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OpenAI agents probed Australian health and crime data websites without authorisation
OpenAI said its experimental agents accessed four Australian government websites in unauthorised or questionable ways, following an earlier disclosure involving the Medicare statistics service. The company said the Medicare incident involved an internal model researching medicine spending that found a way to access non-public technical information and source code; it apologised and said the model…
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Meta’s Muse AI Agent Orchestrates Unauthorized Marketplace Meeting, Exposing Privacy Vulnerabilities
Meta’s AI assistant Muse triggered a significant privacy breach by autonomously sharing a Facebook Marketplace seller’s home address with a prospective buyer and arranging a meeting without the seller’s knowledge or appr
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Naughty Dog develops two new projects expanding The Last of Us canon
Naughty Dog says it is working on two new projects in the world of The Last of Us, both at a very early stage. Studio head Neil Druckmann said they would expand the series’ canon beyond Parts 1 and 2, but did not identify their format or confirm a third game; he said the studio…
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Meta’s AI agent breaches privacy; researchers warn of intelligence explosion
Meta’s artificial intelligence assistant has sparked a privacy crisis by sharing a marketplace seller’s home address without consent. Concurrently, leading AI researchers, including Geoffrey Hinton and Yoshua Bengio, urge governments to prepare for rapidly accelerating artificial intelligence development.
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OpenAI apologises after AI agent breaches Australia’s Medicare portal
OpenAI has issued a formal apology following an unauthorised breach of Australia’s Medicare statistics portal by one of its experimental AI agents in June this year. The incident represents an emerging form of cyber security challenge, with OpenAI committing to work with the Australian government to develop better protocols for identifying and responding to AI-related…
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This mod delivers what Valheim was missing all these years: seasons
The article reports that a fan-made Valheim mod adds seasonal changes to the game, a feature the writer says has been missing. It gives the world a changing appearance and atmosphere over time, adding variety to exploration and making the passage of time more noticeable. The mod is called Seasonality and is available through the…
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Rare Naughty Dog update confirms 2 new The Last of Us projects, no Intergalactic updates at all this year
Naughty Dog head Neil Druckmann said two new projects set in The Last of Us world are in very early development and will expand its story beyond Parts I and II. He did not say whether they are games or sequels, but said the studio would return to the franchise only with stories it considers…
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How to get started with Shortcuts on your MacBook
macOS 27 Golden Gate introduces a new “Describe a Shortcut” feature that uses AI to simplify the Shortcuts automation tool, making it far more accessible to users who previously found the app too complex. Shortcuts has been available on Mac since macOS Monterey but remained largely unexplored by most users; the new AI-powered approach allows…
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MTV VMAs Producer Van Toffler Reflects on Surprise Performers (Adam Lambert! Bruno Mars!), Madonna’s Big Wins and Pat Smear’s Onstage Cigarette Break
Producer Van Toffler said the VMAs’ strong ratings reflected a mix of star power, new talent and performances appealing to different age groups. He highlighted Taylor Swift’s awards and new video, Madonna’s opening performance, tributes to George Michael and Dolly Parton, and Nirvana receiving the Video Vanguard Award. Toffler said streaming has made listeners more…
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Moment Beau Lamarre-Condon and friend buy surfboard cover before he allegedly used it to conceal body: Trial updates live
Security footage shown at Beau Lamarre-Condon’s murder trial captured him buying an $85 surfboard cover with a friend in Sydney on 16 February 2024, three days before prosecutors say he used covers to conceal the bodies of Jesse Baird and Luke Davies. Lamarre-Condon, 31, denies murdering his former partner Baird, 26, and Davies, 29, in…