A prompt injection flaw in Google Gemini’s voice assistant let attackers hide malicious commands in notifications, enabling social engineering and more.
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Malicious Notifications Could Trick Google Gemini Users
A prompt injection flaw in Google Gemini’s voice assistant let attackers hide malicious commands in notifications, enabling social engineering and more.
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Fingerprint launches AI assistant detection tools
The new AI Assistant Detection product provides real-time visibility into traffic from major AI assistants like ChatGPT, Gemini and Claude.
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Microsoft 365 Copilot redesign brings context and actions into one workspace
Microsoft 365 Copilot, an AI assistant that helps people write, summarize, analyze information, and complete work tasks, has been redesigned. It now serves as a single, flexible entry point to Copilot across Microsoft 365 apps, suggesting relevant actions based on the user’s work. A redesigned interface built around user intent Microsoft applied the design principle…
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5 Steps to Managing Shadow AI Tools Without Slowing Down Employees
When an employee installs an AI writing assistant, connects a coding copilot to their IDE, or starts summarizing meetings with a new browser tool, they are doing exactly what a productive employee should do: finding faster ways to work. Across most organizations today, employees are running three to five AI tools on any given day.…
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NanoCo lands $12 million seed funding, launches enterprise assistant built on NanoClaw
NanoCo announced a $12 million seed round, alongside the commercial launch of a professional assistant built on its open-source agent framework NanoClaw. Valley Capital Partners led the round. Docker, Vercel, monday.com, Slow Ventures, Clutch Capital, Factorial Capital, and Hugging Face CEO Clem Delangue participated. NanoCo founders (Photo by Ran Bergman) From open source traction to…
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Microsoft now lets admins uninstall Copilot on enterprise devices
Microsoft says IT administrators can now uninstall the AI-powered Copilot digital assistant from enterprise devices using a new policy setting, which has become broadly available after the April 2026 Patch Tuesday. […]
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OpenAI’s Chronicle feature lets Codex read your screen, raising privacy concerns
OpenAI’s Chronicle is a feature designed to help Codex, an AI-powered coding assistant, better understand what users are working on by capturing context directly from their screens. It uses recent screen activity to build memories, allowing Codex to interpret references, identify relevant sources, and pick up on the tools and workflows users rely on, without…
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Try the new Gemini for Home voice assistant
Google is starting the early access rollout of the Gemini for Home voice assistant in Australia. Using Gemini for Home in early access means you’re a crucial part of building it. Please share your feedback, either in the Google Home app or by just saying “Hey Google, send feedback,” as we make regular improvements to help us create a…
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Weekly Update 499
I’m starting to become pretty fond of Bruce. Actually, I’ve had a bit of an epiphany: an AI assistant like Bruce isn’t just about auto-responding to tickets in an entirely autonomous manner; it’s also pretty awesome at responding with just a little bit of human assistance. Charlotte and I both replied to some tickets today…
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Microsoft removes Support and Recovery Assistant from Windows
Microsoft has deprecated and removed the Support and Recovery Assistant (SaRA) command-line utility from all in-support versions of Windows updates starting March 10. […]
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Slack’s AI updates signal shift towards agent orchestration
Slack has taken further steps to reposition Slackbot from a simple assistant to a more capable AI agent that can orchestrate workflows across external apps. The updates to Slackbot “signal a clear shift from a collaboration tool to what it hopes will become an operational layer for agentic work,” said Maria Bell, senior analyst,…
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Omnix AI Advisor brings real-time credential threat insights to enterprise security teams
Dashlane has unveiled Omnix AI Advisor, a natural-language AI security assistant embedded into the Dashlane Omnix platform. Built upon Omnix’s advanced credential protection and visibility capabilities, Omnix AI Advisor accelerates enterprises’ transition to a proactive security posture by turning real-time credential risk data, such as dark web exposure and phishing logs, into contextual, actionable intelligence.…
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6 ways Gemini supercharges Google Sheets
Google’s AI assistant, Gemini, can assist you in several ways in Google Sheets, from analyzing your data to helping you edit your spreadsheet faster. In Google Sheets, you mostly use these genAI tools through the Gemini sidebar. But you can also trigger Gemini to take action through a formula inside a cell. It also automatically…
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Pega Blueprint Updates Make Vibe Coding Enterprise Ready
New AI assistant enables fast, secure design of agentic workflows built for how enterprises actually run.
