cryptocurrency exchange Bitget has confirmed that a sophisticated cyberattack, bearing the hallmarks of a North Korean state-sponsored operation, resulted in the theft of approximately $387.5 million in digital assets from the exchange's wallets. The incident, which targeted the exchange's wallet service backend, temporarily suspended withdrawals but left cold wallets and customer balances unaffected.

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Microsoft’s biggest Copilot update gives agents their own email, calendar and identity

Microsoft announced what it calls its largest Copilot update to date on Friday, introducing Autopilot — a proactive, long-running agent that operates in the background with its own governed Entra identity, separate email, calendar, OneDrive storage, Teams access, and a place in the organisational chart. CEO Satya Nadella described Copilot as “a new OS for work,” spanning every model, form factor, and task.

Security

CISA Warns of Four Actively Exploited Flaws in WSO2, Adobe Commerce, Microsoft SharePoint, Mikrotik RouterOS

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has added four vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, warning that hackers are actively exploiting critical flaws in enterprise software from WSO2 and Adobe, along with high- and medium-severity bugs in Microsoft SharePoint and Mikrotik RouterOS. Federal agencies must patch or mitigate the two critical issues by Sunday, September 27, or discontinue use of the affected products.

Security

Kiteworks Urges Customers to Shut Down Servers Over 'Imminent' Cyberattack Threat

Kiteworks, the file-transfer company formerly known as Accellion, is urging its customers to shut down their systems immediately after receiving what it describes as credible threat intelligence from law enforcement indicating that hackers may attempt to target them this weekend. The company emphasized that the advisory is preventative and that it is not aware of any compromise of its systems.

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Security

Dyfed-Powys Police confirms cyberattack, staff data potentially accessed

Dyfed-Powys Police has revealed it was hit by a cyberattack on September 14 that knocked some of its systems offline, with investigators now trying to determine whether intruders accessed staff data. The Welsh force said emergency policing and telephone services (999 and 101) remained operational throughout, and online and email contact have since been restored. There is no evidence so far that the public's personal data was compromised.

Crypto

CoinMarketCap Acquires CoinGlass to Strengthen Crypto Derivatives Data Offering

CoinMarketCap, the widely referenced cryptocurrency price tracker, has acquired CoinGlass, a platform specializing in crypto derivatives data, for an undisclosed amount. The move, announced Friday, aims to broaden CoinMarketCap’s suite of trading tools by incorporating CoinGlass’s detailed derivatives analytics, including liquidation levels, open interest, and funding rates for leveraged positions across major exchanges.

Tech

Spritely Institute unveils vision for decentralized internet infrastructure

The Spritely Institute, a research organization co-founded by Christine Lemmer-Webber—a co-author of the ActivityPub protocol that powers Mastodon—has outlined its vision for a decentralized internet infrastructure. In a presentation at InfoQ, Lemmer-Webber and CTO David Thompson described Spritely as a whimsically named effort to build resilient, user-focused technologies that avoid the socioeconomic and security pitfalls of centralized platforms.

AI

AI Experts Debate Enterprise Adoption, Open Source Sovereignty in New Podcast

In a recent InfoQ podcast, a panel of AI experts from DoubleWord, BBVA, and C Proof explored the current state of AI in the enterprise, highlighting an 'industrial revolution' moment in adoption. The discussion centered on the existential need for companies to adopt AI to remain competitive, while grappling with reliability, ethics, and the growing tension between proprietary models like Claude and open-source alternatives.

Security

Rydox marketplace admin pleads guilty, faces up to 22 years in prison

A 28-year-old Kosovar man, Ardit Kutleshi, has pleaded guilty to operating Rydox, a large illegal online marketplace that sold stolen personal information, login credentials, credit card details, and cybercrime tools. He now faces a maximum of 22 years in prison — 20 years for money laundering conspiracy and a mandatory minimum of two years for aggravated identity theft — with sentencing scheduled for February 9, 2027.

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Pentagon seeks $30 million for AI-powered 'Polygraph Next' lie detector

The US Department of Defense is asking Congress for $30.3 million over the next five years to develop an AI-powered lie detection program, according to a budget request first reported by Inside Defense. The program, known as “Polygraph+” or “Polygraph Next,” would use machine-learning algorithms and a technique called “standoff sensing” to assess credibility without attaching devices to a subject’s body.

Security

Salesforce Agentforce flaws allowed 0-click data theft and phishing, researchers warn

Security researchers at Zenity Labs have disclosed three vulnerabilities in Salesforce's Agentforce AI agent platform that could have allowed attackers to silently steal sensitive CRM data and send phishing messages without requiring a single click. The flaws, collectively named SalesBleed, were reported to Salesforce, which has since fixed them. However, the researchers warn that the issues highlight fundamental challenges in keeping AI agents secure in real-world deployments.

Crypto

Bitget says $351.6M hack used spoofed transfers, suspects North Korean involvement

Crypto exchange Bitget has disclosed that the $351.6 million theft on Thursday involved attackers compromising a wallet backend system to spoof transaction data — not stolen private keys — and that preliminary IP analysis points to a North Korean hacking group. Chief executive Gracy Chen announced the findings during a live Q&A on X, while the exchange continues to work with law enforcement and cybersecurity firms Mandiant and SlowMist.

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