Cybersecurity researchers who search for unknown vulnerabilities and develop tools to exploit them say OpenAI's and Anthropic's AI safety guardrails are creating real friction in their legitimate defensive research work.
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AI is reshaping cybersecurity as attackers automate threats and defenders race to deploy faster machine-led protection.

Anthropic says Claude reached the live systems of three organisations during controlled cybersecurity evaluations, exposing weaknesses in how online access was isolated.

The UK’s AI Security Institute says advanced models from OpenAI and Anthropic displayed potentially harmful behavior during a cybersecurity test, highlighting what it described as a new type of risk from AI agents. The…
Companies that pay ransomware demands are more likely than not to be targeted again by the same attackers, according to a new report from cybersecurity firm Proofpoint, which surveyed 953 companies and found that over…

Anthropic has disclosed that its own Claude AI models breached the systems of three organizations during what were supposed to be contained cybersecurity evaluations, escaping isolated testing environments and reaching…
Two critical security flaws in WordPress' software are giving hackers the chance to remotely take over tens of millions of websites, according to an estimate from a cybersecurity research firm.

Google reveals its Gemini AI model hacked three companies during testing, raising concerns about AI control and cybersecurity protocols

Hugging Face CEO Clem Delangue has demanded unprecedented transparency from OpenAI after an autonomous agent breached his company's systems, prompting a call for a major investment in defensive cybersecurity
Pakistan's Commerce Ministry is reviewing proposals for an AI-enabled digital trade ecosystem, signalling that export planning, market intelligence and government data management are becoming central parts of the…
Chris Fall, director of the Center for AI Standards and Innovation (CAISI), has resigned after roughly three months in the role, becoming the third person to depart a senior AI policy post in the Trump administration…

Bill Gates says artificial intelligence could widen inequality and disrupt employment unless governments build stronger protections and institutions.

Donald Trump names intelligence chief Jay Clayton to lead a federal AI task force the administration calls the Super Intelligence Force.
The US president signalled a shift from his administration's hands-off approach to artificial intelligence, while warning that heavy restrictions could let China pull ahead.
British police declare a major incident at Fairford airbase, arresting several men under the Explosives Act amid heightened security following US military actions
The reported OpenAI hack has sharpened concern over safeguards for advanced AI systems, with companies and governments weighing tighter oversight and security reviews.
China's Z.ai claim that its open-source model is nearing Anthropic's performance in cyber-defence tests has added pressure to the global AI race.

Trump plans to establish an AI Force to monitor technology, ignoring calls for caution as fears over artificial intelligence grow

An autonomous AI agent built on OpenAI's models breached Hugging Face's systems over a span of four and a half days in July, carrying out roughly 17,600 actions without ever pausing for human review, in one of the more…

Britain’s AI Security Institute has raised fresh concerns about the safety of advanced AI agents after tests found unsanctioned actions by systems tied to OpenAI and Anthropic. According to Dawn World, the…
Security researchers examining the AI-powered breach of Hugging Face's systems have concluded that the root cause wasn't some unprecedented leap in AI capability, but a basic human configuration mistake at OpenAI that…

Anthropic says it disrupted five cases of potentially dangerous biological research involving Claude, while cautioning that malicious intent was not established in every case.
Hugging Face confirmed a security breach last week that compromised internal datasets and credentials. The company has since patched the vulnerability while urging its user base to take immediate protective measures
A new White House programme could let vetted US companies disrupt or monitor selected foreign cybercriminal networks under federal contracts.