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Google embeds Gemini AI deeper into Workspace apps
Google on Wednesday introduced several new ways for Gemini AI assistant to create and edit content in Workspace apps such as Docs, Slides and Sheets. The changes, said Julie Geller, principal research director at Info-Tech Research Group, represent “incremental improvements more than revolutionary features, but they address real workflow gaps. The actual value is that…
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ClawJacked Vulnerability in OpenClaw Lets Websites Hijack AI Agents
Is your AI assistant safe? Oasis Security researchers have found a critical ClawJacked vulnerability in OpenClaw that allows hackers to hijack AI agents through a simple browser tab.
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Microsoft adds Copilot data controls to all storage locations
Microsoft is expanding data loss prevention (DLP) controls to block the Microsoft 365 Copilot AI assistant from processing confidential Word, Excel, and PowerPoint documents, regardless of their location. […]
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Microsoft 365 Copilot Bug Circumvented DLP Controls
Microsoft has confirmed a bug in Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat that allowed the AI assistant to summarize emails labeled as confidential, even when sensitivity labels and data loss prevention (DLP) policies were in place. The issue, first identified on Jan. 21, 2026 and tracked internally as CW1226324, impacted Copilot’s “work tab” chat feature. “Without proper…
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5 ways Gemini can help you make Google Slides presentations
Gemini, Google’s generative AI assistant, has various tools you can access within Google Slides to assist you in creating and editing your presentations. Additionally, you can generate whole presentations in the standalone Gemini app and then export them into Slides to work on. Anyone with a Google account can use the Gemini app for free.…
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Researchers Reveal Six New OpenClaw Vulnerabilities
Endor Labs has published details of six new vulnerabilities in popular AI assistant OpenClaw
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Scam Abuses Gemini Chatbots to Convince People to Buy Fake Crypto
A convincing presale site for phony “Google Coin” features an AI assistant that engages victims with a slick sales pitch, funneling payment to attackers.
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Microsoft says bug causes Copilot to summarize confidential emails
Microsoft says a Microsoft 365 Copilot bug has been causing the AI assistant to summarize confidential emails since late January, bypassing data loss prevention (DLP) policies that organizations rely on to protect sensitive information. […]
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OpenClaw Flaw Enables AI Log Poisoning Risk
A vulnerability has been identified in OpenClaw’s AI assistant that could allow attackers to insert crafted content into system logs. The flaw stems from how certain WebSocket headers were logged, creating a potential log poisoning risk in AI-assisted workflows. “This issue is primarily an indirect prompt injection risk and depends on downstream log consumption behavior.…
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Infostealer malware found stealing OpenClaw secrets for first time
With the massive adoption of the OpenClaw agentic AI assistant, information-stealing malware has been spotted stealing files associated with the framework that contain API keys, authentication tokens, and other secrets. […]
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OpenAI hires OpenClaw founder as AI agent race intensifies
OpenAI has hired Peter Steinberger, creator of the viral OpenClaw AI assistant, to spearhead development of what CEO Sam Altman describes as “the next generation of personal agents.” The move comes weeks after OpenClaw, previously known as Clawdbot and then Moltbot, achieved explosive popularity despite security researchers warning of serious vulnerabilities in the open-source tool.…
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DuckDuckGo enables AI voice chat without saving voice data
DuckDuckGo has added voice chat to Duck.ai, allowing users to speak to an AI assistant while keeping audio private, unrecorded, and excluded from AI training. Voice chat is available in the DuckDuckGo browser and most third-party browsers, with support for Mozilla listed as coming soon. According to the company’s help page, “DuckDuckGo limits access to…
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Anthropic says no to ads in Claude chats
Anthropic will not put ads in conversations with its AI assistant Claude. It wants ads nowhere near its AI-generated content. “Even ads that don’t directly influence an AI model’s responses and instead appear separately within the chat window would compromise what we want Claude to be: a clear space to think and work,” it announced…
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OpenClaw’s Rapid Rise Exposes Thousands of AI Agents to the Public Internet
In just days, a viral open-source AI assistant went from niche experiment to a widespread internet-facing risk. OpenClaw, a self-hosted personal AI agent capable of executing actions on a user’s behalf, saw explosive adoption in late January 2026 — along with widespread public exposure that has raised concerns among security researchers. It “… has already…
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Fake Clawdbot VS Code Extension Deploys ScreenConnect RAT
A malicious Visual Studio (VS) Code extension posing as an AI-powered assistant was quietly installing remote access malware on developers’ systems. The fake extension, called ClawdBot Agent, appeared legitimate on the surface but executed malware automatically as soon as VS Code launched. “The layering here is impressive. You’ve got a fake AI assistant dropping legitimate…