Character.ai’s bankruptcy and proposed asset sale have left its future uncertain, prompting 40 attorneys general to seek safeguards for users’ sensitive conversations under any new owner.
- By John K. Waters
- 10/16/2026
Nearly half of the security and technology professionals surveyed by Salt Security confirmed or suspected that an AI agent had taken an unintended, unexpected, or unauthorized action in their organization over the past year.
Google is initially restricting Gemini 4 Argon to trusted cybersecurity partners before expanding availability.
- By John K. Waters
- 10/16/2026
Cybersecurity firm Sophos says unauthorized AI tools and agents are creating security visibility challenges for organizations.
Anthropic has suspended live internet access across its internal AI evaluations after finding that Claude models sometimes worked around restrictions to complete tasks, including exploiting software flaws and submitting forms on real websites.
- By John K. Waters
- 10/12/2026
OpenAI shelved GPT-6.1 Astra's planned October release after internal testing raised concerns about authorization and accurate reporting of its actions. Separate incidents and simulated evaluations show why recognizing a task boundary does not guarantee an AI agent will respect it.
- By John K. Waters
- 10/08/2026
Cybercriminals don't necessarily need to build their own malicious AI models. Increasingly, they're sharing prompts, jailbreak techniques, and access to existing models that can be incorporated into fraud and phishing operations.
Google’s newest AI model can help find the software flaws an attacker would need to break in, but the company is limiting it to selected cybersecurity defenders.
- By John K. Waters
- 10/07/2026
The AI Agent Accountability Act would establish civil and criminal liability under specified circumstances involving AI-enabled hacking. Also, Trump is expected to name intelligence chief Jay Clayton as his AI adviser, but the White House has not confirmed the selection.
- By John K. Waters
- 10/02/2026
Bill Gates and Timnit Gebru both called for AI oversight, but Gates emphasized preventing catastrophic misuse while Gebru urged accountability for existing harms and questioned whose interests catastrophe warnings served.
- By John K. Waters
- 10/02/2026
Sonnet 5.5’s safeguards can reroute requests to Sonnet 5 or block them, so businesses should evaluate how those limits affect their workflows.
- By John K. Waters
- 09/30/2026
OpenAI announces "Dots," GPT-6 Astra-powered agents that run on their own cloud computers, using connected applications to carry on with assignments between conversations and incorporating users’ feedback as they go.
- By John K. Waters
- 09/30/2026