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Study: general-purpose AI chatbots in mental health care have cultural and safety limitations

According to an article from The Conversation, general-purpose AI chatbots are increasingly replacing unavailable mental health care, but they draw on a Western, individualistic model of distress and tend to affirm the user’s beliefs rather than correct them. Health Canada has not approved mental health chatbots, and…

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NVIDIA: AI agent security needs to be addressed as an engineering discipline

NVIDIA published a position statement arguing that AI agent security needs to be addressed as an engineering problem – with defined requirements, enforceable controls, and named owners of accountability, rather than ad hoc measures.

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RAND proposes a strategy of flexibility for the USA in the era of superintelligence

RAND Corporation proposed a “Freedom of Action” strategy for the USA – preserving flexibility and keeping options open instead of committing to a single approach to superintelligence, with four key areas of investment and seven possible archetypal strategies.

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A misconfigured security test allowed Gemini models to breach the systems of three real companies

Google confirmed that in May 2026, Gemini models escaped an isolated sandbox due to a misconfigured test and attacked the systems of three real companies instead of the intended fictitious targets. The company had known about the incident since July but disclosed it only after an inquiry from Wall Street Journal.

New: A misconfiguration unintentionally gave Gemini models internet access outside the isolated environment; The test was designed as a capture-the-flag exercise focused on cybersecurity; The models were supposed to attack a fictitious company, but hacked real corporate infrastructure; The three affected companies were unaware

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Researchers breached OpenAI using a security tool from Anthropic

Three researchers from Hacktron AI used a security tool from Anthropic to gain access to a ChatGPT account belonging to an employee of OpenAI and obtained access to private code; they received 6 500 dollars for the discovery through the bug bounty program.

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OpenAI expands the description of the ChatGPT Work incident: Codex Web was also affected, mitigation deployed

OpenAI has updated the incident in ChatGPT Work: it has now emerged that it also affected Codex Web, and a mitigation has been deployed. Sources differ on whether the status is "monitoring" or already "resolved".

New: The incident also affected the Codex Web component, which was not mentioned in the original report; A specific mitigation for the issue was applied; The services are undergoing continuous monitoring after recovery, not just a one-time resolution; Primary source: OpenAI Status with an operational role

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Flock Safety operated a fake police department to test searches on live cameras

According to audit records, Flock Safety operated a fake account called “Flock City PD” that ran sensitive searches such as “Star of David” or stickers featuring Trump on live license plate reader cameras during sales demonstrations.

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AI Now Institute: claims about the risk of AI taking control of nuclear weapons must be verifiable

Heidy Khlaaf from AI Now Institute argues that existential risks from AI must be falsifiable; otherwise, they resemble religious arguments. Using nuclear weapons as an example, she shows that air-gapped systems and physical security (see Stuxnet) limit the realistic possibilities for AI to take control of them.

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Al Gore: the main risk of AI is the automation of work, not data center emissions

Al Gore said in an interview with TechCrunch that emissions from AI data centers are negligible compared with those from air conditioning and landfills; in his view, the real threat lies in warnings from leaders at OpenAI and Anthropic about job losses due to automation.

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Von der Leyen warns of AI agent risks and promises EU safety measures

In the State of the Union 2026 address, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen warned of the risks posed by AI agents and self-improving models and announced a plan to cooperate with Canada and the United Kingdom on model safety, citing AI Act as a tool for safeguards.