AI Agents Give Away Secrets In Exchange For Help

AI Agents Give Away Secrets In Exchange For Help AI coding agents have disclosed private credentials and run untrusted software after other agents offered to help them complete a task, highlighting how an apparently useful conversation can undermine security instructions and expose business systems. What Did The Researchers Test? Researcher Grant Fleming of software development

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Government Cuts Cyber Essentials Costs For Small Businesses

Government Cuts Cyber Essentials Costs For Small Businesses The UK government is funding a 75 per cent discount on Cyber Essentials assessments for eligible small businesses, with a separate scheme offering selected suppliers free certification and support to strengthen security across supply chains. What Has Been Announced? Announced on 3 November, the package provides up

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Smart Glasses Turn Silent Speech Into Text

Smart Glasses Turn Silent Speech Into Text A US startup is developing smart glasses that turn silently mouthed words into text, enabling users to write messages and instruct AI assistants without speaking aloud, although accuracy, comfort and privacy will determine whether the prototypes become useful everyday equipment. What Is Subvocal Building? The new smart glasses

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Schools Face A Choice Between Google Search And An AI Ban

Schools Face A Choice Between Google Search And An AI Ban Google’s planned changes to school accounts will leave schools that reject generative AI unable to offer pupils Google Search through those accounts, raising questions about how much control educators retain when familiar services come with features they cannot separately disable. What Has Google Announced?

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Old Jet Engines Power Data Centres Waiting For Electricity

Old Jet Engines Power Data Centres Waiting For Electricity Data centre developers are turning retired aircraft engines into gas-fired generators to get facilities running sooner, raising questions about the environmental cost of expanding AI infrastructure faster than electricity networks can support it. Why Are Developers Looking For Alternatives? A completed data centre can’t start serving

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Budget Backs British AI And Stronger Security

Budget Backs British AI And Stronger Security UK Chancellor John Healey has announced more funding for British AI companies, security research and digital infrastructure, aiming to reduce dependence on overseas technology while protecting businesses and public services from the risks of increasingly capable systems. What Has The Government Announced? The Autumn Budget, delivered on 28

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When Employees Object To Using AI

When Employees Object To Using AI A University of Kentucky employee has secured permission to avoid personally using AI because of his humanist beliefs, raising questions about how employers should introduce the technology when staff have objections rooted in conscience. What Happened In Kentucky? David Durman, a research administrator who helps prepare and submit grant

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