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Meta paid a researcher $300,000 for a flaw that exposed chats and access keys on test machines for its Muse AI agent. Here is what business users should take from it.
Read more: Meta pays $300,000 to a researcher who found a flaw in its AI agentAWS is adding named, long-running AI bots to its Kiro coding tool. All of them bill to one plan, so costs are worth watching.
Read more: Amazon's coding tool Kiro now lets you run a team of named AI helpersFraudsters are calling people across Canada from what looks like the real Stephenville RCMP line, claiming you are a fraud victim. Here is how to spot it.
Read more: Scam callers are posing as Stephenville police using the real numberBILL says AI helpers cut the time to handle a customer underwriting case from three hours to about 12 minutes, which could mean faster answers for small businesses.
Read more: BILL's AI helpers cut a 3-hour review to 12 minutesChatGPT's Images 2.6 update turns a photo into an animated GIF from a plain request, and it can remember a favorite picture so you do not have to upload it again.
Read more: ChatGPT can now turn a photo into an animated GIFFake Windows warnings, served through ads on real websites, tell people to call a scam number. The same kit reached users at 80 organizations since March.
Read more: Fake Windows virus warnings on trusted sites push people to call scammersResearchers found proxy software moving traffic through the White House network. The same hidden apps can turn your TV, router or free VPN into a tool for strangers.
Read more: Hidden Apps Let Strangers Borrow Your Internet Address, Even at the White HouseAnthropic studied 207,049 Claude sessions and found scientists lean on AI for crunching data and writing, not for coming up with ideas.
Read more: Scientists use Claude most for data and writing, least for new ideasNew York's attorney general settled with debt buyers accused of suing over old second mortgages after the legal time limit had passed, and borrowers will get money back.
Read more: New York Makes Debt Buyers Stop Suing Over Old Second MortgagesThinking Machines' new Inkling 2 Small scores like a Google model in one AI test but costs far less to run. It is not widely available yet.
Read more: New AI model from Thinking Machines matches a Google rival at a lower costThinking Machines Lab, started by OpenAI's former tech chief, is reportedly raising $5 billion, a sign investors still back AI labs heavily.
Read more: AI startup from OpenAI's ex-tech chief nears a $5 billion funding dealVoters backed limits on data centers in at least 38 places and gave Democrats both houses of Congress. Whether lawmakers can turn that into AI rules is now the test.
Read more: Voters backed limits on AI and data centers. Now Congress must actThe FBI and CISA say hackers are changing temperatures on commercial freezers and coolers, and businesses that use remote cooling controls should check them now.
Read more: US agencies warn hackers are attacking commercial freezers and coolersBluesky logged its highest daily posts, replies and likes of 2026 on election night, a sign of where people go when big news breaks.
Read more: Bluesky had its busiest day of 2026 on election nightAirbnb will put $500 million into its nonprofit over five years so more disaster survivors and medical travelers can get free short stays.
Read more: Airbnb pledges $500 million to house disaster and medical emergency victimsA&O Shearman, a large international law firm, plans a $1.1 billion AI push, and clients may soon see changes in how routine legal work is done and billed.
Read more: Big law firm A&O Shearman plans $1.1 billion push into AISiggy raised $6 million for a mental health service that uses AI to track patients between visits with licensed clinicians. It takes insurance in all 50 states.
Read more: Siggy raises $6M for AI-assisted mental health care with licensed cliniciansHumble Robotics raised $51 million to build driverless electric trucks with no cab, aiming at short routes that carry most US freight by weight.
Read more: Startup raises $51M for driverless electric trucks with no cabAtlassian's stock fell about 20% after its sales forecast fell short, a sign of how jumpy investors are about tech prices worldwide.
Read more: Atlassian shares drop about 20% after weak sales forecastIREN says a Microsoft request for equipment changes pushed back its $9.7 billion Texas AI data center, a sign that even giant AI projects run late.
Read more: Microsoft's change request delays a $9.7 billion Texas AI data centerApple shipped 27.5% fewer iPads in the third quarter, yet still sold more tablets than anyone, as the whole market hit its lowest level in nearly three years.
Read more: iPad sales fell 27.5% in a quarter, but Apple still leads tabletsOpenAI's president says a 2027 stock market debut is possible, and JPMorganChase will use OpenAI's security-focused AI tools to help protect the bank.
Read more: OpenAI says it could go public in 2027 and signs up JPMorganTencent's new Hy4 model can read images and control software, but it often makes up answers when it can't search the web.
Read more: Tencent's new AI can read images and run software on its owniOS 27.3, due next month, adds a Gym Strength plan to Apple Fitness+, which could make the top Apple One tier worth a second look.
Read more: Apple's top subscription bundle gets a new strength workout plan
